Around the League vol 3: March 2, Firing.

[TheShape]

Jets on verge of losing 6 of 9 in February.

Is anyone freaking out about them? Theyre a big truculent team.

Jets low key aren’t that good. One line team and pretty slow on the backend. Not to mention the anchor contracts they’ve got. Jets will be in cap hell soon.

 

[leafsfan5]

Does Boston ever lose in regulation? Holy s*** every time I check they're picking up a point or winning

 

[1specter]

Bruins just don't f***ing lose f*** that stupid f***ing team. David freaking Backes with the winner

 

[LeafalCrusader]

Guess who wins again!

 

[LeafalCrusader]

You just know Boston's going to end St.Louis' winning streak on Saturday.

 

[13Hockey]

I think one think Boston and Toronto fans can agree on

Is that the playoff format sucks

For a 2nd year in a row 2 of the Top 5 teams in the nhl will play each other in Round 1 and be eliminated while mediocrity will get gifted a spot in Round 2 due to seeding being out of wack

 

[Mr Hockey]

I think one think Boston and Toronto fans can agree on

Is that the playoff format sucks

For a 2nd year in a row 2 of the Top 5 teams in the nhl will play each other in Round 1 and be eliminated while mediocrity will get gifted a spot in Round 2 due to seeding being out of wack

3 of the top 7 teams had to face each other in the first two rounds, Leafs, Bruins and Tampa

 

[Nooodles]

Dont be mad at Boston. Be mad at us.

 

[Gary Nylund]

I think one think Boston and Toronto fans can agree on

Is that the playoff format sucks

For a 2nd year in a row 2 of the Top 5 teams in the nhl will play each other in Round 1 and be eliminated while mediocrity will get gifted a spot in Round 2 due to seeding being out of wack

Agree with your basic premise, the playoff format absolutely sucks.

Technical point - Toronto wasn't a top 5 team last year, we were tied for 6th, 4 points out of 5th place.

Do Boston fans even care that much? If they beat us again I'm sure many of them will be laughing saying give us the Leafs every year, yes please.

 

[Trapper]

I remember when the leafs were a tough team that could play. Roberts. Tucker. Corson. McCabe. Marchment. Nolan.

Ottawa was a young team filled with skill but was sick and tired of losing to us and loaded up on 4th line toughness like rob ray.

Didn’t change a thing.

Of course it didn’t change a thing.
Because the 9 players above the 4th line remained the same. Couldn’t handle our cycle.

 

[VanW27]

Of course it didn’t change a thing.
Because the 9 players above the 4th line remained the same. Couldn’t handle our cycle.

The common narrative in that time was the Leafs toughness won those series.

I'd offer a different explanation, Curtis Joseph and Ed Belfour vs Patrick Lalime.

They were close series with 1 break, 1 goal possibly changing the outcome, and we had the better goalie.

 

[Nineteen67]

Of course it didn’t change a thing.
Because the 9 players above the 4th line remained the same. Couldn’t handle our cycle.

Nor did he play goal.

 

[Nineteen67]

Looking like the Leafs will be on the road in the first round at either Boston or NYI?

 

[Warden of the North]

Why does this change the standard for what qualifies a contender and not the status of Winnipeg.

(Aka that would mean Winnipeg isn’t that good and that true contenders still don’t lose 6 of 9?)

I would say it means peoples expectations of a contender are too high.

Aside from Tampa, every team has had a rough patch. Does that make them all non-contenders?

 

[deletethis]

The common narrative in that time was the Leafs toughness won those series.

I'd offer a different explanation, Curtis Joseph and Ed Belfour vs Patrick Lalime.

They were close series with 1 break, 1 goal possibly changing the outcome, and we had the better goalie.

More like Toronto Maple Leafs 2016-17/2017-18 are every bit as youthfully strutting, talented and relatively softer than their 1st round opponents as those Ottawa Senators teams were.

IMO if the Toronto Maple Leafs win the Cup with a lineup like this current one, it will be the softest NHL team ever to win the Stanley Cup.

 

[GardinerTheForward]

I would say it means peoples expectations of a contender are too high.

Aside from Tampa, every team has had a rough patch. Does that make them all non-contenders?

While I like the rebuttal I think our difference comes down to the tolerance level of rough patches. I would say 6 losses in 9 games is too high so yes they all are non-contenders. Think of it this way: Does winning 3 of 9 qualify you to be a contender? Nope. But it can rule you out.

 

[Warden of the North]

While I like the rebuttal I think our difference comes down to the tolerance level of rough patches. I would say 6 losses in 9 games is too high so yes they all are non-contenders. Think of it this way: Does winning 3 of 9 qualify you to be a contender? Nope. But it can rule you out.

Being a top team in the league even when youre not firing on all cylinders qualifies for me.

 

[The Podium]

Im sure its been discussed somewhere in this thread, but that Silfverberg deal sure does make Nylanders look good.

 

[8816 others]

No teams claimed DSP off waivers?

 

[dimi78]

Of course it didn’t change a thing.
Because the 9 players above the 4th line remained the same. Couldn’t handle our cycle.

A bit of a history revisionist. All 4 of those series were decided in goal. Ottawa out played us. There goalies didn't match Cujo or Belfour. Once those Leafs teams faced goaltending that matched the Leafs they were reveal as old, slow and not much after Sundin in the post season

 

[Mr Hockey]

penalty?

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

penalty?

In what world?

 

[Mr Hockey]

In what world?

I have no idea what a penalty is these days

 

[ULF_55]

penalty?

League really wants to eliminate physical play doesn't it?

That's what you want your defense to do, not point their stick at the player and say "stop it!"

 

[Gabriel426]

I think one think Boston and Toronto fans can agree on

Is that the playoff format sucks

For a 2nd year in a row 2 of the Top 5 teams in the nhl will play each other in Round 1 and be eliminated while mediocrity will get gifted a spot in Round 2 due to seeding being out of wack

Looking at the West, i really think the best 16 teams in the league should make the playoffs.
Then split those 16 teams into two groups and have a home and away stages-14games, with the top 2 teams in each group advancing and Play each other in best of 7 and then final.