What were you dead wrong about with this team?

[horner]

I had all the same thoughts plus how would they respond in the playoffs!
I have to admit I'm pleasantly surprised with how they have played so far in these playoffs! There's always room for improvement!
Another thing that I've noticed has been the maturity from Matty, Marner, Kines, Wee Willy they have been a treat so far in this year's playoffs to watch!
GO LEAFS GO

You need a coach to teach the the right way to play and a GM that understands there are 2 seasons in hockey.
We finally have a big team that sticks together

Our previous coach and GM didn't realize that

 

[horner]

Pacioretty and OEL signings. Big oof on my part.

I also thought we should upgrade Benoit. Whoops. Playoff beast.

The Tanev signing was the most important this summer he has shown Benoit the way to play.
Stolarz was a great signing to

 

[usernamezrhardtodo]

Holmberg serves a purpose and he does it pretty damn well.

Holmberg is like that one kid that eats his vegetables, does his homework and you never notice he went away to camp for 2 months. He just does his job.

 

[Ianturnedbull]

Probably Jarnkrok.

I came at Benoit back in Feb/March, but I reneged. He had a bad few weeks there, but climbed out of it.

Pretty much anyone that plays well for TOR I will stand behind.

The last Leaf that I truly hated was Tomas Plekanec. He can still go piss up a tree as far as I'm concerned.

 

[rumman]

Absolutely nothing……YET……

 

[horner]

Holmberg serves a purpose and he does it pretty damn well.

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Holmberg serves a purpose and he does it pretty damn well.

I agree , he has grown on me really good defensively he's very strong on the puck he is tough ( the hits that he has taken others wouldn't have gotten up).
I can see why Berube loves him .

 

[stats1]

People are saying this team feels different, and I agree. I can raise my hand and say I was 100% wrong about a few things and am glad I was not put in charge of decision making.

1. Willy. I hated how he handled his contract situation and how soft I felt he played. I could probably have been called a Willy "hater" in fairness. Don't feel like that anymore. He's worth the money he fought for.

2. Domi. Wanted him gone after last year, and he's been fantastic this year, what a playoff asset.

3. Pac. Had no idea why he was on this team or why he was put back in the lineup after being out so long. I don't recognize him at all, he's transformed into some sort of beast out there.

I said this earlier but Patches looks like he’s in mid season form. If you watch the goal by Nylander that he assisted on he has a speed burst and I’m like whoa where did that come from. He looks explosive, he looks rested, healthy. Fantastic performance by him. He probably doesn’t have a lot of time left in his career but if he can finish this thing off with us the way he’s playing, he’ll be a legend forever

 

[djdev]

ive been critical of the top guys, that still remains an issue for me besides nylander. difference for me this year has been the play of the "depth" players, which has been a huge issue for us in years past to get the big win.

until marner and matthews play up to their capablilities and show some killer instinct i wont change my opinion much.
imagine if marner didnt score that random-ass prayer of a goal last game lol, would anybody be able to say much positive about his playoff performance overall this year?

but ye, short story long..the depth has been alot better than i expected.

 

[DarkKnight]

Everything.

 

[notbias]

This thread will have people quoting themselves shortly...

Hoping I am wrong about that though.

Everything.

Not shocking...

 

[Menzinger]

Looks like I was actually right about depth scoring concerns lol

 

[GQS]

I don't think I've been dead wrong on anything with this team, but rather DEAD RIGHT on almost everything.

 

[kevsh]

I don't think I've been dead wrong on anything with this team, but rather DEAD RIGHT on almost everything.

How many times have I said it, as long as this core is here they're not winning anything.

Treliving can bring in prime Bourque, Robinson, Lidstrom, Stevens, Pronger, Orr on D, Hasek in goal and the best bottom 6 in NHL history and it won't mean anything when the star forwards like clockwork disappear in the last half of every series.

 

[Dragao6]

How many times have I said it, as long as this core is here they're not winning anything.

Treliving can bring in prime Bourque, Robinson, Lidstrom, Stevens, Pronger, Orr on D, Hasek in goal and the best bottom 6 in NHL history and it won't mean anything when the star forwards like clockwork disappear in the last half of every series.

This team with McDavid wins the cup

So let’s trade Matthews for a elite goalie and guys like Lawson crouse once/if we sign macdavid
These guys aren’t gonna do it we already knew this

So let’s all cheer for Vegas!!

 

[LeafGrief]

This thread was such an obvious trap lol, you’ll have to dig to find my hopeful posts.

Nights like this explain my username.

 

[hamzarocks]

I was wrong about the leafs in 6 in R2

Leafs in 7

 

[kevsh]

So let’s all cheer for Vegas!!

Oh I'll be cheering for Vegas just so the rest of Canada doesn't have to put up with Edmonton fans gloating for another round, or god forbid they win the Cup.

 

[TheTotalPackage]

I thought Matthews was in for a playoffs for the ages.

 

[shaner8989]

Being different then previous years

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

I thought they’d do better than this.

 

[TonsofPuppies]

Nothing. I'm right and have been right this entire time.

 

[sxvnert]

Nothing. Knew they would choke and they delivered. The impressive part throughout the playoffs has been the D and goaltending. Nylander and JT showed up for the most part. If Matthews and Marner did half their job this series would have gone much differently, even with Woll in net.

 

[PhantomLeaf]

Matthews.

 

[PhantomLeaf]

Nothing. Knew they would choke and they delivered. The impressive part throughout the playoffs has been the D and goaltending. Nylander and JT showed up for the most part. If Matthews and Marner did half their job this series would have gone much differently, even with Woll in net.

Nah. Woll is not good right now. Compare his statline to Stolarz behind the same team. That's another thing people are hard pressed to admit (the other being Matthews).

 

[Orfieus]

Just so everyone knows this is the opposite of being dead wrong