Oh man, I can't believe they messed up so badly in the 3rd! ...but who'd have thought that in the beginning of their season we'd see em make it to game 7 against the number one team.
Boston came in 4th.Oh man, I can't believe they messed up so badly in the 3rd! ...but who'd have thought that in the beginning of their season we'd see em make it to game 7 against the number one team.
I lost count of the numerous times a Bruin D man would stop the puck along the boards at the Leaf blueline and start an offensive play.Shooting the puck along the boards isn't risky at all.
I meant "a top team" but thanks for the clarification. Regardless, my point still remains, the Leafs did us well. Proud Toronto fan here!!!Boston came in 4th.
Based on your analyses, they should have been knocked out waaay before they had a chance for a game 7 third period meltdown.A complete and utter third period debacle.
I AM NOT SURPRISED FRankly...given my lack of faith in our DEFENCE.
What was your prediction before the series?Actually my analysis was SPOT ON, given all the day after analysis that agreed with mine.
An improved Leaf DEFENCE is CLEARLY the summer priority.
He would have to take a pay cut, unless he has a Norris trophy type season. We'll see, many players tend to play well in their contract year.100% agree!
What happens with Dion? UFA after next season, would the Leafs let a captain walk?
You are surprised ?Based on your analyses, they should have been knocked out waaay before they had a chance for a game 7 third period meltdown.
Your analyses were way off and it seems to me you were very, very quiet here while the Leafs were winning. I guess being a critic after a loss is much easier Mr. Mahovlich.
Did you count all the shots that hit iron, or the last game late miss that trickled to the corner post. There were all short of twists and turns that lead to a 7 game over time series loss. Even the supposed Phaneuf flop when he pinched in and missed, except that Kessle turned over the puck and O'Byrne backed in too close to Reimer and Reimer missed it. So it was a the result of a number of problems that caused that one goal.Our boys played their hearts out and the only reason we lost was inexperience. It was a sick feeling when Boston scored the winner, it was like one moment you thought you won the lottery and the next you got ran over by a truck. I can imagine the players must feel a lot worse than we fans do.
If you're a real Leaf fan, you should show appreciation rather than pointing fingers at individual players. I know for the first time since the Gilmour days I can say I feel proud to be a Leaf fan again and I just cant wait for next season to start. They got better as the series went along and if we were to start a brand new 7 game series all over again today, I'd bet my house for a Leafs win.
A lot of credit have to go to Burke for having built this young and exciting team. Had he replaced Wilson with Carlyle one year earlier, he might still be the Leaf GM today, and its my guess that the reason he got fired was because of some kind of blow ups he had with upper management when he found out he wasn't going to get the chief CEO job.
Over any 7 game series there bound to be millions of twists and turns and mistakes. it couldn't have been any closer (they say on radio its like 98.7%) and the two shots that tied the game had to have gone exactly where they went, one cm either left right, up down the result would have been different; but win or lose, all I care as a fan is the players play with heart and effort and the rest is up to management to make whatever changes they see fit to improve the team. How close we came will continue to haunt both fans and players until next season.Did you count all the shots that hit iron, or the last game late miss that trickled to the corner post. There were all short of twists and turns that lead to a 7 game over time series loss. Even the supposed Phaneuf flop when he pinched in and missed, except that Kessle turned over the puck and O'Byrne backed in too close to Reimer and Reimer missed it. So it was a the result of a number of problems that caused that one goal.
well put.Over any 7 game series there bound to be millions of twists and turns and mistakes. it couldn't have been any closer (they say on radio its like 98.7%) and the two shots that tied the game had to have gone exactly where they went, one cm either left right, up down the result would have been different; but win or lose, all I care as a fan is the players play with heart and effort and the rest is up to management to make whatever changes they see fit to improve the team. How close we came will continue to haunt both fans and players until next season.
I am already counting down the days to next season and looking forward to extracting revenge on the Bruins. The Leafs shown that they are no longer scared of the Bruins. They got over that 8-0 thrashing a few years ago now they get over that game 7 collapse.How close we came will continue to haunt both fans and players until next season.
It's all part of the learning process. From the second game on they learned they could compete with the Bruins, but as soon as they went up 4-1 in the 7th game, they seemed stunned by their own success and collectively they went into a deep freeze. Losing so badly in the faceoff circles finally caught up too and it's the only area that we could truly say the Bruins were far superior.I am already counting down the days to next season and looking forward to extracting revenge on the Bruins. The Leafs shown that they are no longer scared of the Bruins. They got over that 8-0 thrashing a few years ago now they get over that game 7 collapse.