Recap: Leafs Not Good At Hockey
by Chemmy on Feb 25, 2012 11:23 PM EST
in Game Recaps
Email
PrintWhat's everybody's plan for April?
242 comments
|
1 recs |
Do you like this story?
Comments
Study and apply for jobs, I guess.
This signature made according to Chuck Diesel's rules for getting recs:
1) Kyle Wellwood is fat, but not as bad as ToskaLOL
2) Fuck every team that isn't the Leafs, but especially the habs
3) Glen Healy sucks and is a terrible human being
I’ve been applying for jobs for like five months and I want to shoot myself in the face.
Fucking Los Angeles and its 12% unemployment.
Where my heart belongs - GO LEAFS GO!
I started a blog.
Bathe in my own tears.
Hear that? That's the sound of "leaf fans" scuffling to get back on the bandwagon.
by Saucepass on Feb 25, 2012 11:25 PM EST reply actions 3 recs
Rec’d for truth and relatability.
www.twitter.com/runaroundkid
by runaroundkid on Feb 25, 2012 11:30 PM EST up reply actions
mount an expedition to the center of the earth
Y'all heard about me, you just didn't know it was me
by JaredFromLondon on Feb 25, 2012 11:26 PM EST reply actions
you’re going to Toronto?
I used to love the Leafs... I still do... but I used to, too.
by Chuck Diesel on Feb 25, 2012 11:27 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
work overtime, buy leafs, purposely not make the playoffs to maximize revenue, laugh, trade Kessel for a 7th rounder, come to ppp under a pseudonym and curse myself.
I used to love the Leafs... I still do... but I used to, too.
by Chuck Diesel on Feb 25, 2012 11:26 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
that club has a maximum capacity of 7 but there’s still 6 spots open. They He was really hoping you’d come on board.
I used to love the Leafs... I still do... but I used to, too.
by Chuck Diesel on Feb 25, 2012 11:28 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, going to the playoffs all the time would suck.
Pension Plan Puppets*
* Blog contains less than 2% puppet content by weight.
wait, are you saying it’s ok to be a Sens fan?
I used to love the Leafs... I still do... but I used to, too.
by Chuck Diesel on Feb 25, 2012 11:29 PM EST up reply actions
No, but I don’t think we have a lot to mock them for right now.
Pension Plan Puppets*
* Blog contains less than 2% puppet content by weight.
I agree with that. We can’t mock anyone we sucketh.
I used to love the Leafs... I still do... but I used to, too.
by Chuck Diesel on Feb 25, 2012 11:33 PM EST up reply actions
Heeey…we can mock 9 teams…sorta
This signature made according to Chuck Diesel's rules for getting recs:
1) Kyle Wellwood is fat, but not as bad as ToskaLOL
2) Fuck every team that isn't the Leafs, but especially the habs
3) Glen Healy sucks and is a terrible human being
well we can mock the Islanders but they have no fans to mock.
I used to love the Leafs... I still do... but I used to, too.
by Chuck Diesel on Feb 25, 2012 11:35 PM EST up reply actions
Does Columbus still have a team?
O! To join the rush / As the season builds
by Back In Black on Feb 26, 2012 2:32 PM EST up reply actions
It’s starting to look like we were the ones who were ruining our draft pick all year.
Professional cusser causer.
by T is for Truculence on Feb 25, 2012 11:36 PM EST up reply actions
Ugh, kill me. I thought we’d be laughing at the Sens for that right now.
www.twitter.com/runaroundkid
by runaroundkid on Feb 25, 2012 11:39 PM EST up reply actions
Bleed from my eyes and ears
The Roar of the Masses Could be Farts.
by Self Destructive Zones on Feb 25, 2012 11:27 PM EST reply actions
Berger is going to hate me for saying this but...
Fucking fuck!
http://bluechipprospects.blogspot.com
I was wondering when Golf would show up, only took 9 comments.
Toronto Maple Leafs: Lupul is Lupul backwards
Officially on Team Re-Sign Grabbo
Twitter
by LeafFan1989 on Feb 25, 2012 11:29 PM EST up reply actions
I think I'll just stay here :(
www.twitter.com/runaroundkid
by runaroundkid on Feb 25, 2012 11:29 PM EST reply actions 12 recs
Smoke a bunch of weed
The Roar of the Masses Could be Farts.
by Self Destructive Zones on Feb 25, 2012 11:30 PM EST reply actions 6 recs
No wait
I pick this one instead
I sacrifice my signature to the Based God.
by Archimedies on Feb 25, 2012 11:37 PM EST up reply actions
he’s back!
I used to love the Leafs... I still do... but I used to, too.
by Chuck Diesel on Feb 25, 2012 11:39 PM EST up reply actions
I had to quit doing this, but I might pick it up again.
Where my heart belongs - GO LEAFS GO!
I started a blog.
Im not a betting man but waiving Boyce & Rosehill seems to me to makea cap space enough for Nash. But what we would have to give up is too much of our youth & prospects to make it a good trade. So I am hoping nothing happens on this deal and we wait until summer and see who is available. DONT SELL THE FARM for a shot at this years Play-offs. The same goes for obtaining a Vet. Goalie.
