Are the Hockey News getting ahead of themselves a little bit?

[Hockeyholic]

Which could literally be said about any sports franchise.

Exactly. I mean technically, Seattle will win a cup.

 

[Spirit of 67]

Mats Sundin=Auston Matthews
Doug Gilmour>>any other player on the current roster
Larry Murphy>>>>any current Leafs D in the roster and pipeline.

They combined for zero Toronto cup wins. They are on path for contending, why not leave it at that?

If it makes you feel better, sure.
Happy?

 

[Seanaconda]

Exactly. I mean technically, Seattle will win a cup.

No they could get moved before that happens as well

 

[Slap]

If it makes you feel better, sure.
Happy?

Very much. Toronto has been on path many times before. Just wanted to prepare you in case you steer off the path into a ditch again.

 

[nobody]

So much bitterness in here. It's just a silly magazine cover, let's not get so riled up. GLG!

 

[COHawk]

It has happened before in other sports. Just saying.

This cover is from 2014:

 

[bukwas]

They're just doing their job, which ultimately, is to profit.

What's going to sell more: "Hey Leafs might be decent for awhile" or "the Leafs are winning the Stanley Cup"? Which grabs more eyeballs?

Yup, pretty basic concept really.

 

[JadedLeaf]

Exactly. I mean technically, Seattle will win a cup.

Will they though? Teams have come and gone without winning a cup before.. Just saying lol.

 

[JadedLeaf]

Why does everything have to read like a facebook clickbait article? " You'll never guess our top five cup contenders! #4 willl BLOOOOOW you away!"

 

[KingTux]

Its a smart PR move by THN

 

[LeafGrief]

Very much. Toronto has been on path many times before. Just wanted to prepare you in case you steer off the path into a ditch again.

You are a shining beacon of reason in a dark sea of turmoil that is Leafs nation. With our pale and malnourished hands, we reach out and thank you for having the sheer guts to temper our ridiculous expectations. Bless you on this great day.

 

[TOGuy14]

Which could literally be said about any sports franchise.

The Cleveland Browns would like to dispute this statement

 

[rent free]

what about the guy who predicted a cubs ws win back in 93?

 

[Slap]

You are a shining beacon of reason in a dark sea of turmoil that is Leafs nation. With our pale and malnourished hands, we reach out and thank you for having the sheer guts to temper our ridiculous expectations. Bless you on this great day.

No problem at all. The pleasure is all mine. As you know the Oilers were on path to Dynasty just less than a year ago.
You can only imagine my shock and disbelief to learn that we aren't winning the cup this year.

 

[COHawk]

what about the guy who predicted a cubs ws win back in 93?

I still wish Back to the Future would've been correct. Would have been so epic.

 

[rent free]

I still wish Back to the Future would've been correct. Would have been so epic.

what did they predict?

 

[TheMule93]

Marketing goal achieved: the outrage had spread all over social media

 

[pheasant]

You are a shining beacon of reason in a dark sea of turmoil that is Leafs nation. With our pale and malnourished hands, we reach out and thank you for having the sheer guts to temper our ridiculous expectations. Bless you on this great day.

*slow clap*

 

[ACC1224]

Yeah, it's hard to see Middlestadt as a "ray of light".

 

[LeafsNation75]

If anything that cover makes Leafs fans look bad when they say "plan the parade" because it's something fans of other teams bash Leafs fans for whenever they are winning.

 

[Pay Carl]

" it's only a matter of when". Hm....

They also said the same thing about the Blues when I was subscribed to it

 

[COHawk]

what did they predict?

2015 World Series Champs. They were 1 year off.

 

[missingchicklet]

It's just a cover trying to grab attention. All mags do that. Look back over old THN issues over the years and look at their many predictions. Their track record is abysmal when it comes to predictions. Their analysis has also become very suspect and shows a complete lack of knowledge of the teams they write about in many cases. I still subscribe out of habit, but that mag has gone downhill steeply. Quite a few internet hockey bloggers have more hockey knowledge and better analysis than most of the hacks who write for THN nowadays. Hopefully THN improves at some point.

 

[Spirit of 67]

Very much. Toronto has been on path many times before. Just wanted to prepare you in case you steer off the path into a ditch again.

I've been watching this team for decades. They've never been on the right path imo. Not so say they haven't had some very good teams. But they weren't that close. Nor was it sustainable.

We have solid management that is trying to make sure we don't get too far ahead of ourselves.

Anyway, as long as you're happy, that's all that matters.

 

[Brock Radunske]

The Jets have a really good team now though so that prediction has a decent shot of coming true.