Originally Posted by KC_Connection:
If the Leafs advancing in the playoffs was a priority for the league and/or the refs were in the bag for them, one would have expected the Leafs to advance in the playoffs more than zero times in the last twenty years.
That's true lol. I do have a hard time feeling like the Leafs are ever fighting against the will of the league and the refs though if that is a real thing. [Reply]
Originally Posted by NJChiefsFan:
That's true lol. I do have a hard time feeling like the Leafs are ever fighting against the will of the league and the refs though if that is a real thing.
Yeah, if it was the league's or refs' will to get that Leafs team through some of those series, I suspect they could have done it one time in the past 5+ years at least. It's not like the team wasn't good enough to do so in those years or that they didn't have enough opportunities to close out a series (they were 0-11 in close-out games over the past six years or some nonsense up until last night's game).
I think there was some kind of mental block there for that group, but they also got some shit luck (and some shit calls) along the way too. [Reply]
Originally Posted by KC_Connection:
Yeah, if it was the league's or refs' will to get that Leafs team through some of those series, I suspect they could have done it one time in the past 5+ years at least. It's not like the team wasn't good enough to do so in those years or that they didn't have enough opportunities to close out a series (they were 0-11 in close-out games over the past six years or some nonsense up until last night's game).
I think there was some kind of mental block there for that group, but they also got some shit luck (and some shit calls) along the way too.
Yeah from a far it seemed like a mental block, pressure to get it done for the fanbase kind of thing for me. [Reply]
Originally Posted by KC_Connection:
Yeah, if it was the league's or refs' will to get that Leafs team through some of those series, I suspect they could have done it one time in the past 5+ years at least. It's not like the team wasn't good enough to do so in those years or that they didn't have enough opportunities to close out a series (they were 0-11 in close-out games over the past six years or some nonsense up until last night's game).
I think there was some kind of mental block there for that group, but they also got some shit luck (and some shit calls) along the way too.
Mixture of a mental block, and some terrible calls over the years, still not over a certain call from game 6 against Tampa last season. Hopefully that mental block has been lifted after that round 1 win. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Megatron96:
that had to hurt a little. Tip of the hat.
This has been a crazy playoffs. Lot of fun to watch. Freakin' Avs are incredible.
This first round has been a perfect example of why the Stanley Cup playoffs are the best postseason tournament in sports, and it’s not only because of the Leafs finally winning a series :-) [Reply]
Originally Posted by Megatron96:
that had to hurt a little. Tip of the hat.
This has been a crazy playoffs. Lot of fun to watch. Freakin' Avs are incredible.
It did, but having watched an actual Cup winning team, it made it pretty obvious that this team just wasn't going to get it done. We kept thinking we'd have a shot once Landy came back and, when it didn't happen, we knew it was a long shot. The weird shit with Nichushkin was just more than we could handle.
C'est la vie. Hopefully we can heal up with a longer off-season this year. [Reply]
