GDT: Leafs @ Lightning 7 PM - the Grand Finale, 70 or bust.

[Blanka]

Christ, can you all give it a f***ing rest.
If they play the series to 7 games they deserved to get to 7. I get we have looked like shit the last few games, but the defeatist attitudes and dooms saying is incredibly annoying.

If you’re so convinced they won’t put up a fight, then I guess there’s no need to watch. Feel free to do that. No one is forcing you to support this team.

But I need to watch because I get off on the misery of watching this club shit the bed every year...my 40th watching them now.

 

[MilkofthePoppy]

It has more of an impact than you are suggesting.

It has zero impact. If players aren't willing to be paid like their comparables than the organization should let them go. Nylander is at least 5 million dollars overpaid.

 

[Evilhomer]

You know those people will be saying "I always believed" if we win.

Correct. Even better, at some point after this garbage game there will be a prediction thread for the first round, and probably 95% of the posters here will predict that the Leafs will win the series.

 

[Blanka]

Nice of you to miss the point of the post

Thank you. I try.

 

[hfman]

The way this season has ended has severely damaged their psychological state. All these f* ups:

-Sh*t the bed against Detroit, Florida and Tampa Bay in the last 3 games of the season
-gave up the 100th assist to Kuch
-Matthews stuck at 69 goals to end the season
-Boston screwed us by tanking the end of their season to make sure we play them in round 1 again

these are all big pills to swallow. Don't see them recovering from all of this

 

[DarkKnight]

....

It's Dubas' fault, really. Both Matthews and Marner should have gotten less on the first deals.

you can't get out of this cycle with these guys.

 

[LastOne2100]

It’s not blind hope. The leafs have issues, but guess what, so does Boston.

Remember, the goal is not to beat Boston. It's to win a Stanley Cup.

I don't want another year where we win one round then celebrate like we won the cup, then barely show up to round 2 after it's already over.

 

[Maple Leaf]

WHAT IS THE POINT!

 

[Racer88]

Nylander's bar should've been 9.5

Marner's bar should've been 11.5

instead nylander got 11.5 and marner is going to get 12.5-13.

what a f***ing disgrace

Marners bar shouldn’t be a dollar over Kucherov’s

 

[All Mod Cons]

Keefe completely screwed up this end of season. Beginning with not having Matthews for empty net then complaining about distraction and complaining fans are asking for it.

He made it more of a bad thing then something we celebrate. Completely screwed everything up

I think there are many better coaches than Sheldon Keefe.

 

[Blanche Blanche]

I'm glad he's not stuck at 67 because that would just be the biggest kick in the pills, but the way 69 happened just feels so Leafy.

Yeah Jesus. Thank God....

67 would make the skeptics here believe in the "curse" and the scorn from holy hockey deity

Myself included

 

[ToneDog]

Hindsight is 20/20 but Dubas should’ve signed Tanev over Brodie. Tanev did have injury concerns at the time but he’s at least a still competent defenseman despite his injury history and physical style. Brodie fell off despite being soft as butter and being relatively healthy.

That was a no brainer but Dubas gonna Dubas.

 

[thewave]

Can't wait till Keefe is finally gone. He's Dufus's gift that keeps on giving.

Fire all the idiot sticks that support Keefe as well. He is a crap coach.

 

[centipede2233]

and when the leafs fail yet again, we will bring back the same management, coaching and core 4! How exciting!!,

 

[Raging Bull]

Vasilevsky looks like Rocky Dennis from Mask.

 

[Canadian Finn]

I guess I missed someone calling it a myth.

There is 100% momentum can carry over.

I am more worried about creating bad habits by playong so loose rather than being on a losing streak.

Like I said. Bos has zero momentum as well so it will be interesting

yes, I responded to the original comment who called momentum going into the playoffs a myth.

 

[Rob Brown]

The way this season has ended has severely damaged their psychological state. All these f* ups:

-Sh*t the bed against Detroit, Florida and Tampa Bay in the last 3 games of the season
-gave up the 100th assist to Kuch
-Matthews stuck at 69 goals to end the season
-Boston screwed us by tanking the end of their season to make sure we play them in round 1 again

these are all big pills to swallow. Don't see them recovering from all of this

Boston has nothing to do with any of this lol. What a dumb tinfoil hat conspiracy theory.

 

[Racer88]

I'll be back to optimistic by Saturday.

Stupid me.

Sucked in again just like the rest of us

 

[Aashir Mallik]

Get the f outa here with this garbage . Guy scored in 8 straight games and because he doesn't score in 2 you criticize him guy has scored 69 frigging goals and still might get 70. What a joke post

ok? He isn't immune to criticism this game.

my reply is to the guy saying matthews has played less than kucherov.

he hasn't been good enough to play more. He's completely ignored his defensive responsibilites and chased after the goals. He has strayed away from what got him 69 goals and has himself and the team playing selfish hockey to spoonfeed him 70. Had he just played his game like normal and had the team also just played a normal game, we would've been much better off and no doubt he would've hit 70

 

[Suntouchable13]

Marners bar shouldn’t be a dollar over Kucherov’s

Marner shouldn't be a Leaf anymore. Period.

 

[ClarkSittler]

Yeah, 51 years in I'm new to hockey. Or, I've watched so much hockey that I know that garbage time games, like stellar pre-season records, mean absolutely nothing. As long as no one gets injured, this will have been a good game.

51 years and you're predictions are always wrong, guess you haven't learned much. I thought we were supposed be ahead of the Bruins and 1 or 2 in the Conference right now, what happened? Did your 51 years let you down again?

 

[Larcos_Unal]

Tampa loading up the PP 5-1, they're ruthless savages. That's how you win cups

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

I don’t know why other teams can make our third stringer look like a joke meanwhile every Tim e face some nobody he looks like f***ing Jesus Christ in net.

 

[HamiltonNHL]

To top it off I have to read special messages about Kucherov in my score app.

FO already

 

[Rob Brown]

Tampa loading up the PP 5-1, they're ruthless savages. That's how you win cups

Funny, when we do that other teams get mad and cry about it.