The Out of Town Thread (Part 48)

[GlassesJacketShirt]

Leafs are the Bruce Boudreau of hockey teams.

 

[the]

That Maple Leafs franchise went downhill the moment they let Lou Lamoriello walk away.

 

[DavePeak]

Im not sure why were tying to fix their problems for them lol...

people are all of a sudden becoming leafs fans and lafrenieres not even on the team yet lmao

And i agree with another post, why would a team want to bail them out..? makes no sense to me

Oh, I'm not a Leafs fan, it's just that elite defensemen are not easily available and even if they get their hands on a decent one, it might not be enough to fix their roster. Leafs have spectacular offense but are not properly built. That might bite them for good eventually.

 

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

Good thing they still have lizard man:

I can't believe those words came out the mouth of a general manager of a professional sports team.

This cant be real

 

[DAChampion]

I see nothing wrong with Lafreniere going to Pittsburgh. They're no longer as effectively talented given how old their core is. They're also a team that tries to win rather than tank.

 

[Grand Admiral Thrawn]

Toronto... Ha ha ha!!!

https://thehockeywriters.com/toronto-maple-leafs-stanley-cup-2020/

Or This:

Hilarious!!

 

[ROEN]

Build a culture based on losing and its hard to break out of it. Buff, TO, Edmonton. These are all teams that spent years obviously trying to lose and they can’t win now.

If you are not trying to win as an Org don’t be surprised when you players don’t give a shit when you wake up one day and want to win.

Losing breeds losers

Very well said, the proportion of teams winning cups with a generational offensive talent vs those that were built 'from the ground up' to win is disproportionally on the side of of the latter. imo the only problem Lafreniere would have solved in Montreal is a linguistic one, the media attention would have obliterated him like it did so many others

 

[CalgarySnow]

Damn I’m still going to be reminded how old I am with how long it has been since the Leafs won a Cup

 

[DavePeak]

Toronto... Ha ha ha!!!

Hilarious!!

Are you sure it was published on April 2nd and not April 1st?

 

[Grand Admiral Thrawn]

That Maple Leafs franchise went downhill the moment they let Lou Lamoriello walk away.

I think they went downhill the moment they signed Loser Tavares.

Since he left the island, the Islanders have been winning and trending up.

The Leafs haven't won anything.
4 years in and they don't even make the playoffs... Haha

 

[Michelangelo]

I see nothing wrong with Lafreniere going to Pittsburgh. They're no longer as effectively talented given how old their core is. They're also a team that tries to win rather than tank.

But that would hurt more considering it was "supposed" to be our lotto pick given our matchup

 

[DavePeak]

Damn I’m still going to be reminded how old I am with how long it has been since the Leafs won a Cup

'67, the same year that Canada was founded

 

[Canadienna]

Good thing they still have lizard man:

I can't believe those words came out the mouth of a general manager of a professional sports team.

This is my all-time favourite hockey quote.

 

[Chili]

Leafs last playoffs series win: 2004

 

[sheed36]

Trading Lou for Tavares as worked out pretty good for the Isles. At least they won a playoff round last season and made the playoffs again this season.

 

[ROEN]

First pic of the Leafs leaving the bubble tonight ...

 

[Spearmint Rhino]

No 3 goal come back today, now just don't win 1OA and I'll be happy

 

[DAChampion]

At least Toronto has a good option for a tanking slogan.

Laff for Laf to the Laffs.

 

[Grand Admiral Thrawn]

'67, the same year that Canada was founded

Forget the cup, at this point the better question is how long since the Leafs won a playoff round... Lol

 

[DavePeak]

First pic of the Leafs leaving the bubble tonight ...

What's even worse for them (and the Oilers) is that playoffs will be played home while they'll be on vacation (of course, a lot of Leafs players live out of town during the off-season, but still)

But hey, if I can find a positive for them is that they at least were able make a crazy late comeback at the end of game 4. But the way they lost game 3 and 5 will leave a sour taste for sure though...

I wonder in which playoffs bandwagon Leafs fan will jump in this year if they do.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Round 2 starts on Tuesday.

Columbus/Tampa Game 1.
Chicago/Vegas Game 1.

Habs play on Wednesday.

 

[Adam Michaels]

 

[Adam Michaels]

 

[WickedPegJets]

I predict the Nashville Predators will win Alexis Lafreniere tomorrow evening.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Tuesday:

Columbus/Tampa Game 1 @ 3PM
Calgary/Dallas Game 1 @ 5:30PM
Carolina/Bruins Game 1 @ 8PM
Chicago/Vegas Game 1 #10:30PM

Wednesday:

NY Islanders/Washington Game 1 @ 3PM ET
Arizona/Colorado Game 1 @ 5:30PM ET
Montreal/Philadelphia Game 1 @ 8PM ET
Vancouver/St. Louis Game 1 @ 10:30PM ET