Douloureux ….. alors Sean (Down Goes Brown) avertit dans l’ouverture de faire demi-tour si vous ne pouvez pas supporter de revivre le traumatisme.
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OzzieNewYork
@Maple Leafs de Toronto
Douloureux ….. alors Sean (Down Goes Brown) avertit dans l’ouverture de faire demi-tour si vous ne pouvez pas supporter de revivre le traumatisme.
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OzzieNewYork
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You know, I’m going to choose to not relive this shit.
Oh look it’s the Atlantic! With over 70% 1 star reviews because of their scammy behaviour
https://www.trustpilot.com/review/theatlantic.com
Do not take the “free” trial
Edit: Also The Athletic which is what I intended to post about. Basically avoid any publications that start with A.
https://www.trustpilot.com/review/theathletic.com
The Montreal series was when I began doubting this core. It was revitalized a bit by the first Tampa series where we lost primarily because of lack of third line depth and a bad PK. Edit: Actually the Columbus series was when I began having doubts. Blowing a 3-0 lead and then relying on a miracle comeback in Game 4 to force a game 5.
Game 3 of the Florida series is when it was confirmed for me. This era is a failure and the 2 guys in the sights should be Marner and Matthews.
Marner I absolutely 100% believe can win a Cup while being the best player on a team. Outside of Toronto.
If the rumours of Matthews wanting to be the highest paid guy in the league on a 4 or 5 year deal, I don’t think he’ll ever win anything in his career as a top player on his team wherever he goes. That is an absolutely crippling contract for any team that signs him. Unfortunate that it happens to be us.
Painful read. IMO he has game 6 vs Bruins from 2019 too low in this list. That game was the one that truly broke me. Game 5 of that series to this day is one of the best playoff games I’ve seen, a complete effort from the team and both goalies on their A game, it was tense until the final moments but they fought so hard and Matthews wasn’t going to be denied. All series long it also felt like we were the better team at 5v5 but were getting unlucky with inconsistent goaltending and bad PKing costing us, plus really shit refereeing.
Going into game 6, we finally had those fuckers on the ropes, and we had a great chance to finally finish them off on home ice. The game started great with the Leafs controlling the play and Morgan Rielly scoring early, the building was deafening at that point. Then the Leafs ran into penalty trouble and couldn’t get a save or kill a penalty and were quickly down multiple goals, and never really got their way back into the game.
They just kinda folded and when it was game 7 back in Boston I knew it was a foregone conclusion that we were going to lose. Ultimately it was a huge missed opportunity just like this year as the 60 win boogeyman Lightning got swept in round 1 and there was a clear path to the finals. I really thought after acquiring JT we’d destroy them but how wrong I was…
My feelings around the NHL also soured with how the series was reffed (and also 2018) and that my last memory of Naz in a Leafs jersey was him being ejected and suspended because he tried to step up against a dirty cunt who almost ran Marleau into the stanchion. And then they traded him and it felt like it ripped the heart of the team away while Babcock also lost the room. Couple that with Mitch Marner’s contract antics in the summer and the team just became very unlikeable quickly.
wtf is this bs article
I’ll pass on this one lol
Montreal, end list.
Might include the Columbus one too but I’m not really mad about that one now.
Anything else is sad but when you look at some of the other series being played, the Leafs have put it all out there. For the most part every game is close, hard fought. No blow outs.
I would lose my mind being a fan of Edmonton.
11-1, 0-9, 16-13….
most of these weren’t painful at all considering the leafs were shown to have outplayed their opponent.
I enjoyed DGB’s history of the NHL book, but his current takes and Leafs-related content just kinda…sucks lol
Losing to Montreal has got to be the worst one
I’d have panthers game 3 over panthers game 5
The common thread of all these, yes I sadly read this, is not rising to the occasion and not giving a 60 min effort. In clutch games they don’t score much. It’s either shut out, 1 or 2 goals. They can’t even win by accident. That to me suggests a fatal flaw in the construction of this team
This should be mandatory reading for anyone joining this sub lol.
A nice, long, factual dose of reality for many whose memories seem to reset after every game. Funnily enough, after reading this I’m less mad at the core four. I mean, reading that as your resume, your legacy, must be embarrassing. Yes they have millions of dollars but so do their peers.
It’s reading about the no show games that’s the most disappointing. That’s all mental. The rest of the team is built on a budget and when the stars are no shows, and they’re always no shows when it matters, the Leafs lose.