Same narrative the last 3 years

I think you've gotten into something other than sage.

I think the band is now ready and it is their time now.

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what makes you think the leafs get past a vastly superior defensive team in columbus never mind vs the bruins, the lightning, the caps, etc.

ThE oFfEnSe WiNs ChAmPiOnShIpS

Um... no it doesn't

The only time it happened in recent memory was when the team had Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin on it for christ's sake

The path to the Stanley Cup is totally open this year and the Leafs are finally healthy and their young players are ready to take their game to the next level and are better suited for this years playoff formatt.

So the great Oilers and Canadiens teams that won multiple cups had no offence???? You seem to think that an offensive team can not win a cup which is a wrong assumption.

"their young players are ready to take their game to the next level" UHHHHH what backup do you have for this? i have 70 games worth to show they still arent ready.

No it cannot, not in the post Gretzky/Lemieux era NHL

The last time team consistently won cups with their offense was in the early/mid 90s, hockey has changed and a single team like TOR cannot change hockey entirely.


Just look at the 5 best players of SC winners since 2010

2010: Toews, Kane, Hossa, KEITH and SEABROOK
2011: CHARA, Bergeron, Thomas, 2 of Lucic, Horton and Krecji... ok, only 1 D-man, who is Chara, one of the very best of all time, easily
2012: DOUGHTY, Kopitar, VOYNOV, Quick and Carter
2013: same as 2010
2014: same as 2012
2015: same as 2013, Crawford was close to the top 5 tho
2016 and 17: exceptions with one of the 10 best forwards of all time in those teams
2018: Ovi, Kuz, CARLSON, NISKANEN and Holtby
2019: PETRO, PARAYKO, Binngton, ROR and Tarasenko

And I have more than 10-12 games to show that very often they don't care, don't bother to work and to even show up. They think their talent will buy them everything(including a cup), which is nonsense.

You do not seem realize that the playoffs are a different beast and entire Leafs will buy in to Keefe's master plan to win a cup. You have totally underestimated the coaching abilities of Sheldon Keefe and you are about to learn why he is such a great coach.

Ah yes, so that should mean that when TOR needed to win important games they showed up right?

Oh no that's right they managed to lose to all 3 Cali teams, to a zamboni driver, want me to go on?


They only have 3 d-men who are capable of, you know, defending well... Muzzin, Dermott and Holl... Barrie is 90% offense, Ceci sucks while Reilly is 65%-70% offense and spoiler alert, you need more than that to win something big... I hope they prove me wrong but I wouldn't bet 20 bucks on it

I agree bud.

if leafs can fix their blue line 100%

LAWL! You're funny