LEAFS - It's All in the Name

Les_Habitants

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Well, which is it … Toronto Maple Laughs or Toronto Maple Losers?

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Well, which is it … Toronto Maple Laughs or Toronto Maple Losers?

Paul McGill Beeston, the president and chief executive officer of the Toronto Blue Jays, visited with The Globe and Mail's editorial board in January 2013 and said:

"I think we've got this mentality right now in this city of being losers. And what we need to do is have a mentality more of winners, where everybody is happy, where everyone's smiling; where everybody's got their chest pumped out a little bit and can feel good about it. To me it's critical. There's a social responsibility to running a sports franchise and it all gets down to winning. I believe that."

The Globe and Mail
Can the Jays Crack the Toronto Pro Sports Jinx
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/spor...k-the-toronto-pro-sports-jinx/article8432367/

The Conference Board of Canada
Why Are Toronto Teams Financial Successes, but Competitive Flops?
http://www.conferenceboard.ca/reports/briefings/bigleagues/briefing-10.aspx


Losers
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Rebuilding Since 1967
 
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GlavaMan

Rematch tonight! The Habs should come out strong after the 6-0 bitch slapping they received in the last game against the Leafs!
 

saxon

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Orr will dress, Brown is out. Injured during his scrap in the Philly game.
 

shack

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That sucked to high heaven...

Toronto came out fast, hitting hard just as I hoped. That penalty from the hit by Brown was the games turning point, and to me, ruined the game. The hit was not bad, calling a 5min major was insane.
For the second straight time, Brown was lost for the balance of the game. Goal scored on the 5min PP was terrible luck, as would be the next Montreal goal too.

After the 5min Penalty, Toronto stopped the physical game and it allowed Prust to take charge, and Monteal to take control. Maybe Toronto was afraid to tap another guy in fear of another 5min PP.
The whole Leaf team was just flat, and had no legs after that major ended.

Montreal was not super, but solid all game. Just waited for chances to pounce, and kept all the pressure in Torontos end. Nothing to do but look ahead to the next one. Just don't like that Major call at all, and unsure why Toronto stopped playing hard/physical after the major ended.
I saw the game differently. I thought Montreal came out much faster and had the Leafs on their heals for the first 10 minutes. The Leafs did come around and for the most part played pretty hard until the latter part of the game. However, whenever the Leafs played hard, Montreal still managed to play harder. The shots were 40-22, indicative of the territorial play.

I agree with your TSN turning point but the failed penalty shot by Grabo took away some momentum as well.
 

saxon

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Orr will dress, Brown is out. Injured during his scrap in the Philly game.
Just going by the Toronto Sun sports report in Wed. paper. Leafs would have been better off not having Brown in the game as it turned out. They can't expect to go far if they continue to be badly outshot every game.
 

dirkd101

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You're right Kat, I hope that Orr and McLaren can be kept on the roster. They are a big part of the Leafs this year in the success they've been having.
 

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It's official … it's no longer forty-five, but rather forty-six...


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GOLF LEAFS GOLF !!!
I'd say this is such a childish idiotic comment and nothing else.
A lot of people never expected them to make the play-offs. But they did.
A lot of people expected them to fail terribly...4-1 or 4-0...they took it to the Boston up to game 7.
For such a young team. you can only ask for so much.
Let's be honest. After that series. Most Playoff hockey teams got the benefit from that. That was the blue print on how to beat the Boston.
Sadly...the leafs defense is still a farce. That can be fixed. I wasn't a believer until they took it to game 7. Win or lose. That was a great series. Leafs got the taste of what the playoffs is all about. I'm looking forward for the leafs to kick major ass next season. But...
 

27LeafFan

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Born in 68. Is it too much for me to ask that my beloved Leafs win a cup while I'm still actually alive?
 

Don Draper

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Born in 68. Is it too much for me to ask that my beloved Leafs win a cup while I'm still actually alive?
Plan ahead.

It won't happen.
 

Rockslinger

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Ok, I'll go out on a limb and predict that the next Canadian team to win the Cup (whenever that is) will be the Maple Leafs. The new owner Bell is a winner and they will produce a winner. Randy Carlyle is a winner as well.
 

lovelatinas

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Ok, I'll go out on a limb and predict that the next Canadian team to win the Cup (whenever that is) will be the Maple Leafs. The new owner Bell is a winner and they will produce a winner. Randy Carlyle is a winner as well.
Now we need to get players who are winners to come play for us.
 
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