God d'am that James Reimer! He's F'ing standing on his head for the Buds!?!?!?!!!!!!!! Anyone wanna use the name Dryden if the Leafs actually make the Playoffs? I take back what I said but his potential burnout... really hope he carries Toronto to the post-season... and remember that final game of the season is against non-other than the Montreal Canadiens! Gonna be a killr match!
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Habs getting kicked around by Boston was ugly. MTL fans have to hope that lit a fire of some sort under the players. Going down 0-2 is putting up a fight. But getting beat like ur Team China playing Team Canada... F! Totally unnecessary.
The Leafs are actually the team with the 3rd best overall record since the all-star break a couple of months ago. Not too shabby i may say, especially if you consider that the Leafs are the 2nd youngest team in the entire NHL!
Top 3 teams since the all-star break:
#1 San Jose
#2 New Jersey
#3 Canada's team: The Toronto Maple Leafs.....the greatest franchise in all of hockey!
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Yeah, right! Leafs: 13 Stanley Cups, Canadiens: 24 Stanley Cups. Greatest franchise my ass!
There are only two teams who have missed the playoffs every year since the lockout...the pitiful Florida Panthers and.......yup, you guessed it...the Toronto Maple Leafs!
The only thing the Leafs are a symbol of is futility. But they're probably better golfers than the Habs, they certainly get enough time on the golf course!
So the Habs lost one game by 7-0. And if they play the same way in the playoffs, they'll probably get their ass kicked there too. But at least they will make the playoffs!This year, the Leafs will miss the playoffs for the 6th year in a row. That's 6 YEARS of futility. I think I can handle my team getting their ass kicked in one game compared to that.
Can't we all get along and talk about the Senators? LOL
Gotta agree with Techman's "futility" statement. So frustrating when you're an objective hockey fan and watch quite a few Leafs fans constantly say their mgmt has move the dial, the ship has been righted when in fact the ship is now spinning wildly in the opposite direction. But it's fun to listen to the logic... who needs sitcoms.
Habs are a great team ... because, well... because of Blood Guts + Pride. If the Canadiens' success could somehow stumble on the Leafs front door step, the Leafs would be an incredible powerhouse + double in value, not that their value isn't already "slightly" over what it really should be.
I'm so glad I can cheer for both teams cuz you guys make me laugh with your back n forth!
Gotta agree with Techman's "futility" statement. So frustrating when you're an objective hockey fan and watch quite a few Leafs fans constantly say their mgmt has move the dial, the ship has been righted when in fact the ship is now spinning wildly in the opposite direction. But it's fun to listen to the logic... who needs sitcoms.
Habs are a great team ... because, well... because of Blood Guts + Pride.
If the Canadiens' success could somehow stumble on the Leafs front door step, the Leafs would be an incredible powerhouse + double in value, not that their value isn't already "slightly" over what it really should be. I'm so glad I can cheer for both teams cuz you guys make me laugh with your back n forth!
Don't hate the Habs because they're just as successful as the Yanks ... except without the retarded overspending. Funny I've never encountered so many homers on one site.
Monopolies are good!
Don't tell me you'd turn down an opportunity to hold a monopoly in any industry/business of your choice? Yep.
So Montreal exploited a benefit... and the Yanks exploit a zero cap system in baseball. Can't call that wrong. That's just doing the best you can with what you've got and if you've got access and cash, more power to ya.
Don't tell me you'd turn down an opportunity to hold a monopoly in any industry/business of your choice? Yep.
So Montreal exploited a benefit... and the Yanks exploit a zero cap system in baseball. Can't call that wrong. That's just doing the best you can with what you've got and if you've got access and cash, more power to ya.
Say what? The Glorieux haven't won a cup in nearly 20 years!!
7-0 !!!!!!!!!!!! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Although a case could be made that the Pittsburgh Penguins are the Yankees of the NHL....without the mental overspending, that is....)
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Whaaaaaaa... gibberish! The Pens are nothing like the NYY unless you mean they both won championships in 2009! Birds on ice are more like the New York METS even the Jays! Expansion team around the same time and 4 vs 3 titles. Similar.
Still can't believe JFJ found Reimer! That's unreal... I'll have to give credit to the scouting / player development staff in Reimer's draft yr.
And i can't believe that Cliff Fletcher found Mikael Grabovski! Thank you, Mr. Gainey, thank you! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(you're right...there's no one in all of professional sports like the free-spending Yankees...THANK GOD!!!!)
That's just laughable. The Canadiens played against only 3-5 other teams in the entire league prior to 1968 or 1969. And they owned the rights to the top up coming players in those years.
Merlot
Merlot, Merlot, Merlot ! I think you're the one wearing the diaper... please go back in reading about hockey a bit.
Boston Bruins have been in the original six. And they won what 5 cups ?
So lets see (from the original six) how many Stanley cups they won :
Habs : 24
Leafs : 13
Wings : 11
Bruins : 5
Hawks : 4
Rangers : 4
Out of those cups, lets see how many they won since the expansion (since you think it was easier before) at the 1967-68 season :
Habs : 10
Leafs : 0
Wings : 4
Bruins : 2
Hawks : 1
Rangers : 1
So what is the % of win since the expansion :
Habs : 42
Leafs : 0
Wings : 36
Bruins : 40 (less than Habs)
Hawks : 25
Rangers : 25
So... petit Merlot ? who from the original six have the best % of wins since the 1st expansion ?
You guessed it the HABS.
And this without having the cup for nearly 20 years (like Doc luv to say it).