Phat Farm
The Roar of the Masses Could be Farts.
by Self Destructive Zones on Feb 25, 2012 11:34 PM EST up reply actions
the kitten ranch?
nooooooooooooooo
I used to love the Leafs... I still do... but I used to, too.
by Chuck Diesel on Feb 25, 2012 11:34 PM EST up reply actions
that is just utterly ridiculous. Only Sutter or Milbury could make that trade and even then they’d probably have to be pretty fucking drunk to do it.
I used to love the Leafs... I still do... but I used to, too.
by Chuck Diesel on Feb 25, 2012 11:37 PM EST up reply actions
so basically four first round picks
Toronto Maple Leafs: Lupul is Lupul backwards
Officially on Team Re-Sign Grabbo
Twitter
by LeafFan1989 on Feb 25, 2012 11:44 PM EST up reply actions
idiotic
Toronto Maple Leafs: Lupul is Lupul backwards
Officially on Team Re-Sign Grabbo
Twitter
by LeafFan1989 on Feb 25, 2012 11:44 PM EST up reply actions
If we give up that for Nash we should’ve just offer sheeted Stamkos then. It would’ve been about the same
Professional cusser causer.
by T is for Truculence on Feb 25, 2012 11:57 PM EST up reply actions
and likely far more fruitful
Toronto Maple Leafs: Lupul is Lupul backwards
Officially on Team Re-Sign Grabbo
Twitter
by LeafFan1989 on Feb 25, 2012 11:57 PM EST up reply actions
I’m going to quit smoking weed and start really applying myself.
I sacrifice my signature to the Based God.
riiiiight.
I did this 2 hrs ago but then I started watching Friday…
I used to love the Leafs... I still do... but I used to, too.
by Chuck Diesel on Feb 25, 2012 11:34 PM EST up reply actions
This is awful Archi. This is what the Leafs have done to us.
Pension Plan Puppets*
* Blog contains less than 2% puppet content by weight.
Started smoking weed
In 2004.
Feel like it might be might fault
I sacrifice my signature to the Based God.
by Archimedies on Feb 25, 2012 11:42 PM EST up reply actions
It’s all of our fault man.
Pension Plan Puppets*
* Blog contains less than 2% puppet content by weight.
It must be right
We put too much pressure on them.
Poor athletes. Can’t catch a break.
I sacrifice my signature to the Based God.
by Archimedies on Feb 25, 2012 11:45 PM EST up reply actions
it’s weeds fault. It’s a fact.
I used to love the Leafs... I still do... but I used to, too.
by Chuck Diesel on Feb 25, 2012 11:45 PM EST up reply actions
Right?
This confirms it.
I sacrifice my signature to the Based God.
by Archimedies on Feb 25, 2012 11:46 PM EST up reply actions
I’m a bongafide expert. trust.
I used to love the Leafs... I still do... but I used to, too.
by Chuck Diesel on Feb 25, 2012 11:49 PM EST up reply actions
my baseball team shat the bed after being playoff locks too
Pension Plan Puppets*
* Blog contains less than 2% puppet content by weight.
Take heart in the knowledge that it was such an unlikely circumstance that it probably won’t repeat in your lifetime?
This signature made according to Chuck Diesel's rules for getting recs:
1) Kyle Wellwood is fat, but not as bad as ToskaLOL
2) Fuck every team that isn't the Leafs, but especially the habs
3) Glen Healy sucks and is a terrible human being
If the Leafs won the cup twice in the last 10 years, that would soften the blow of a collapse just a little bit
Only the Patriots can go to the Super Bowl and be failures.
Pension Plan Puppets*
* Blog contains less than 2% puppet content by weight.
They sucked ass the first decade I watched them.
Pension Plan Puppets*
* Blog contains less than 2% puppet content by weight.
He used to be a Whalers fan.
My rambling tweets
Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing - Vince Lombardi
Vancouver, or microcosmically (a word?!) Luongo
This signature made according to Chuck Diesel's rules for getting recs:
1) Kyle Wellwood is fat, but not as bad as ToskaLOL
2) Fuck every team that isn't the Leafs, but especially the habs
3) Glen Healy sucks and is a terrible human being
2 shutouts in the finals…everybody still hates him
by TheDeek on Feb 25, 2012 11:40 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah, the dogpile on Luongo is hilarious. “He’s not clutch”.
Pension Plan Puppets*
* Blog contains less than 2% puppet content by weight.
yeah, my point exactly
This signature made according to Chuck Diesel's rules for getting recs:
1) Kyle Wellwood is fat, but not as bad as ToskaLOL
2) Fuck every team that isn't the Leafs, but especially the habs
3) Glen Healy sucks and is a terrible human being
I lived in Vancouver during the whole goalie graveyard years…now they have an elite starter, one of the best backups (that is probably a good starter), AND a good AHL goalie..yet they still complain about goaltending all the fucking time.
This makes me somewhat pessimistic that this time around we will really appreciate a good goaltender when we get one
This signature made according to Chuck Diesel's rules for getting recs:
1) Kyle Wellwood is fat, but not as bad as ToskaLOL
2) Fuck every team that isn't the Leafs, but especially the habs
3) Glen Healy sucks and is a terrible human being
What about the Bills!
