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DO YALL WANT A BOXC posted:It’s a bit different when you’re letting in 7 goals in a game 1 and you’re yelling at Mikko Rantanen This clip is not from the current series, the Avs are not playing the Oilers at the moment, they are playing the Jets. This is a clip form March 16th from when the Avs beat the Oilers 3-2 in overtime.
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This is incredible given how flat the Leafs looked all game.
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Apr 28, 2024 11:42
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The Leafs may be down 3-1, but that’s okay. Marchand said they were built different. Rather than 7 games, they’ll be out in 5. A lot of companies would love that sort of streamlined performance.
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Apr 28, 2024 12:31
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Keefe gives a bad name to good haircuts
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Apr 28, 2024 13:17
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Holy poo poo Thompson made a lot of great saves last night, then lets that stinker in
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Apr 28, 2024 14:12
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At what point does whoever the hell is in charge of the Leafs at Rogers start to question if Brendan Shanahan is part of the problem
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Apr 28, 2024 15:19
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when they become unprofitable
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Saw the recap of last nights Leafs game finally since I spent most of it watching Evo Japan footage instead and holy hell did Boston open up their defense like a can of tuna. Not a great matchup, but then it would be the exact same with the Panthers anyway so they're just not a good playoff team at all and got really lucky they could take advantage of an oddly bad Vasilevskiy to just barely squeak by in 7 games. Had he been on his usual game I don't even think they'd have won a series finally even last year.
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Apr 28, 2024 16:07
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Found a tweet that from the outside seems to sum up the Leafs fan experience https://twitter.com/adam_la2karis/status/1784414690577109172
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Woke up this morning still chucklinf about the shitshow that is the Toronto Maple Leafs gently caress them they suck rear end
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stab posted:Woke up this morning still chucklinf about the shitshow that is the Toronto Maple Leafs gently caress them they suck rear end 
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Apr 28, 2024 16:53
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The thread title and OP gets better every drat day.
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Apr 28, 2024 17:04
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Lion's Teeth.
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Maple Leafs Hotstove is melting down about it too, some highlightsMLHS posted:Throughout the season and playoffs, we generally write post-games in a “Game in 10” format, breaking down the game into 10 digestible points that highlight goals, matchups, systems, and more.
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Propaganda Hour posted:Eck's video tonight on the Leafs is spicy The way he just kind of trails off dejected, rambling names at the end is really where most Leaf fans I know are at right now. The fanbase is psychologically broken and don't expect good things anymore.
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Apr 28, 2024 17:20
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I'd bet that most Leaf fans I know would rather forfeit the series at this point than play game 5.
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Apr 28, 2024 17:23
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it’s so funny that the Leafs fanbase is expects any sort of success, when they haven’t made the Finals, let alone win it all, since the league having more than 6 teams. embrace being hockey’s Cleveland Browns instead, it might be easier to enjoy the wins y’all do get
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https://x.com/ryanwhitney6/status/1784616054116823156?s=46&t=ZmcWuigp8va-srUE4rOQ8Q Real classy, bro
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Nybble posted:it’s so funny that the Leafs fanbase is expects any sort of success, when they haven’t made the Finals, let alone win it all, since the league having more than 6 teams. It’s the more money = better than syndrome. Like how Tim’s forced itself to be iconic in Canada even tho it’s airplane food and burnt coffee. Maple Leafs have forced themselves thru money about being the greatest team on ice.
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Technically Keefe is right: you can't question the effort, because it's abundantly clear there is none. The Leafs mope around on the ice like ghosts pretty much all of the time in the playoffs. They know they are going to lose. They're numb to it by now and just waiting for the inevitable to get finished so they can go play golf. Shockingly, Ryan Reaves did not change this at all, despite his commitment to doing Ryan Reaves things such as hitting dudes and talking real mean to them and serving up goals to the opposition on a plate. That Keefe is so terrible at tactics and so terrible at motivating his players to give a poo poo, and yet keep his job for years and years... it's unprecedented, at least in my lifetime. I admit to having some reservations about how far a team led by Matthews can go, but that's not even an answerable question until they get a real coach. Seriously, Matthews has been in the league eight (8!) years and the only coaches he has played for are Mike Babcock and Sheldon Keefe. He's midway through his career at least, and has no idea that a coach who knows what he's doing is even a thing. Eric the Mauve fucked around with this message at 18:04 on Apr 28, 2024 |
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Bertuzzi getting shoved in a locker every game by Marchand like he’s a 2011 Sedin owns, especially after hearing Toronto sports media talk about him all summer like he’s a gritty power forward
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That Leafs game is emblematic of this first round. Really weird lack of desperation from the teams getting smoked, although maybe they're just not good enough Anyway the likely second round matchups look promising, those should be wars. Dallas / Vegas has the feel of a 6 or 7 gamer too It's hard to even place the Leafs in the historical context of cores that choked. Like at least San Jose and Washington until they made their run won rounds and were competitive. Those Pronger Blues teams were the same way, they at least looked like a threat. This is something else entirely, like sure their division has been tough with Tampa, Boston, and now Florida but they look like they don't even believe that they belong with those teams. Very weird depressing aura that you didn't see with the chokers of yore T-Bone fucked around with this message at 18:26 on Apr 28, 2024 |
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Apr 28, 2024 18:20
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Yeah and at least Ovechkin and Thornton weren't literally making GBS threads their pants
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Apr 28, 2024 18:35
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The Caps are just horribly outclassed and accepted their fate by game 2. The Islanders play with plenty of desperation when they're behind and not being ordered by their coach to turtle. The Leafs are the Leafs. The other 5 series have been fun and good imo and are far from over
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With the Leafs, I don't think the future is that dire. Well, it is in the sense that I don't trust the people in charge to make the correct changes. But, it is a team that feels like it could tweaked to make a better team. They are committed to Nylander and Matthews, and those two guys *should* be enough. They should have fired Keefe, and traded Marner last season, so wasting another year for whatever reason is frustrating. Through this entire season, watching Matthews chase 70 was fun, but it all felt like they were slowly approaching another first-round exit. I think my main complaint is that Rielly is not a number one guy, yet the Leafs continue to get 3/4 types to fill up their d-core, and it doesn't work. Marner isn't worth as much as he was last season, now that he only has one more season, but I think they should really be looking to deal him for some d help. Unsure who is available, or what sort of deal makes sense. The Leafs probably won't be able to sell him for top dollar, but they have to try and get *someone*.
