nsleaf
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What you are doing here is a classic pivot move or what many here call "moving the goal posts"....and this isnt a Leaf fan thing.
You claimed Tampa outplayed Florida. I just proved to you they didnt is all......but that doesnt mean I think the better team lost. Vasy is 100% part of Tampa and if he played for Florida, we may be talking them as the champs. You just have a really flawed way of looking at the value of playoff goaltending and also how insane it is to both acquire.....and made even worse by the fact it can disappear faster than any position in hockey (the voodoo aspect a la everyone from Jim Carey to Matt Murray). Goalies are almost a separate entity from the team that make or break all the effort put forth in front of them. You could outshoot a team 50-1 and still lose due to goaltending but you can also get fooled by apparent good goaltending as well as they can crack under pressure in big games (the biggest problem this team has faced IMO).
I don't think budget has much to do with it at all. You have to find that great goalie before you sign him to big dollars and the Leafs havnt. If you see a team with a big budget goalie, that goalie has already proved himself....and thats why the Leafs dont have one (and havnt had one for decades). Campbell looked good last playoffs until he didnt.....and looked good until mid Jan. until he didnt. You didnt see me really singing his praises that often because he has to prove himself, especially after wearing the goat horns last year...which he did. Can he turn it around? Maybe?....and it would be great to see a nice guy like him get it done too but in the end, he needs to perform. It's literally the most important position in the playoffs. The MVP position and the final fortress. If the Leafs are to win, it's going to be because their goalie finally stepped up and played like a winner....and I'm sick of seeing the ones playing like winners being in the opposition nets.
Poster claims to be a fan, but all he does is constantly shift the posts around. Poster is constantly slinging crap at the Leafs' top players. IMO, he's a Tampa fan and Leaf critic.
Every thread is infiltrated with the poster's Buzz Killington shtick.