The Roar of the Masses Could be Farts.
by Self Destructive Zones on Feb 25, 2012 11:41 PM EST up reply actions
our baseball team doesn’t get the chance to shit the bed. But at least they won something while I was old enough to appreciate it.
I used to love the Leafs... I still do... but I used to, too.
by Chuck Diesel on Feb 25, 2012 11:36 PM EST up reply actions
I have never seen a playoff game for either of my two favorite teams…….it makes me sad.
Toronto Maple Leafs: Lupul is Lupul backwards
Officially on Team Re-Sign Grabbo
Twitter
by LeafFan1989 on Feb 25, 2012 11:37 PM EST up reply actions
they are, but I only started watching sports after the NHL lockout.
Toronto Maple Leafs: Lupul is Lupul backwards
Officially on Team Re-Sign Grabbo
Twitter
by LeafFan1989 on Feb 25, 2012 11:40 PM EST up reply actions
You missed a lot of good years with the Jays. still remember the year we were like 7 games up on detroit with 7 games and we blew it. Also being up on KC 3&0 and loising in playoffs. But it was all worth it when they won 2 world series in a row. A few bad years for a lot of good years. Waiting for the last losing trend to turn around and think that maybe 2 or 3 years and we will be back on top
Bell, Barfield, McGriff, Fernandez, Felix, all young and so much potential. Everyone thought we’d eventually win. We did but with none of those players.
I used to love the Leafs... I still do... but I used to, too.
by Chuck Diesel on Feb 25, 2012 11:50 PM EST up reply actions
Tony Fernandez was back on the Jays in ’93.
" No one wants advice - only corroboration " - John Steinbeck
by GreatKingRat on Feb 26, 2012 12:51 AM EST up reply actions
Henderson, White, Alomar, Molitor, Carter, Olerud, Sprague, Fernandez Borders – Damn those boys were good.
Pitching rotation Hentgen, Stewart, Guzman, Stottlemyre, Our number 3 pitcher went 14-3. Duane Ward had 45 Saves!
My rambling tweets
Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing - Vince Lombardi
seconded………the Blue Jays will make me feel better if we miss the playoffs.
Toronto Maple Leafs: Lupul is Lupul backwards
Officially on Team Re-Sign Grabbo
Twitter
by LeafFan1989 on Feb 25, 2012 11:36 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, the Jays would make the playoffs a couple times the past few years in any other division.
Pension Plan Puppets*
* Blog contains less than 2% puppet content by weight.
I take some solace in this. The Jays might have had a a chance with the second WC being introduced but then the Rays had to become damn good.
Toronto Maple Leafs: Lupul is Lupul backwards
Officially on Team Re-Sign Grabbo
Twitter
by LeafFan1989 on Feb 25, 2012 11:39 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, except the Rays have actual payroll limitations while the Jays only have the ones imposed on them by Rogers.
Even if, say, the Jays had pissed away $25-million a year on Fielder, that would’ve only bumped their team payroll up to a staggering $85-million or so. That’s about a third of the Yankees payroll.
I know there are Jays websites out there who say that just because Rogers isn’t spending now doesn’t mean they never will, but frankly until they do we won’t know if they ever will either. And when you’re one of the biggest telecommunications companies in North America, all this bullshit about playing in a small-market team is just that. Bullshit.
/endrant
Professional cusser causer.
by T is for Truculence on Feb 25, 2012 11:42 PM EST up reply actions
Rogers says if the fans come they’ll spend money……..and fans say if you spend money and the team wins, then we’ll come.
Toronto Maple Leafs: Lupul is Lupul backwards
Officially on Team Re-Sign Grabbo
Twitter
by LeafFan1989 on Feb 25, 2012 11:44 PM EST up reply actions
$$$$
The Jays increased funding by $15M this year.
It’s still money spent but if they’d spent that same amount on payroll to overpay for someone who won’t help at the right time payroll would be in the $95M range, people would be a little more satisfied and the team still won’t make the playoffs.
They’re following the Rays method. It takes time.
I sacrifice my signature to the Based God.
by Archimedies on Feb 25, 2012 11:44 PM EST up reply actions
DUrrrp
“Increased funding to SCOUTING AND DEVELOPMENT
Errored the most important words in that post.
Stoned.
I sacrifice my signature to the Based God.
by Archimedies on Feb 25, 2012 11:44 PM EST up reply actions
They spend on international free agents all the time…they just don’t want any long term, big money commitments
I think they’d spend money on people who are worth it, and really can you blame em, two of the biggest contracts they handed out, Wells and Rios, really came back to bite em in the ass……really lucky to be rid of them.
Toronto Maple Leafs: Lupul is Lupul backwards
Officially on Team Re-Sign Grabbo
Twitter
by LeafFan1989 on Feb 25, 2012 11:47 PM EST up reply actions
and then the league at the insistence of the White Sox decided to hard slot draft spending and cap international contracts…………..totally screwed the Jays in the direction they were heading.
Toronto Maple Leafs: Lupul is Lupul backwards
Officially on Team Re-Sign Grabbo
Twitter
by LeafFan1989 on Feb 25, 2012 11:47 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, I am impressed that the Jays were willing to shell out above slot for some of their picks, and the money Anthopoulos has put into scouting. As I said below, it’s becoming clear that the Jays don’t want to overpay to convince free agents to come up here, so developing players internally and maintaining control of them for as long as possible will be critical.
