Jimmy Firecracker
They Fired Sheldon!
The Canucks played the Wild who can't score and the Blues who were awful the first 2 games and didn't win a game in the bubble until last night.
Neither can Columbus and yet they’re still playing games while our boys are back home with their thumbs up their asses.
I think they are in a bit of a different situation than us who played Columbus who give everyone a lot of serious trouble and have the best goalie in the playoffs right now.
Columbus is not unbeatable. Even with Korpisalo playing out of his mind, we went up 3-0 on him and the Jackets in game 3 and blew it. Leafs lack the killer instinct necessary to close out series, hell they can’t even close out individual games. Canucks stopped a Wild comeback in game 2.
Can't just say look at x team they are getting it done when everyone faces different situations. They are also gonna be in a terrible situation having to resign Petey and Hughes to 10+ each. Hughes could get one of the highest contracts in the history of d men the way he is playing and the way their fans talk about him...
For all we know Pettersson and Hughes could take much better deals than our young guys did. Not every good young player is destined to sign a $10 million plus contract, only in Toronto is that assumed. Hell they could take bridges which, while it just kicks the can down the road, would allow them to hold on to their supporting cast who’ve been good to great for them during this little run of theirs.
In any case, regardless of all the off ice stuff, the Canucks are just flat out playing better than the Leafs did these playoffs. Say whatever you want about upcoming contracts, that team has bought in and is playing playoff style hockey. Leafs haven’t shown anything like that over a decent stretch. Just in spurts, only to regress right after.