Goose
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- Apr 18, 2006
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I know we’ve got a team with some legit expectations this year - the best in a long while - but I don’t find myself liking this team as much as I’ve liked previous teams.
The version of this team in Matthews’ rookie season was so much fun without expectations, and it now feels like it’s all business all the time with this core, especially with the way the contracts have played out for Matthews/Nylander/Marner.
I think the core we had the first time we blew a third period lead to Boston in Game 7 was my favourite though, I would have loved to see that team make a real run. Kadri/ JVR/ Bozak/ Kessel/ Lupul never got the big league wide attention but I really rooted for that group (even Kessel, who always seemed to be getting beat up by the media for one reason or another) and Phaneuf had started to become a punching bag for Toronto fans but still had a lot of value.
I’m curious how people feel about the current group, do people really “like” how the 19/20 team is stacking up? I find it kind of weird this year, I expect the Leafs will do well and have a good shot at making it into the 2nd round at least, but I’m not as excited for this team to start playing as I have been for other teams in past.
The version of this team in Matthews’ rookie season was so much fun without expectations, and it now feels like it’s all business all the time with this core, especially with the way the contracts have played out for Matthews/Nylander/Marner.
I think the core we had the first time we blew a third period lead to Boston in Game 7 was my favourite though, I would have loved to see that team make a real run. Kadri/ JVR/ Bozak/ Kessel/ Lupul never got the big league wide attention but I really rooted for that group (even Kessel, who always seemed to be getting beat up by the media for one reason or another) and Phaneuf had started to become a punching bag for Toronto fans but still had a lot of value.
I’m curious how people feel about the current group, do people really “like” how the 19/20 team is stacking up? I find it kind of weird this year, I expect the Leafs will do well and have a good shot at making it into the 2nd round at least, but I’m not as excited for this team to start playing as I have been for other teams in past.