However, as with the Oilers, the true test comes when all those killer young players need new contracts. Will Rogers be willing to pony up then?
Professional cusser causer.
by T is for Truculence on Feb 25, 2012 11:51 PM EST up reply actions
That's the real separator for sure
They’ve got to follow the Rays again and make sure to sort the Eva Longoria’s from the Scott Kazmirs.
I sacrifice my signature to the Based God.
by Archimedies on Feb 25, 2012 11:53 PM EST up reply actions
Until Rogers realizes that TV revenue=baseball revenue the Jays are in trouble.
My rambling tweets
Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing - Vince Lombardi
All is right with the world if the Yankees can’t spend $200M. Boston spends to keep pace with them.
Pension Plan Puppets*
* Blog contains less than 2% puppet content by weight.
Everybody is really dissapointed this off season because we “failed” to get Darvish/Fielder etc. I don’t think we were ever really in on any of them…just rumored because of the organization policy not to confirm/deny ANY interest in any player
I’m okay with the Jays not signing Darvish. That is a $50M lottery pick, just to get the chance to buy the lottery pick.
It is really hard to say if the Jays get outbid on free agents or if they just don’t want to come to Toronto for various reasons (artificial turf, foreign country, losing-suffering team, AL East). Basically, the Jays are the Edmonton Oilers of baseball: they need to overpay to get free agents.
I love the propsect pool the Jays have now, and I think Anthopoulos has done a good job at going through with a true rebuild plan, sort of like the Rays. I have my fingers crossed that when the time comes, Rogers will be willing to push the payroll higher.
I’m just not optimistic if they’re already talking about “payroll parameters” when the team payroll is at $60-million.
Professional cusser causer.
by T is for Truculence on Feb 25, 2012 11:49 PM EST up reply actions
One thing is for sure
Adam Lind sucks
I sacrifice my signature to the Based God.
by Archimedies on Feb 25, 2012 11:50 PM EST up reply actions
not in a million years
Think before you post!
by Bowling_Guy25 on Feb 26, 2012 12:43 AM EST up reply actions
In a million years
Votto will be long dead.
He’s talking about the near future, silly.
I sacrifice my signature to the Based God.
by Archimedies on Feb 26, 2012 12:44 AM EST up reply actions
MLB posted the list of what second Wild Card teams would have been since 1994. The Jays would have made it in 1998.
My rambling tweets
Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing - Vince Lombardi
yeah but you play differently in september if you are out of the race
thats 20 games you give to all the young kids and such.
Think before you post!
by Bowling_Guy25 on Feb 26, 2012 12:51 PM EST up reply actions
how though? By watching the Jays miss the playoffs? Cuz you can watch the Raptors miss the playoffs in between if you like it so much and then watch TFC miss the playoffs as well. Toronto is the balance in the universe to Boston.
I used to love the Leafs... I still do... but I used to, too.
by Chuck Diesel on Feb 25, 2012 11:38 PM EST up reply actions
yes, hope springs eternal every time a new season begins right
Toronto Maple Leafs: Lupul is Lupul backwards
Officially on Team Re-Sign Grabbo
Twitter
by LeafFan1989 on Feb 25, 2012 11:40 PM EST up reply actions
“There’s always next year”
Pension Plan Puppets*
* Blog contains less than 2% puppet content by weight.
My wife is a Cubs fan. If you want to go when the Giants are in town I’m in.
Pension Plan Puppets*
* Blog contains less than 2% puppet content by weight.
cool, I’ve never seen them out here since I’ve been out here. Just never got around to it.
by Nigel Cadbury on Feb 25, 2012 11:43 PM EST up reply actions
looks like they are here June 1st thru 4th. Fri thru Monday.
by Nigel Cadbury on Feb 26, 2012 12:01 AM EST up reply actions
“We’ll get them tomorrow”
- Baseball
I sacrifice my signature to the Based God.
by Archimedies on Feb 25, 2012 11:42 PM EST up reply actions
The Jays
Don’t break your heart like this.
It’s a fun place to be outside on a warm summer day and to get tickets all you have to do is show up.
I sacrifice my signature to the Based God.
by Archimedies on Feb 25, 2012 11:41 PM EST up reply actions
oh I love going to Jays games. And it’s kind of fun to cheer for a team that has no hope. The Leafs have hope and that’s what kills me.
I used to love the Leafs... I still do... but I used to, too.
by Chuck Diesel on Feb 25, 2012 11:47 PM EST up reply actions
Twice as many games
Lets you have a lot of time to just sit back and enjoy that it’s on all the time.
I sacrifice my signature to the Based God.
by Archimedies on Feb 25, 2012 11:47 PM EST up reply actions
Oftentimes I go on a sunny day with the Dome open to hang out with friends in the 500s.
Then once in a while we pay attention to the game when something happens. It’s still a great time.
Professional cusser causer.
by T is for Truculence on Feb 25, 2012 11:55 PM EST up reply actions
This thread
Has really made me feel good
I sacrifice my signature to the Based God.
by Archimedies on Feb 25, 2012 11:55 PM EST up reply actions
I’m looking forward to the summer all of a sudden
Professional cusser causer.
by T is for Truculence on Feb 26, 2012 12:01 AM EST up reply actions
The Leafs don’t have hope. We’ll look back someday and say “I can’t believe we thought they had a chance”.
