I would re-think you picking the Leafs. The Flames have been playing well lately and Brian Burke has given his team extra motivation to beat the Leafs. Plus Matt Stajan returns he has been extra motivated since the passing of his newborn son.
Toronto Maple Leafs 2013/14 Season
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Flames ... not too well ... 1-2 in last three ... 3-3/6 and 4-4/8.
Go Leafs Go !
Playoff hopes are almost zip, but until it becomes official ...
Not too well?
If the Leafs were 4-4 in their last 8, they'd be home & cooled out, preparing for round 1 of the playoffs.
By the end of the regular season the Leafs might be able to sneak in into a postseason as a second wild card team. They will be motivated to finish 8th so that they can play the Bruins again! We all know what happened to them last spring. It is an outrageous thought today but you gotta look at the Leafs situation with a glass half full
This is like last year's 3rd period meltdown spread over two weeks.
When is the last time a team lost 8 in a row without getting a single point for an overtime loss? Perhaps it was recent, but with the otl an 8 game pointless streak seems quite rare.
When is the last time a team lost 8 in a row without getting a single point for an overtime loss? Perhaps it was recent, but with the otl an 8 game pointless streak seems quite rare.
Why? The leafs and habs are hated by every other Canadian fanbase. Why should they make any effort to cheer for others?
Other Canadian teams depend. I tried to cheer for the canucks against the bruins, but I quickly realized they were d-bags.
http://www.cbssports.com/nhl/eye-on...blame-for-the-maple-leafs-disastrous-collapse
I feel like to cry after reading the article
I feel like to cry after reading the article
Brooke Pashley from Leafs TV 'interviews' Phil Kessel ... sort of ... he interviews Brooke.
During a rapid fire Kessel asks "Who would you like to see run for President(of the US) ?"
She answers "Phil Kessel" to which he answers "I'd probably win eh."
"I'd probably win EH."
In international hockey he may still play for the US but we have Canadianized him ! :canada:
During a rapid fire Kessel asks "Who would you like to see run for President(of the US) ?"
She answers "Phil Kessel" to which he answers "I'd probably win eh."
"I'd probably win EH."
In international hockey he may still play for the US but we have Canadianized him ! :canada:
Hi All,
I'm not a Leafs fan. Just curious as to why people remain Leaf fans despite almost a 1/2 century of no cup? No disrespect, just curious.
Is it the legacy of the 60's that carries on?
Is it because you live in Toronto and feel that you must be a Leaf fan?
Is it that you were born into a Leaf-fan family and were brought up as a fan?
Is it that you have been a fan for so long that you don't want to switch for fear of them finally winning a cup afterwards?
Just curious how so many, can pay so much, for so long, for next to nothing in return?
I'm confident that there are some really good reasons out there so would love to hear from you.
Thanks
I'm not a Leafs fan. Just curious as to why people remain Leaf fans despite almost a 1/2 century of no cup? No disrespect, just curious.
Is it the legacy of the 60's that carries on?
Is it because you live in Toronto and feel that you must be a Leaf fan?
Is it that you were born into a Leaf-fan family and were brought up as a fan?
Is it that you have been a fan for so long that you don't want to switch for fear of them finally winning a cup afterwards?
Just curious how so many, can pay so much, for so long, for next to nothing in return?
I'm confident that there are some really good reasons out there so would love to hear from you.
Thanks
In this particular case I cannot say for sure but ...
This always raises a red flag for me in that it is exactly what they intend ... furthermore it is from a newbie.
Clarkson gets the winner. Maybe it will get him going for this (miracle) push for the playoffs.
Bolland, McClement were the other Leafs scorers. I take it as a good sign that other players are scoring.
Did not see the Bodie breakaway penalty non-call, but it sounded like most thought there should have been a call. Oh well, it worked out ... this time.
Over all just happy the losing streak is over, likely too late but I will hold out hope until it is official.
Bolland, McClement were the other Leafs scorers. I take it as a good sign that other players are scoring.
Did not see the Bodie breakaway penalty non-call, but it sounded like most thought there should have been a call. Oh well, it worked out ... this time.
Over all just happy the losing streak is over, likely too late but I will hold out hope until it is official.
I'm not even from Toronto, but what I can observe from seeing how this city is. People in Toronto just want to go to events, and feel like they are doing something. In the classic sense I don't think Toronto has real sports fans. I think most of the people in Toronto that go to sporting events just go because they think it's the cool thing to do or they think they are supposed to go. I think fans in other markets are more true sports fans, in the smaller Canadian cities and the American a lot of the American cities. Because when a team in the U.S. is not good or it's just the same ole same. The fans will start to decline and the team stops making money because the team isn't winning or the team isn't living up to expectations as it should. Therefore less and less people are interested in the teams, and it makes management have to really do some work to put a good team out on the ice. Toronto Maple Leaf fans are like the wife that gets beat, but keeps coming back to the guy because the woman doesn't know any better, lol.
Toronto fans are delusional and think they are some historic franchise that everybody recognizes and pays homage to. But that's not the case, because Toronto Maple Leafs aren't winners. Toronto people talk about Toronto winning back in '67 when it was 6 teams in the league, ha ha. The New York Yankees are a winning storied Franchise, the L.A Lakers & Boston Celtics are winning storied franchises. For Hockey Boston & Detroit are winning storied franchises. Toronto is not a winning storied franchise, winning a Stanley Cup back in the 60's when it was only a 6 teams in the league is a joke. Toronto is just a average to below average franchise nothing more nothing less. But hey, they just seem to be happy to have a Hockey team in the city, lol. So let them go drink beer and watch Hockey and see other teams with excitement and other teams with real chances at the Stanley Cup fight it out. If every year the Toronto fans go and fill the seats at the arena, management is happy because they are making money and don't have to do anything special with the players. Teams take on the persona of a city, and it's true. Look at the Boston Bruins, they are hard a hard nosed team that plays hard and puts it all on the line and they get results and they win.
You absolutely got to love this ... tell me this person is not trying to get a response from Leaf Nation.
the guys just making an opinion, nothing wrong with that. he didn,t make any degrading remarks about the team or the city. I really liked his comments about the BRUINS!
They have only been bad for a few years compared to the others. Not analogous.
Care to rethink that:
Obviously no success for a long time but we have a prouder long term heritage than any American team and have more championships except for Montreal.
Toronto's black hole is current. Chicago and Detroit have similar periods in their history as did New York and Boston. The fans deserted them.
Toronto has true fans, which is why we support them still. It's like you only love your kids if they can make you proud with accomplishments. Sorry, that's not the way it works.
You were a newbie once...and you are thinking too much about my intent...just looking for opinions that's all. I already said I wasn't a Leafs fan which in itself can get Leafs Nation hot & bothered.
