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Deebo said:Matthews seems to have 1 good playoff game in him per season.
Yeah ok so you didn't watch the playoffs?Deebo said:Matthews seems to have 1 good playoff game in him per season.
tomcom said:I remember few games ago I said this team is total garbage and some guy in here say what I said was garbage so wondering how this person is feeling now? See you guys in another 19 years.
They ran into a buzzsaw. This is exactly what they did to Boston.Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate said:I really thought they might thrive after getting the R1 monkey off their backs. How very wrong I was.
Guilt Trip said:Yeah ok so you didn't watch the playoffs?Deebo said:Matthews seems to have 1 good playoff game in him per season.
L K said:Matthews is a truly phenomenal player but this wrist (or back) stuff is concerning to me. He's still a great player even if he doesn't hit that 2021-2022 peak again but he also isn't a 14 million dollar player if he can't achieve it either. That's going to make this off-season really flipping interesting once he's eligible for an extension. I'm not sure what the right number is for him but it can't be 14 million when the cap isn't rising significantly
Deebo said:Guilt Trip said:Yeah ok so you didn't watch the playoffs?Deebo said:Matthews seems to have 1 good playoff game in him per season.
I'm glad you are happy with his performances.
Guilt Trip said:They ran into a buzzsaw. This is exactly what they did to Boston.Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate said:I really thought they might thrive after getting the R1 monkey off their backs. How very wrong I was.
Nik said:The people,though who think this is endemic to these players are wrong. If the Leafs best players "did this all the time" they wouldn't make it to game 7's. They, well, they'd get down 3-0.
Well said.Nik said:You can't win in the playoffs if your top guys don't play well and they haven't here.
The people,though who think this is endemic to these players are wrong. If the Leafs best players "did this all the time" they wouldn't make it to game 7's. They, well, they'd get down 3-0.
And I don't think this can be chalked up to inherent mental flaws either. There's an actual literal Conn Smythe winner on the team who isn't playing well.
But they're not getting their butts kicked. They've lost three close games. That's frustrating but any one looking to ascribe a deeper meaning to this other than "They haven't played very well three games in a row" is really just looking to confirm past beliefs.
Nik said:You can't win in the playoffs if your top guys don't play well and they haven't here.
The people,though who think this is endemic to these players are wrong. If the Leafs best players "did this all the time" they wouldn't make it to game 7's. They, well, they'd get down 3-0.
And I don't think this can be chalked up to inherent mental flaws either. There's an actual literal Conn Smythe winner on the team who isn't playing well.
But they're not getting their butts kicked. They've lost three close games. That's frustrating but any one looking to ascribe a deeper meaning to this other than "They haven't played very well three games in a row" is really just looking to confirm past beliefs.
Deebo said:Nik said:The people,though who think this is endemic to these players are wrong. If the Leafs best players "did this all the time" they wouldn't make it to game 7's. They, well, they'd get down 3-0.
Ok, only a majority of the time them.
Bender said:This was a close game on the score sheet only. I think most people would agree that they played well enough to win the first two, but the way they lost today and the way they played after going down 2-0 is what's setting people off.
Nik said:Bender said:This was a close game on the score sheet only. I think most people would agree that they played well enough to win the first two, but the way they lost today and the way they played after going down 2-0 is what's setting people off.
If your worst individual game of the series is one that was close on the scoresheet "only" and went to OT then I feel like that speaks to my point.
But my point isn't "people shouldn't be frustrated". The Leafs are down 3-0. Being frustrated by that is understandable.