Pension Plan Puppets*
* Blog contains less than 2% puppet content by weight.
It's the huge playoffs
If the Jays were constantly battling for the “Double Wildcard” or whatever it is I bet we’ll start to feel a lot more tortured
I sacrifice my signature to the Based God.
by Archimedies on Feb 25, 2012 11:49 PM EST up reply actions
perhaps. I guess it’s I who feels hope. I have no explanation.
I used to love the Leafs... I still do... but I used to, too.
by Chuck Diesel on Feb 25, 2012 11:51 PM EST up reply actions
yeah, being in a playoff spot all year and being in striking distance of home ice advantage was a total give away that they’d blow it
Y'all heard about me, you just didn't know it was me
by JaredFromLondon on Feb 26, 2012 7:13 AM EST up reply actions
Toronto Playoff appearances since 1992 off the top of my head
Jays – 92, 93
Leafs- 92,93,94,98,99,00,01,02,03
Raptors – 99? 03?
TFC – hah
I used to love the Leafs... I still do... but I used to, too.
by Chuck Diesel on Feb 25, 2012 11:48 PM EST up reply actions
I think the Raps have a few more than that. The early 2000s were pretty good for Leafs/Raps/Jays fans with Sundin, Carter and Delgado
s •
they can’t have more than 3. I think once they lost to Knicks in the 1st round, they lost to Philly in the 2nd round and the nets in the 1st with Bosh. I don’t think it’s more than that.
I used to love the Leafs... I still do... but I used to, too.
by Chuck Diesel on Feb 25, 2012 11:52 PM EST up reply actions
oh right
I used to love the Leafs... I still do... but I used to, too.
by Chuck Diesel on Feb 25, 2012 11:57 PM EST up reply actions
The raptors don’t look to be good anytime soon, Leafs who knows, TFC I don;t watch so don’t know, Jays have a shot, they have got a core but have to see if it can compete with the big dogs.
Toronto Maple Leafs: Lupul is Lupul backwards
Officially on Team Re-Sign Grabbo
Twitter
by LeafFan1989 on Feb 25, 2012 11:52 PM EST up reply actions
Seems to be the consensus around the league that the Jays have a great minor league system, and a good young core. Whether we are anywhere near overtaking the Red Sox/Yankees/Rays..who knows
They blew a record 25 saves last year and with a good closer who could win just 17 of them they could of had a record of 98- 64 That would have put them over the topand into plkayoffs. Lets hope this years closer i better than last years
but he does have sick tattoos
www.twitter.com/CameronSorley
by CameronSorley on Feb 26, 2012 12:02 AM EST up reply actions
25 blown saves does not equal 25 losses.
It’s possible to have multiple blown saves in a single game and it’s possible to win games where you blow a save.
by tanoki on Feb 26, 2012 4:08 AM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
Close. Leafs made it 95 and not 98. Also Raptors lost in the first round 3 or 4 times.
My rambling tweets
Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing - Vince Lombardi
Send Kessel and Grabbo to the minors. The Calder will be ours!!!
"They build a statue, they knock it down and piss on it, and now they will be out there building it again."
by ThickSkinnedAlive on Feb 26, 2012 8:17 AM EST up reply actions
I would never watch the Raptors. NBA Basketball sucks
My rambling tweets
Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing - Vince Lombardi
I can go watch a baseball team that definitely won’t make the playoffs to take my mind off a hockey team that’s not in the playoffs. YAY!
My rambling tweets
Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing - Vince Lombardi
are above us now. Always a sign to panic.
by MolyHackinaw on Feb 25, 2012 11:52 PM EST via mobile reply actions
ominous
PuckingHilarious.com - funny hockey apparel for hard core puck heads. @puckingfunny on twitter
Always have been, by about a mile
s •
by sportsfan2 on Feb 25, 2012 11:54 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
The only good thing about the Leafs not making the playoffs is that it is totally stress free watching hockey.
On the plus side
I won’t have to travel back to Toronto every other night to watch playoff games in front of the ACC.
Even though I really, really want to.
It’s amazing how unfortunate the Burke-Wilson friendship has proven to be. I have no faith in Burke evaluating Wilson objectively.
Overtime loss: The new black.
I’m going to be sad if Wilson still has a job tomorrow. Not saying he’s the problem but the coaching position is the easiest to change and we need change. Also, with Eakins in the Marlies we have a possibly great coach to replace him with.
by pho king awesome on Feb 26, 2012 12:00 AM EST up reply actions
Then prepare to be sad because I highly doubt Burke fires him tomorrow
Toronto Maple Leafs: Lupul is Lupul backwards
Officially on Team Re-Sign Grabbo
Twitter
by LeafFan1989 on Feb 26, 2012 12:01 AM EST up reply actions
I don’t see how Burke thinks he can get away with not firing him.. we’ve seen coaches fired for much less.
by pho king awesome on Feb 26, 2012 12:02 AM EST up reply actions
remember NJ firing their coach, heading into the playoffs just because Lou didn’t think they were performing up to their potential. That’s what I want.
by pho king awesome on Feb 26, 2012 12:03 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Like a day before the season ended. Badass.
