Series Thread: First Round - Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Montreal Canadiens

[Judge Fudge]

HOT TAKE ALERT!!!!

Maybe Toronto should just trade Marner, Matthews and Nylander for futures and do a massive rebuild. Discuss!

Might not be a bad idea there Kenny.

Now guys, take the next thing I'm about say with the following "Fudgeism":

" Hatred means a the hated team is on your teams level or higher."

I hate Toronto but they are a really talented team. TOO talented to be going out in the first round. So maybe a rebuild is not a bad idea but they might want to keep 1/3

 

[KennyBanyeah]

Might not be a bad idea there Kenny.

Now guys, take the next thing I'm about say with the following "Fudgeism":

" Hatred means a the hated team is on your teams level or higher."

I hate Toronto but they are a really talented team. TOO talented to be going out in the first round. So maybe a rebuild is not a bad idea but they might want to keep 1/3

Yeah. I was mostly joking. You keep at least two of those guys. You consider moving one of them for sure.

But to completely tear down a core of 23 and 24 year olds is, well, stupid.

 

[Judge Fudge]

Yeah. I was mostly joking. You keep at least two of those guys. You consider moving one of them for sure.

But to completely tear down a core of 23 and 24 year olds is, well, stupid.

I agree on the teardown but something has to change.

 

[mattola]

I will say this though, there were plenty of advanced stats guys that were constantly bellowing that the Leafs were a very good team and not just benefitting from beating up on a pretty craptacular North division. This is not to say that advanced stats are garbage, far from it, they are very useful, but one has to be cautious when drawing conclusions leaning on advanced stats.

I think I mentioned it as well, I didnt think it would be montreal.. but here we are

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

in the playoffs, corsi will rarely beat a goalie running at .952

Yeah but I just can't chalk it up to "they got goalied" again. Leafs got goalied last summer and TB proceeded to light that hot goalie up pretty well the next round. Good teams get past that.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Anyway, either someone in management decided to torch Marner or Leaf beat reporters have been sitting on info for a while without sharing because...

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

BTW, with that loss the Leafs are now guaranteed to pass the Rangers next May for the longest ever Stanley Cup drought.

Suck it bitches, we're #1.

 

[forty_three]

Yeah but I just can't chalk it up to "they got goalied" again. Leafs got goalied last summer and TB proceeded to light that hot goalie up pretty well the next round. Good teams get past that.

Maybe you should have tried taking Price to 5OT and turning his groin into jelly.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Maybe you should have tried taking Price to 5OT and turning his groin into jelly.

"He shoulda stretched!" - Kelly Hrudey

 

[elocomotive]

My wife is on board with the Kraken (she wants to go to a Kraken game once the border opens).

If a certain character were still around he'd probably say "Yar... no need to wait for the border to open. The sea always be open. Come visit the Kraken any time ya like, lass."

RIP, Captain. Miss you everyday.

 

[Center Ice]

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Yeah. I was mostly joking. You keep at least two of those guys. You consider moving one of them for sure.

But to completely tear down a core of 23 and 24 year olds is, well, stupid.

You dunnit, correct? lol

 

[jstewismybastardson]

 

[dash]

Isn't May 31st the latest the Leafs have ever played a playoff game? That's gotta count for something, right?

 

[elocomotive]

Isn't May 31st the latest the Leafs have ever played a playoff game? That's gotta count for something, right?

 

[elocomotive]

Not trying to kick a dog when they're down, I just like banner humor.

This is only the second time the Leafs have ever blown a 3-1 series lead.

Some of you have some work to do if the Capitals are ever going to have some company in the five timers lounge.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Not trying to kick a dog when they're down, I just like banner humor.

See i dont look at it that way ... i see it as more of pushing a big dumb toothless bear off its “high” perch after its been having a go at a whole bunch of little dawgs for quite some time

Kinda like this ...

 

[jstewismybastardson]

 

[jstewismybastardson]

This habs guy lost all his receipts !!!

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Not trying to kick a dog when they're down, I just like banner humor.

Please don't compare this train wreck of an organization to sweet puppies. That's not fair at all to our four-legged friends.