OldTimeHockey
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Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate said:
You'll spend that could hundred somewhere regardless. Why not on something you enjoy doing like watching hockey?
2022-23 Toronto Maple Leafs General Discussion
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You'll spend that could hundred somewhere regardless. Why not on something you enjoy doing like watching hockey?
I feel like we had a lot of "I'm not excited for the regular season/who cares about the regular season/I'm not watching until they win a playoff round" comments last offseason too and then those of us who did follow along got to witness arguably the greatest single season performance by a Leaf ever (and one of the best seasons from a goal scorer in modern history really). So like, that was cool.
Zee
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CarltonTheBear said:
I'm like a lot of other fans right now, I'll still watch the regular season but honestly it doesn't get me excited any longer when we've had this history of always choking in the playoffs. You can't even troll other fanbases after a win, they'll be like "oh yeah, wait until the playoffs loser!" That 3-1 lead and loss to the Habs really killed my enthusiasm for a while. Lets hope this is the year they break through and make a run.
OldTimeHockey
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CarltonTheBear said:
Yes I remember the conversation last year.
I guess I'm in the minority. If I'm at home, and a game is on, I'll turn it on. If the Leafs aren't playing but there's another interesting game, I'll casually watch that too.
I'll also spend Friday nights at a local rink watching kids play hockey. Or, on tournament weekends, the wife and daughter will leave me at the rink to watch other teams. :-\
Kin
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CarltonTheBear said:
I feel like if you're still posting on this board in the dead of August the "Are you going to follow the team?" question is sort of moot. If quitting following the Leafs was in the cards for me I'd have done it long ago. Being, like, super pumped for it is a different question.
Redleaf
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Zee said:
Its funny how change works. It happens often after mass capitulation, when the majority of people have given up hope for it. I remember, and this is going waaaay back to the '93 playoffs when Leafs faced the Yzerman led Redwings in round 1. The Leafs finished with 99 points that year, but there was little hope that'd beat Detroit, because the Leafs were perennial playoff losers. Then the Game 7 OT goal by Borschevsky changed the whole narrative. I guess what I'm trying to say is change happens when you least suspect it, and this year is as good as any for something to finally bust open.
I get your point, but I don?t think calling them perennial playoff losers is a fair assessment of that era. They were just a bunch of shit teams for almost 15 years at that point.
Getting into the playoffs was a joke back then. I think one year they got in with 50 some points.
Getting into the playoffs was a joke back then. I think one year they got in with 50 some points.
Redleaf
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Joe said:
Maybe not the right words there, but the sentiment was similar. They were coming out of a decade long drought in the 80's and finally, finally won an important playoff round that really mattered at the time and brought back a lot of fans that had long given up on the club.
Frank E said:
He's loved by management, by the coaches but outside of a decent playoff in 2021 and 50 points last year, is he the type of player that TO can progress with? He's a maintenance player, TO can use him to do well during the regular season but really he offers little in the playoffs and not mine nor many's idea of a go to player when that extra gear is necessary. We all expect more from Mitch, Auston, Willie and JT especially when more is needed but I don't think Kerfoot has that extra, like what we saw from Paul of TB during the playoffs. 3.5 mil seems like a bargain for a 50 point player and it is except when that player has little more to offer beyond being in the right place at the right time. This same management and coaches were also very sold on Thornton, spent the better part of his healthy time with the Leafs seeking what he could no longer offer rather than making him earn his role.
TO doesn't need his 50 points but does need players that can and will be productive in the playoffs. Regular season offensive productivity isn't enough anymore for TO.