Not that it worked out all that well either. From what I remember they got knocked out in the first round anyway
Professional cusser causer.
by T is for Truculence on Feb 26, 2012 12:04 AM EST up reply actions
heh, yeah who cares though? GM sees a problem and tries to fix it. Coaches are s damn easy to replace.
by pho king awesome on Feb 26, 2012 12:06 AM EST up reply actions
Replacing Wilson is easy with Dallas Eakins. Who would replace Eakins though? Dougie?
by schennsational on Feb 26, 2012 12:31 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
If the team finishes strongly, keep Eakins. If not, bring in a bunch of candidates for interviews over the summer.
(Wait, are you worried about the Marlies?)
Overtime loss: The new black.
Yes. Marlies are probably going on a deep playoff run. If Eakins goes to Leafs who coaches marlies?
by schennsational on Feb 26, 2012 12:41 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
He makes a pretty good point
Plus I think you’re forgetting what a good guy Ron Wilson might be when he’s not coaching
I sacrifice my signature to the Based God.
by Archimedies on Feb 26, 2012 12:43 AM EST up reply actions
I hear he’s the king of beer pong.
" No one wants advice - only corroboration " - John Steinbeck
by GreatKingRat on Feb 26, 2012 1:05 AM EST up reply actions
It's the worst.
Would prefer to have a series of coaches that could be impulsively fired at a whim for the betterment of the team.
I sacrifice my signature to the Based God.
by Archimedies on Feb 26, 2012 12:01 AM EST up reply actions
I’d take the Walk-The-Plank-Gang™ over the coach that can never be fired regardless of how much worse the team gets.
Overtime loss: The new black.
Ideally
Burke hates the coach and roster with a passion and can’t wait to fire him and trade all the players.
This strategy is perfect. The only possible thing that would keep it from working is if the team was full of losers that nobody wants anyway. LOL
I sacrifice my signature to the Based God.
by Archimedies on Feb 26, 2012 12:06 AM EST up reply actions
See 1979-1992...
Sucking that bad and firing semi-anonymous coaches on an almost annual basisis not as cathartic as it sounds…
by 300 Stitches on Feb 26, 2012 7:38 AM EST up reply actions
Okay Guys
So as we all know it’s our fault for putting too much pressure on the coach and too much pressure on the players and making a big deal out of them playing hockey and the looming trade deadline.
What can we do to fix this massive problem? Blow up all the newspapers and internet and TV stations and just let them play in an empty arena and rely of word of mouth about the scores? Think that would work? Would it be easier for us and them?
I sacrifice my signature to the Based God.
by Archimedies on Feb 25, 2012 11:59 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Silly Archimedies
Not only would it work, it’s the only thing that’s ever worked. The only successful teams in sports are ones with empty arenas and no press coverage prior to their championship. Right?
Overtime loss: The new black.
by Varry Galk on Feb 26, 2012 12:02 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
How else would management know their fans are unsatisfied and thus must do something to improve the team?
Professional cusser causer.
by T is for Truculence on Feb 26, 2012 12:03 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
This doesn't have to be the only way
Just spitballing ideas.
We could hire all the reporters and bloggers and twitterers to care about a different team, like Phoenix or something, and ruin everything for them
I sacrifice my signature to the Based God.
by Archimedies on Feb 26, 2012 12:09 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Though I think we all know
If we gave this much attention to some other team they’d immediately win the cup
I sacrifice my signature to the Based God.
by Archimedies on Feb 26, 2012 12:09 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Since I live near Detroit, I’ve started following them a bit. And, improbably, they’ve gotten better as they’ve gotten geezer-ier.
Next season of 24/7: "I am named Mikhail. I watch video to fold together strategy. I want outdoors to fight bravely."
by Peter de Chatham on Feb 26, 2012 1:56 AM EST up reply actions
One might think that would help the Coyotes rise above the salary floor, but as we all know, it’ll only take away their currently-overwhelming incentive to win.
Overtime loss: The new black.
by Varry Galk on Feb 26, 2012 12:11 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Exactly right.
They’d be like “Huge funds? No need to worry? Cruise control bud.”
WHAM 9th in the West.
I sacrifice my signature to the Based God.
by Archimedies on Feb 26, 2012 12:12 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
It’s amazing how a little bit of fan support, though seemingly sentimental and superstitious when looked at in a vacuum, translates instantly into losses in NHL games.
Overtime loss: The new black.
by Varry Galk on Feb 26, 2012 12:14 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
It's the same thing in the wild
As soon as you take a killer whale out of the ocean where it’s just chilling doing it’s own thing and put it in a tank and let everyone look at it and give the whale a shitload of money it totally starts mailing in the way it breaches and eats.
I sacrifice my signature to the Based God.
by Archimedies on Feb 26, 2012 12:17 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Or in the business world
Worst thing that could happen to a pub is to become crowded with paying customers. Say so long to your lengthy one-on-one conversations, bartender.
Overtime loss: The new black.
by Varry Galk on Feb 26, 2012 12:20 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Suddenly people are like
Why is it taking so long to get a drink? Why is it so crowded? And it’s not the bar it was when you started going to it at all.
