The Goddamn #TitleRun Thread
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WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou
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"Better"? Better how, exactly? By sucking hind teat to Robinson in practically every single category? Salming was a great player and a Hall of Famer, but he was no Robinson. You can say "Well, Robinson played on a better team" and that is indisputably true, but Robinson was a big reason why the Habs were better. He was hardly a bystander. He wasn't Brian Engblom or Bill Nyrop, riding the coat tails of his betters. He was Larry Freakin' Robinson.
Robinson: 0.692 PPG (1384 GP, 208 G, 750 A, 958 PTS)
Salming: 0.685 PPG (1148 GP, 150 G, 637 A, 787 PTS)
Robinson: 3X First All Star Team, 3X Second All Star Team
Salming: 1X First All Star Team, 5X Second All Star Team
Robinson: 2X Norris Trophy
Salming: 0 Norris Trophy
Robinson: 1X Conn Smythe
Salming: never made the finals.
Playoffs Head to Head:
1978 Semi-Finals:
Robinson: 4 GP, 1 G, 6 A, 7 PTS, +6
Salming: DNP
1979 Quarter Finals:
Robinson: 4 GP, 3 G (including the series winner in OT) 5 A, 8 PTS, +6
Salming: 4 GP, 0 G, 1 A, 1 PTS, -2
Salming finished his career with more stitches in his face than Robinson, but that was about the only category in which he finished above Big Bird.
Wayward DP
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you were our guiding light for so long!
Volcanologist
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you can't? how about Point doesn't score the game winner?
Habsy
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Right. Leafs never benefited from bad calls.
WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou
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When the Leafs eliminated the Islanders in the 78 quarter finals, plenty of people were trying to tell me that Palmateer would own Lafleur and Shutt like he did Bossy and Trottier. Remember, back then the Leafs were only a dozen years removed from their last Cup. Plenty of people who remembered 1967 were still alive. If anything Leafs fans were more delusional then than they are now. The worst of the Ballard era was still yet to come.
Wayward DP
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what about leaf fans on this board is "delusional"?
Habsy
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Preston
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My point is that they got their best matchup guys vs point for most of the game. Your claim is that the Leafs will give Point tougher matchups tomorrow; the opposite is true. Cooper sacrificed the Point line to get a better matchup for Kucherov.
Point has been better on the road because he's getting easier matchups in Toronto than he does in Tampa. For Stamkos and Kucherov it's the opposite because Cooper has prioritized getting them away from Muzzin-Brodie at home.
WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou
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Well, just a few minutes ago, someone on this board tried to tell me that Borje Salming was better than Larry Robinson, despite plenty of evidence to the contrary (which I helpfully provided as a public service)
And if the Leafs pull it out tomorrow night half this board will be staking out their spots on the parade route. If there is one fanbase in all of sports that Never, period, Friggin', period. Learns, period. It's this one. I will admit that there is significantly less mass delusion among the group of fans who populate this board and I congratulate you for allowing objective reality into the conversation. But some are beyond help.
Volcanologist
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nope my claim is simply that Cooper can't choose who he puts Point against.
that's it.
that's it.
Habsy
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WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou
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He said that nobody was telling me that Palmateer was better than Dryden. I merely pointed out that in 1978 plenty of Leafs fans were telling me that exact thing. Naturally they don't say that now because with the benefit of hindsight they know they'd look foolish. In 78 they didn't yet realize they were being foolish. It only took the Habs 4 games to put a permanent end to that narrative.
Preston
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The implication of course was that it will be more difficult for Point. That implication is incorrect. Point has a much easier matchup on the road than he has had at home. He will be up against Rielly-Boosh most of the night as opposed to Muzzin-Brodie. It's the Kucherov line that will have a tougher go tomorrow. Point is rock hard and licking his lips over his matchup. No more Matthews line + Muzzin-Brodie for him!
Volcanologist
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why the fuck are we talking about the habs right now
for fucks sake
for fucks sake
Habsy
Not playing around anymore.
I agree. Fucking Habs fans.
leafman101
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I don’t think the matchups matter much at the top of the lineup. Its sheltering the 4th line and Rielly/Lube.
the crowd has also helped them.
the crowd has also helped them.