How the world looked like last time Habs/Leafs faced each other in the playoffs!

[Roksta]

Can someone do a « how did the world look like the last time the Leafs won the cup » ?

 

[Leksand]

Serious question for the purpose of learning and growing as a person.

If one went onto a soccer site with a similar thread title and someone posted a whole bunch of stuff about hockey, what do you think the reaction would be? Thanks in advance.

Just to be clear, I am not asking this in a nasty or desultory manner, I am truly curious about it.

Would work in Sweden.

 

[Leksand]

Can someone do a « how did the world look like the last time the Leafs won the cup » ?

Sgt Pepper Lonely Heartsclub Band was released and no one noticed the cup win

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

Can someone do a « how did the world look like the last time the Leafs won the cup » ?

 

[RussianRacket]

Can someone do a « how did the world look like the last time the Leafs won the cup » ?

Only available picture from the era.

 

[Habsfunk]

New York City was very different than what is is now.


Times Square in 1979 was a rather sleazy place with lots of adult shops, high crime, as well as presence of well known mafias and drugs dealers. Not exactly a place you'd take your family to

Since Disney bought a significant share of the land in the mid-90s, it is now a primary tourist destination.

NYC subway was deemed as "world's most dangerous transit" from the 70s until the early 90s as crime was high and graffiti was scribbled all over the trains.

Today, the NYC subway is one of the safer transportations in America.

Don't forget about gangs of costumed baseball fanatics wandering the streets:



(The Warriors came out in 1979)

 

[Grandma Bingo]

In '79, Austin Matthews' father probably didn't know he was going to give birth to an absolute hockey legend in Arizona a few years ahead! As a Habs fan, I'm genuine, that player is amazing and scares me, but I'm still happy we won Game1 tonight

Austin Matthews' father gave birth?

 

[Bee Holder]

Austin Matthews' father gave birth?

Amazing. comeback.

 

[Hollywood3]

In '79, Austin Matthews' father probably didn't know he was going to give birth to an absolute hockey legend in Arizona a few years ahead! As a Habs fan, I'm genuine, that player is amazing and scares me, but I'm still happy we won Game1 tonight

I believe his mother gave birth to him.

 

[Maestro84]

Man seeing all these droughts that the Leafs are now just breaking makes me feel bad for that franchise lol

Some of them date back to the 1950s

Hell Matthews winning the Richard was the first Leafs player to lead the league in goal's scored since some dude did it in 1946, the year the United Nations was founded LMAO

 

[Hollywood3]

What will the world look like the NEXT time the Leafs win the cup?

Maybe people will be banned from playing due to rules by Karens. It will be programmed robots with AI.

Fans would go to games in flying cars.

 

[RussianRacket]

What will the world look like the NEXT time the Leafs win the cup?

Maybe people will be banned from playing due to rules by Karens. It will be programmed robots with AI.

Fans would go to games in flying cars.

 

[Ghost of Ethan Hunt]

And then this pivotal scene happened ('79) ...

 

[JadedLeaf]

Toronto 1979

Toronto now

Edit: I honestly never noticed how the buildings heights seem to flow like that from one end to the other.

 

[Ghost of Ethan Hunt]

I love this thread. Great job OP.

Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Yes & Pink Floyd were still young & touring, while putting out amazing LP's. That's vinyl (records), look like shiny black frisbees, for the zillenials, younger millenials.

Rush & Van Halen were young & powering the prog.rock & hard rock/guitar rock genres. HM to David Bowie, Peter Gabriel & Genesis, The Beach Boys, The Kinks, Bob Marley, Eric Clapton, Aerosmith etc.

I don't think the Sony Walkman (portable cassette player/radio w/headset) launched until 1980.

Lake Placid was just a small town in NY. Miracle on Ice hadn't happened yet.

John Lennon was still alive & well.

 

[RussianRacket]

Toronto 1979

really interesting photos and I'm not sure any city council these days as the gumption to build something massive like the CN Tower in general, but especially in the relative middle of nowhere industrial land.

 

[Ghost of Ethan Hunt]

And:
- The Winnipeg Jets won the Avco Cup.
- Jon Voight bought the Buick which George Costanza may have later purchased.

I'd give this a thumbs up, but a cybermod has silenced my thumbs-up option.
Perhaps I could hire an intern a la Kramer.

Edit: this'll have to suffice.

 

[Ghost of Ethan Hunt]

Continental drift has shifted the North American plate by more than a meter since 1979. It was a different world back then.

And now 'Continental Drift' is one of the worst Rolling Stones songs, ever. They even open some of their post 1989 shows with it. (they didn't tour 84-89 & were all but broken up)

 

[MattySnipes]

Man seeing all these droughts that the Leafs are now just breaking makes me feel bad for that franchise lol

Some of them date back to the 1950s

Hell Matthews winning the Richard was the first Leafs player to lead the league in goal's scored since some dude did it in 1946, the year the United Nations was founded LMAO

I know what you mean but the Rocket is a bad example because it only came in 1998+.

Leafs are 100+ years old team.

 

[Sentinel]

For Russian speakers (and rock'n'roll fans in general)

 

[c9777666]

The Pittsburgh Pirates won game 7 of the World Series on the road against the Baltimore Orioles

It would be 30 years before another road team won game 7 in a championship series (2009 Penguins)

 

[Maestro84]

I know what you mean but the Rocket is a bad example because it only came in 1998+.

Leafs are 100+ years old team.

It's only been called the Richard since 1998 but the league's always had a leading goal scorer each season and prior to Matthews, the last time a Leafs player led the league in goal scoring was the year the UN was founded lol

 

[Maestro84]

Leafs have now lost their last 6 games where they had a chance to win the series....

 

[dukeofjive]

I was playing atom hockey and rocking number 10 for le demon blond.

 

[dukeofjive]

By contrast, Montreal in 1979 vs. 2017 (four years ago, which was the last time I was there) looks... pretty much the same:

Du mont-royal.