Canada4Gold
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what's the point? So you can have a new chew toy of a GM and coach next year that you beg the team to lose so that they can fire them too?
What do us leaf fans want?
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what's the point? So you can have a new chew toy of a GM and coach next year that you beg the team to lose so that they can fire them too?
Pyromaniac3
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No, I want to see the players play under management that knows how today's hockey works.
Tak7
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Win + miss the playoffs = short-sighted and narrow minded approach.
Lose + get high draft pick = long-term view to success.
It's not that hard folks.
Lose + get high draft pick = long-term view to success.
It's not that hard folks.
We know what we want! Just like your typical woman.
We want what we don't have.
Most "women" I know definitely know what they want. Most "girls" on the other hand, no clue.
If the team showed any semblance of putting together any kind of stretch then I understand, hold out hope, but the team has done nothing to show it could string any number of games for a while now - Phaneuf has played exceptionally bad since the Olympic break, team has been consistently outplayed, and Carlyle keeps trying to fit square pegs into round holes.
I want to win every time we take the ice. It is impossible for true sportsmen/women to think any other way.
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Even if we finish 9th in the East theres a pretty good chance the western teams just missing will have more points then us so our pick will likely still be 12th or so. I dont see us getting any higher then 10th no matter what.
So I'd rather make the playoffs. Doing that will show some resiliencey and push back after a truly dreadful stretch
So I'd rather make the playoffs. Doing that will show some resiliencey and push back after a truly dreadful stretch
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Mitch Matthewlander
How so? I was hoping we'd lose badly after the 18 Wheeler fell off the cliff 2 years ago and we ended up with MORGAN RIELLY. I'm hoping we get demolished again this year in the final 5 games for a 6-10 pick, there are some really good forwards available early on with good upside.
SmoggyTwinkles
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I dunno I'm so confused.
Ideally I want CLB/DET to get in their own 18 wheeler and the Leafs somehow do a massive 180 and win the rest of their games and look good doing it and we face the Pens in round 1.
On the other hand even if things work out and we do make it in somehow (not likely) we'll probably face Boston. Our next game is against Boston so let's just see how that goes. If they man-handle the Leafs then who'd want to make the playoffs to face them anyway?
I will say one thing, I really hope everyone tones down on the "tank! Lose!!!!" because we're gonna get a decent draft spot anyway and the way I see this draft a dude taken at 15th could turn out better than the dude at 10th, i.e. a crapshoot. I honestly think some of the picks taken in the middle might turn out better than those taken in the top ten so I'm not really concerned about dropping for someone in particular.
Thus I'll just continue to hope for the best while knowing it's probably going to turn out bad.
Ideally I want CLB/DET to get in their own 18 wheeler and the Leafs somehow do a massive 180 and win the rest of their games and look good doing it and we face the Pens in round 1.
On the other hand even if things work out and we do make it in somehow (not likely) we'll probably face Boston. Our next game is against Boston so let's just see how that goes. If they man-handle the Leafs then who'd want to make the playoffs to face them anyway?
I will say one thing, I really hope everyone tones down on the "tank! Lose!!!!" because we're gonna get a decent draft spot anyway and the way I see this draft a dude taken at 15th could turn out better than the dude at 10th, i.e. a crapshoot. I honestly think some of the picks taken in the middle might turn out better than those taken in the top ten so I'm not really concerned about dropping for someone in particular.
Thus I'll just continue to hope for the best while knowing it's probably going to turn out bad.
I didnt vote because I want the Leafs to make the playoffs but I also REALLY want the Leafs to fire Randy Carlyle. I despised the guy before he was named our coach and my opinion has not wavered since.
He is a stubborn hard ass who wont admit when he is wrong, force feeds a system of play that does not play to the strength of our players, has totally ruined any confidence James Reimer has earned over the past 2 seasons despite leading the Leafs to the playoffs for the first time in 9 years and having the Leafs record for best SV% in a season at .924, plays barbarian goons who are good for nothing other than fighting (and this year they wont even fight), and worst of all every player that has left the Leafs has had nothing but horrible things to say about him(see Grabovski and MacArthur interviews).
I would vote for playoffs, but only on the conidition that whether we make it in or not at the end of the season Carlyle is fired. For all I care we could sneak in as the #2 wildcard and go all the way to the Conference Finals, I would still want Carlyle gone by next year.
He is a stubborn hard ass who wont admit when he is wrong, force feeds a system of play that does not play to the strength of our players, has totally ruined any confidence James Reimer has earned over the past 2 seasons despite leading the Leafs to the playoffs for the first time in 9 years and having the Leafs record for best SV% in a season at .924, plays barbarian goons who are good for nothing other than fighting (and this year they wont even fight), and worst of all every player that has left the Leafs has had nothing but horrible things to say about him(see Grabovski and MacArthur interviews).
I would vote for playoffs, but only on the conidition that whether we make it in or not at the end of the season Carlyle is fired. For all I care we could sneak in as the #2 wildcard and go all the way to the Conference Finals, I would still want Carlyle gone by next year.
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That's what I want
Oi!
... why are girls being picked on here?
If any of you guys follow @DownGoesBrown on twitter, this is the problem I have with the leafs
Still can’t get my head around the “We always knew we’d be bad” spin coming from the Leafs front office. That’s supposed to be a defense? Down Goes Brown (@DownGoesBrown) https://twitter.com/DownGoesBrown/statuses/451045128913031168"
Dave Nonis has been a senior front office exec in Toronto for six seasons. If they’re still expecting to be bad, that’s *kind of a problem*. Down Goes Brown (@DownGoesBrown) https://twitter.com/DownGoesBrown/statuses/451045189977915392">
Also, to put it in some other life context, a bit of a joke:
Does that work for anyone else in real life? “Honey, I caught you cheating on me.” “Yes, but I always thought I would.” “Oh, OK then, cool.” Down Goes Brown (@DownGoesBrown) "https://twitter.com/DownGoesBrown/statuses/451046136451969024"
Still can’t get my head around the “We always knew we’d be bad” spin coming from the Leafs front office. That’s supposed to be a defense? Down Goes Brown (@DownGoesBrown) https://twitter.com/DownGoesBrown/statuses/451045128913031168"
Dave Nonis has been a senior front office exec in Toronto for six seasons. If they’re still expecting to be bad, that’s *kind of a problem*. Down Goes Brown (@DownGoesBrown) https://twitter.com/DownGoesBrown/statuses/451045189977915392">
Also, to put it in some other life context, a bit of a joke:
Does that work for anyone else in real life? “Honey, I caught you cheating on me.” “Yes, but I always thought I would.” “Oh, OK then, cool.” Down Goes Brown (@DownGoesBrown) "https://twitter.com/DownGoesBrown/statuses/451046136451969024"
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