Dubi Doo
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- Aug 27, 2008
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at this point i would take 10 first round exits for some continued (regular season) success. What the Sabres do year after year is worse.
It seems @Der Jaeger was talking about the future, which is a much more interesting question.
Would you rather be the Sabres, with the stockpile of youth and potential?
Or the Leafs? Who have consistently shown they don't have the heart to compete? And all those stars locked into contracts?
I don't see an easy out for the Leafs.
I would be so tired of watching the same core get abused in the playoffs and give half ass efforts to inferior teams during the regular season year in and year out. Their core isn't a likeable bunch at all. We would be ROASTING them on these boards, and it'd be going on, what? 5 or 6 years now?
I also don't trust the Leafs GM at all. His offseason was ASS. I highly doubt he'll be the one to smooth over the flaws of that roster. He put toughness over everything this past offseason, which sounds nice, but the issue is he neutered a solid defensive team in the process. They're a worse team this year compared to last year.
At this point, I may take the potential of the Sabres over the almost certainty of what the Leafs are going to be for the next 5 years. Unless they can completely revamp that defense (which includes finding a minute eating #1), find a #1 goalie, and find forwards who are committed defensively *cough* not the Domis and Bertuzzis of the world*, then they're likely to sputter in the early rounds of the playoffs.