I sacrifice my signature to the Based God.
by Archimedies on Feb 26, 2012 12:21 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
And then you’re like, “customers are all sheep, this has been a terrible bar ever since Prohibition.”
Overtime loss: The new black.
by Varry Galk on Feb 26, 2012 12:24 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
And you go
“It’s literally unbelievable that you idiots come in here to spend your hard earned money on something as bad for both your physical and mental health as alcohol. I’d never ever ever drink it myself but I can’t help but prove a painfully ironic point about both capitalism and the intelligence of people in this neighbourhood by exploiting their foolish addictions for my financial gain.”
And then you look in the mirror and have no idea who you are anymore.
I sacrifice my signature to the Based God.
by Archimedies on Feb 26, 2012 12:27 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
But despite being besieged by existential doubt, you still troll the internet to obsessively read about that particular bar, continuing to mock its patrons by projecting your own insecurities onto them.
Overtime loss: The new black.
by Varry Galk on Feb 26, 2012 12:33 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
and you refuse to acknowledge
That your ‘love’ for the bar is actually just a defense mechanism to keep yourself from getting close to people in real life. You’re always talking about the bar, walking by the bar, reading about the bar, giving directions to places starting from the bar, instead of talking to your friends or finding new places to go. Then you realize that all your friends met you at the bar and maybe, just maybe, the bar was your only friend in the first place and the only place you could ever really be yourself.
But it’s too late to go back. Isn’t it?
I sacrifice my signature to the Based God.
by Archimedies on Feb 26, 2012 12:40 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
And the crazy thing is...
…in both this extended analogy and in the hockey context, you’ll always see Al Strachan, just sitting there, every night, all alone.
Overtime loss: The new black.
by Varry Galk on Feb 26, 2012 12:45 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
I think we can both agree
This was the most productive use of the last 45 minutes of our lives.
I sacrifice my signature to the Based God.
by Archimedies on Feb 26, 2012 12:46 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Agreed.
/tips fedora
Overtime loss: The new black.
by Varry Galk on Feb 26, 2012 12:47 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I really hope you don’t as I work at one of those places
Professional cusser causer.
by T is for Truculence on Feb 26, 2012 12:02 AM EST up reply actions
"Jobs" and "Money"
Are just human created constructs.
We’re talking about winning Cups here.
I sacrifice my signature to the Based God.
by Archimedies on Feb 26, 2012 12:05 AM EST up reply actions
That is true. Just give me a chance to exit the building before you do it okay?
Professional cusser causer.
by T is for Truculence on Feb 26, 2012 12:06 AM EST up reply actions
It's got to be a total team effort.
You’ll be given your assignment when the time comes.
I sacrifice my signature to the Based God.
by Archimedies on Feb 26, 2012 12:08 AM EST up reply actions
Baseball
"We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The question that divides us is whether it is crazy enough to have a chance of being correct."
- Niels Bohr
Sorry, unauthorized hotlinking of copyrighted material not permitted.
by Frag on Feb 26, 2012 12:08 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
So it looks like original ideas have now run out, judging by this comment and the one above. All I have to say is:
FUCK GOLF
FUCK BASEBALL
I’ll set my clock for the start of the next NHL season.
Riding the Leafs bandwagon since 1991.
Check out my art!
by CanadianMaple09 on Feb 26, 2012 12:09 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
Toronto Maple Leafs: Lupul is Lupul backwards
Officially on Team Re-Sign Grabbo
Twitter
by LeafFan1989 on Feb 26, 2012 12:10 AM EST up reply actions
Baseball is fucking awesome.
by pho king awesome on Feb 26, 2012 12:13 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
BASEBALL IS AWESOME!
"We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The question that divides us is whether it is crazy enough to have a chance of being correct."
- Niels Bohr
Sorry, unauthorized hotlinking of copyrighted material not permitted.
by Frag on Feb 26, 2012 12:44 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I would pay big money
to watch Buck Martinez play faceball
Excuse me, do these effectively hide my thunder?
by T.Dot_Bronco on Feb 26, 2012 7:55 AM EST up reply actions
One imagines the Leafs braintrust won’t be getting much sleep tonight. HNIC had a shot of them in the executive suite during the game. The whole gang’s in Toronto I wonder if they’re having an emergency meeting right now?
Professional cusser causer.
by T is for Truculence on Feb 26, 2012 12:08 AM EST reply actions
My personal cheat sheet for the trade deadline
It’s OK to trade valuable assets for core long-term pieces of the club, even if it doesn’t get us into 8th.
It’s OK to trade non-valuable assets for pieces designed to help us get into 8th.
It’s OK to sell pieces for valuable assets.
It’s not OK to trade valuable assets for pieces only designed to help us get into 8th.
Overtime loss: The new black.
I am enjoying watching the Flames blow their lead
Professional cusser causer.
by T is for Truculence on Feb 26, 2012 12:14 AM EST up reply actions
Kadri
At his absolute peak
I sacrifice my signature to the Based God.
by Archimedies on Feb 26, 2012 12:14 AM EST up reply actions
Fuck it, might as well
At least it's not Lebda.
by Nifty Mittens on Feb 26, 2012 12:31 AM EST up reply actions
On the plus side
A lot of the other GM’s probably think Burke is a nice guy and are going to cut him some slack on monday
I sacrifice my signature to the Based God.
by Archimedies on Feb 26, 2012 12:31 AM EST reply actions 3 recs
New Solution
Expanded playoffs.
