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Jeremyl we have some great minds here. Really great. There is mind control, Scotty Bowman shit going on here. We don't like it. Nylander, as one of my partners best friends, who was THE NYlander on the 1967 team, is over the top, in hate for Babcock. So we are not alone here bro. Great minds here, don't like the lineup choices and the deportment.

Its some weird shit going on here.

Check out fans apprecation of the Leafs 67 team. Imlach was despised. Well..... I despise Babcock and I am proud of it. Very proud.
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I'm developing a bit of hate for the coach. His undying love for plugs is a bit much to take (although, to be fair, he did finally take Martin out of the line up). I also think the team looks defensively clueless too often. Hard to see why this team has worse defensive metrics this year than last.

Let's see how he does things in the playoffs. Quinn drove me nuts when he first started coaching the Leafs. Then the playoffs started and all his quirks went away.
 
Babs might make some wonky lineup decisions, but he's right when he says our biggest challenge is consistency. "Doing it right day in and day out" as he would say.

We've shown that when firing on all cylinders we're almost unbeatable. All Babcock cares about now is getting us to play that way as near to always as possible.
 
Big win last night.

Random thought: any credence to the idea that the Leafs tend to go balls to the wall with speed and the forecheck and then simply run out of gas over the course of the game? I know the prevailing opinion is that they are young and inconsistent but it just seems that after a strong 10 minute push, they just completely fall off and stop moving their feet for extended periods of the game.

Wonder if it's an energy allocation issue. It's almost impossible to go as hard as they did at the beginning of last night for an entire game.
 
I think it's partly because they're young but also because they have had a tendency to take their foot off the gas when they get nicely ahead. It also coincides with refs calling powerplays for the opposition when the Leafs are dominating and this breathes life into the opponents. That's my biggest issue with NHL officiating -- they seem to always try to avoid blowouts to keep the appearance (like the point system) of parity.
 
The Leafs are just a good, high scoring team, that leads a lot of games. When teams are trailing in the 3rd they play aggressively and push, taking more risks than they normally would. The opposite is true when teams lead. I don't think there is anything unusual about the Leafs late game play.

They are 30-3-2 when leading after 2.

They also have the 7th best Win% in the league when trailing after 2. So they are able to come back in the 3rd better than most of the league.

They are tied for 6th in the league in 3rd period Goals For and are 9th in 3rd period Goals Against.

The Leafs 3rd period play is among the best in the NHL. There does not seem to be any energy issues.
 
I like the way you are posting now Leaffan2005... We all here, are rabid Leaf fans. And I am probably the oldest of all of us. Seen some terrible teams and terrible shit. I love this current team. If they lose first round, well, they really entertained me this year. Big time. Its now cool to wear Leaf gear, all year round.

And yeah, there seems to be some brilliance behind the Babcock madness for sure. The guy has gotten some great results for sure.
 
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Even though we’re young and fresh, I think I’d be pretty disappointed if we went out in the first round.

But I don’t think the script is written that way this year.
 
leafman101 said:
The Leafs are just a good, high scoring team, that leads a lot of games. When teams are trailing in the 3rd they play aggressively and push, taking more risks than they normally would. The opposite is true when teams lead. I don't think there is anything unusual about the Leafs late game play.

They are 30-3-2 when leading after 2.

They also have the 7th best Win% in the league when trailing after 2. So they are able to come back in the 3rd better than most of the league.

They are tied for 6th in the league in 3rd period Goals For and are 9th in 3rd period Goals Against.

The Leafs 3rd period play is among the best in the NHL. There does not seem to be any energy issues.
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Good point on the push from teams trailing.

The Leafs have been very good in third periods. It's usually in the second where they struggle and have been lately letting teams get off the mat.
 
This season has been amazing to watch. I personally, dont put a huge emphasis on trophies. To me, this has been a win win year already. If we get beat, the team that beats us will prove to be amazing as well. It will be incredible to watch. Lets enjoy that. I love Jake Gardiner.

We have seen sensational freaking shit. Historic abnormal abilities. Lets just enjoy that, and we have a lot more to see.
 
Nah. It's all about the Cup.

Otherwise we could consider two of the Gilmour teams and two of the Sundin teams champions.

Gotta get the prize.
 
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