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you can find us posting on HF Leafs mostlyJust curious where all the posters are that went out of their way to mock those who felt this core was rotten years ago.
Maybe now they can win this series in 7?
you can find us posting on HF Leafs mostlyJust curious where all the posters are that went out of their way to mock those who felt this core was rotten years ago.
Maybe now they can win this series in 7?
I knew it was over for this group when the GM decided to pay 11m for what can easily be found for 5m in UFA or trades which is why every other team is always signing 80 point players for 5m in UFAJohn Tavares = $11 mil Cap
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Leafs let Zach Hyman walk as UFA @ $5.5 mil cap and gift in expansion Jared McCann who re-signs for $5 mil with Seattle = $10.5 mil cap combined.
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How can having 2 X $5 mil forwards that score as many goals/points as 1 X $11 John Tavares not be more beneficial when speaking Cup competitiveness alone?
Double the goals and nearly double the points for less cap space.
Why do the Leafs need an $11 mil player to do what $5 mil players can in a Salary Cap World?
This is why I keep going back to ground Zero when Leafs signed JT that is was the beginning of the end of true Cup competitiveness that impacted all the results that would follow.
All the losses were close, 1 goal games and 1 in overtime. How and when did they get "crushed"?When we’re getting crushed by a Paul Maurice coached team who barely made the playoffs. f***ing embarrassing.
“But they beat Boston”. Cool. Boston would’ve wiped the floor with us too with the way we’re playing.
When the Leafs picked spreadsheet boy over Hunter (a legit hockey guy), I knew this team was run by geniuses with room temperature IQ. The Kyle Dubas Fan Club celebrated.
When Matthews and Marner bent Dubas right over in negotiations, I knew the inmates were running the asylum and this team was going nowhere fast. This was quite possibly the worst misuse of RFA leverage in the modern day NHL. Even if they're not technically overpaid based on regular season performance, Dubas caved on both term and AAV. The Kyle Dubas Fan Club claimed everything was fine.
When Babcock was fired because he hurt poor baby Mitchy's feelings, I knew this team had the emotional maturity of a group of 1st graders. I didn't even particularly like Babcock, but f*** me what a stupid series of events. The Kyle Dubas Fan Club rejoiced, cause they got rid of the big meanie and Dubas got to install the only coach he's ever hired.
When they lost to Columbus in the Covid Cup, I knew it was over. This pathetic group can't even win a play-in series against a non-playoff team. The Kyle Dubas Fan Club insisted everything was fine, and Columbus beat Tampa too (who later went on to rebound quite nicely).
When they lost to Montreal in the easiest division this league's seen since the original expansion, I started laughing. Laughing at the insistence that this team was anything special. Laughing at anyone who thought spreadsheet boy was a competent GM. The Kyle Dubas Fan Club yet somehow insisted they "got goalied" whatever the f*** that means.
Losing to Tampa, beating Tampa, losing to Florida... none of it even matters when the whole thing should've been detonated after the Montreal loss.
edit: I don't even remember what year the zamboni driver loss was, but we can add that event to the timeline as well. Yet another example of the type of team this is.
HA! Old man! (I'm 62 soon)Taveras signing. They already had a # 2 centre in Kadri. No need for Taveras. This precipitated the domino effect. The kiddies wanted their money as well. Balance of the team - forward and D was sacrificed. Did not work. Blow it up. I am 63, and have never disliked a Leaf team as much as I dislike this one.
They got straight up bullied that gameI said it before, but Tavares' return to NYI in 2019 showed us everything we needed to know about the core
They don't have it
Well you can't find a 80 pt player at 11M as a UFAI knew it was over for this group when the GM decided to pay 11m for what can easily be found for 5m in UFA or trades which is why every other team is always signing 80 point players for 5m in UFA
whatthe freaking mayor had to come and console JT how pathetic of a team is this
I've been getting one similar to that for years.
I can think of oneWell you can't find a 80 pt player at 11M as a UFA
Dude, I'm getting it every time I click on a thread or to back to the main Leaf page...It's absolutely obnoxiousI've been getting one similar to that for years.
Smart man. I have often thought back to that game and it was straight up embarrassing and if I was as smart as you, I would have known it then too. The Zamboni driver loss and whatever other nonsense, not that big a deal but to play like that in that game ... instead of showing JT how smart a move he made coming here, they got run out of the rink in disgraceful fashion. I think deep down maybe I knew it too but just didn't want to admit it to myself. I kept trying to be optimistic and talk myself into believing and I guess I can rationalize doing so because fans are supposed to cheer and hope and all that crap but yeah, I was flat out wrong.I said it before, but Tavares' return to NYI in 2019 showed us everything we needed to know about the core
They don't have it
so actions by people on a message board told you when it was over for the leafs?When the Leafs won in 6 last round and all the same negative crybabies were bumping every appreciation thread among others.
Honestly, in game 5 vs. Montreal. We did not show up, but rallied late to tie it and send to OT. Lost a minute in on the Gally turnover.
We then went back to Montreal for game 6, and the rest is history.