Top 12 teams in each conference make the playoffs.
Boom. Solved.
I sacrifice my signature to the Based God.
New Question
What are your plans for mid-April?
Next season of 24/7: "I am named Mikhail. I watch video to fold together strategy. I want outdoors to fight bravely."
by Peter de Chatham on Feb 26, 2012 1:54 AM EST up reply actions
Well, I’m going to drink. Feel free to join me, all of you.
Where my heart belongs - GO LEAFS GO!
I started a blog.
by rift valley on Feb 26, 2012 1:59 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
hold up.. heeeeey
For my n***** who be thinkin’ we soft
We don’t.. plaaaay
We gonna rockin’ til the weels fall of
Next season of 24/7: "I am named Mikhail. I watch video to fold together strategy. I want outdoors to fight bravely."
by Peter de Chatham on Feb 26, 2012 2:11 AM EST reply actions
Phaneuf:
It is a tough time of year for guys playing in a big market like this and hearing stuff day in and day out. We’re going to come back with the right attitude and we’ve got to win hockey games, that’s the bottom line.
Guess what Dion, the wolves weren’t nipping at your heels three weeks ago. Three weeks ago a window opened up to win a few more games and maybe solidify the fans’ belief in the team going into the trade deadline (for the first time in a long time, I might add). That window is now closed, as a group you’ve just finished pissing away every last bit of leeway you had in the standings. Is it now time to “come back with the right attitude”? Deja vu, I thought Lupul tweeted that the fans could “count on” the team being ready after the VAN game 10 days ago. Continually saying “we’re going to be better next time” quickly rings hollow when it’s being bookended by such lack of desperation on the ice. As fans we’ve heard it a million times before. No organization has continually failed as spectacularly as this one over the last 7 years. If this group is supposed to be somehow different, enough talk, just prove it.
by lucc on Feb 26, 2012 3:15 AM EST reply actions 4 recs
In other news....
Toskalol won!…..
http://www.koskavesatoskalaviimeksivoitti.eu/
Come get your duds in order 'cuz we're bound to cross the water, HEAVE AWAY, me jollies, HEAVE AWAY -- Bowl of Fruit Lups in the evening gets the playoffs started!!
That he is still being given a chance by anyone, anywhere (and by a team he used to play for, no less!) is truly remarkable.
Riding the Leafs bandwagon since 1991.
Check out my art!
by CanadianMaple09 on Feb 26, 2012 7:49 AM EST up reply actions
So there’s a bunch of Futurama on Netflix now… I have something to do for the next few days.
Flugenweb, space code, twit zone, ass mode, check ze tweets.
Darren Dreger @DarrenDreger Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
CBJ hasn’t talked to Leafs in days. Tor will keep trying, but like NYR and Del Zotto, Gardiner remains untouchable.
by Tothelinebutnotout on Feb 26, 2012 9:02 AM EST reply actions
Hopefully OFSAA hockey and of course rugby season starts
Popped a Colboner - Certified Joe Colborne Fanboy
I'm telling you I was the King of Spain (now I eat humble pie)
Now the Leafs call me up to drive the Zamboni
Twitter me this.
Welcome home Chaim Weisswasser!
by happiergilmore on Feb 26, 2012 11:50 AM EST reply actions
is everyone jumping ship??
as a true Leafs’ fan, I find it difficult to see what’s going on right now…the coach looks lost and it’s filtering down to the players….like Wilson said y’day, “the team is expecting to make a mistake”…To begin with that mindset has to change….I’ve been through the Ballard years and have felt the pain….Burkie (who reminds me of Ballard) came in with so much fanfare and glamour, with his speech about being in the “greatest hockey town” in the world…he came in with a plan about adding “truculence, belligerence, testosterone etc” …that plan was scrapped…this team is probably in more disarray than it was before the season began….I will stand by this team…although it will take a lot to get this ship headed in the right direction…the day will come soon….but the changes have to begin with upper management…
yeah Burke is totally like Ballard.
WHAT
I used to love the Leafs... I still do... but I used to, too.
by Chuck Diesel on Feb 26, 2012 6:31 PM EST up reply actions
not really, no
Y'all heard about me, you just didn't know it was me
by JaredFromLondon on Feb 26, 2012 9:20 PM EST up reply actions
Comments For This Post Are Closed
Secondary Sidebar
User Tools
FanPosts
Community blog posts and discussion.
Recent FanPosts
In Association With
Latest Puck Daddy - NHL from Yahoo! Sports
- Who are the Non-Smythe candidates for the Devils, Kings?
- End is near for Rick Nash, Blue Jackets as trade discussions set to resume
- Why the Devils and the Kings are evidence the Capitals shouldn’t trade Alex Ovechkin
- Eulogy: Remembering the 2011-12 New York Rangers
- Stanley Cup Final: 5 keys for New Jersey Devils and Los Angeles Kings
SBNation.com Recent Stories
StatCounter