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Eric the Mauve posted:The Caps are just horribly outclassed and accepted their fate by game 2. The Islanders play with plenty of desperation when they're behind and not being ordered by their coach to turtle. The Leafs are the Leafs. Colorado/Winnipeg has had two blowouts, Edmonton/LA has had two blowouts, Dallas looked lethargic for two games, and Tampa has had period long stretches where they look like their core is ready to retire. The shot totals for Vancouver Nashville are like something out of the 1920s. The Islanders might as well be from the 1920s. There have been some individual good games in every series outside of Rangers/Caps, but a dreadful first round altogether.
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Sure, the Leafs should try to deal Marner. But he's only got a year left and a NMC. The real question is do you let him walk for nothing? Anyways good luck to the next team President.
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Keefe absolutely tries to sugar coat things and take a light touch with his stars, in the past he’s walked back comments and apologized for being even a little bit critical of his top guys in postgames. It really feels like a point of emphasis that he doesn’t get on the team to the media too much. But I don’t really doubt him when he says he sees guys trying out there, I think a lot of the time when teams are getting neutralized it looks like laziness when there’s strategic failings. I think just about every Leaf on the ice is trying hard to execute what he’s telling them to do, but the plan is bad.
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https://x.com/jotterstan/status/1784640005216108631 Here's the article in question from The Tennesseean. Had to double-check that the website isn't satire and I don't think it is
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It's their way of reminding him that's not Pekka Rinne, never gonna be Pekka Rinne, isn't worthy of Pekka Rinne.
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They absolutely need to blow it up. None of the highly paid guys will waive their nmcs to be the sacrificial lamb in a retool, but they might if you start trading everything else that isn't nailed down. The current group have no way to access the elite D man or goalie upgrade they need, and they just seem to have burned the idea that they're losers into their brains.
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I want to see Torts coach Toronto
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tarbrush posted:They absolutely need to blow it up. None of the highly paid guys will waive their nmcs to be the sacrificial lamb in a retool, but they might if you start trading everything else that isn't nailed down. I agree with all of this except the first sentence--blowing it up isn't really an option, and as you articulated, neither is a significant retool. Rosterwise this is what the Matthews era Leafs are always going to be, and I think the last chance they had to escape it came and went a year ago, maybe two. Still--get a real loving coach already and see if he can turn the negative mindset around, at least. They should already be talking to the Penguins about Mike Sullivan, especially since the coach they're about to fire is absolutely the one Dubas will hire as soon as he can. Don't wait for Dubas to get fired, which he probably will next summer. Move now. Eric the Mauve fucked around with this message at 19:39 on Apr 28, 2024 |
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:I want to see Torts coach Toronto Has a coach ever gotten suspended over a post-game press conference?
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They’re gonna fire Keefe, make Guy Boucher head coach, and trade way too much for Paraykos big broken body.
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It'll be Gallant. And it might not be the worst option. As long as no one does any "stupid poo poo at the blue line"
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Gallant's not going to be the guy to bring them tactically into the 21st century, which they desperately need. Then again, neither is Craig Berube who is who they probably will hire e: on the other hand it's not entirely impossible that Jon Cooper miiiiiight become available in the next year or two, so maybe one more bad coach to be a bridge to that could work. Along with dropping some hints within earshot of Cooper's agent that there could, not saying either way, but possibly there could theoretically and in a completely non-tampering way be a whole bank vault crammed full of money with his name penciled onto it, should he possibly theoretically become available. Eric the Mauve fucked around with this message at 20:05 on Apr 28, 2024 |
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You get at least one good season out of him before it completely implodes. If upper management finally is on the hot seat I could see it make sense.
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https://x.com/friedgehnic/status/1784653973275787355?s=46&t=2hVb1vPytx9OUpdE0UPz6Q Which Canuck decided to piss off a witch before the playoffs started
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