So... this basically means that even if it sucks for Habs fan for nearly 20years... we still beat your sorry ass ever since.
CHEERS
Merlot my favorite fair-weather Bruins fan, there are two reasons why I don't post in the baseball threads.
First baseball makes soccer and lawn bowling seem exciting and rugged and second I don't know dick about it. I would suggest you follow my lead when it comes to hockey unless your desire is to look completely clueless.
The arguments you posted are complete bullshit and are mostly propagated by the jealous and frustrated fans of two specific teams, The Leafs and understandably the Bruins who are as everyone knows the Habs number one bitch historically.
Now if you want to finally educate yourself on the world's greatest sport as well as its all time greatest franchise, I highly recommend you read this article.
http://www.habseyesontheprize.com/2009/8/1/972138/debunking-the-canadiens-french
I'd say enjoy but for some reason I don't think you will.
PS. JH Fan the Leafs won 11 Cups not 13. The 13 typically mentioned on web sites is "Toronto math" (you know like the Habs haven't won in 20 when it's 17) The 1917-18 was won by the Torontos franchise and the 1921-22 was the Toronto St-Patricks not the Leafs.
First baseball makes soccer and lawn bowling seem exciting and rugged
and second I don't know dick about it. I would suggest you follow my lead when it comes to hockey unless your desire is to look completely clueless. The arguments you posted are complete bullshit and are mostly propagated by the jealous and frustrated fans of two specific teams, The Leafs and understandably the Bruins who are as everyone knows the Habs number one bitch historically.
Now if you want to finally educate yourself on the world's greatest sport as well as its all time greatest franchise, I highly recommend you read this article.
http://www.habseyesontheprize.com/2009/8/1/972138/debunking-the-canadiens-french
I'd say enjoy but for some reason I don't think you will.
PS. JH Fan the Leafs won 11 Cups not 13. The 13 typically mentioned on web sites is "Toronto math" (you know like the Habs haven't won in 20 when it's 17) The 1917-18 was won by the Torontos franchise and the 1921-22 was the Toronto St-Patricks not the Leafs.
G1GBallday, those 2 early Toronto cups did belong to the Buds since the Blue Shirts + St.Pats evolved into the Maple Leafs.... PS. JH Fan the Leafs won 11 Cups not 13. The 13 typically mentioned on web sites is "Toronto math" (you know like the Habs haven't won in 20 when it's 17) The 1917-18 was won by the Torontos franchise and the 1921-22 was the Toronto St-Patricks not the Leafs.
Now looking back at the origins of the Habs + Buds... you suddenly realize that there's a case to be made about the Canadiens giving birth to the Maple Leafs... here a quote from Wiki "Toronto team was built from scratch and did not include any players from Les Canadiens." ... can we say "that explains a lot"!?
Sorry but where does Boston's payroll rank in Baseball? 2nd to NYY! So the other teams that spend less than the Red Sox should bitch and complain about Boston's high spending? So you hate the Yanks because they outspent your team? No logic there.
And I'm supposed to be all boo-hoo because one of my fav hockey teams was given a "monopoly" to acquire French Cdn players (within a 50 mile radius to MTL) by the League so the League can market the Canadiens to the French Cdn population. The League sanctioned that exclusivity recruiting policy.
Now here's the big blow to your accusations as well as the pride of some homer Leafs fans... the Toronto Maple Leafs also held similar exclusive territorial signing rights in Ontario. The difference, they couldn't translate that into Championships as well.
No, that was unfortunate to have to move Grabby to the Leafs but I think Montreal thought they had enough skilled but small L1 + L2 Centres so the flipped him to Toronto for a dud + a 2nd rounder that was used to add Robert Lang. Not a bad trade actually.
Now, can I just throw in "sloppy seconds" ... a guy who couldn't crack MTLs L1/L2 is Toronto L1 Centre? That's just a symptom of a bigger problem in Toronto.
How wrong you are ELT's, yet again when it comes to your wisdom on the Leafs. It was in fact a lopsided trade as we speak and will most likely end that way and only time will tell, but Grabo and his linemates play against #1 and #2 lines night in night out and against top D pairings as well on a nightly basis. They are one of the higher scoring lines in the NHL in case you didnt know. Thus Grabo has cemented himself as a "Top 6 Player" in the best league the world has to offer, the NHL. He was not ready to be a top 6 in montreal, he needed more experience, seasoning, good coaching and time to mature, which he has got all 4 in Tor, something he was not going to get in mtl.
For the way he plays the game, i will take Grabo anyday over the overpaid centre's your team has. When Burke signed Grabo for around $3 mil per season, eyebrows were raised by many in the Hockey world, well, now that price seems like a bargain. Credit the birth of his new little baby girl with him learning to take responsibility and mature into the well rounded player he has become. He is part of a Leafs team that now has 2 scoring lines that can change the game at any second, and once we have a centre to feed Kessel, it will only get better, and that allows Tyler Bozak to become a third line centre to play with Colby Armstrong and another winger that will fit in with those 2 to form another solid secondary scoring line...
If Burke can either get that big centre for Kessel, this summer (Brad Richards, or maybe trade for Paul Stastney, or some miracle that Zack Parise somehow gets moved by NJ and becomes available with a sign and trade) or our farm produces one soon, look out, the Leafs will go from struggling to score goals some nights which is why they might come up short this season, to a team that will be lighting the lamp much more consistently.
The whole team is maturing before our very eyes the last 25 games and whether we make the playoffs this year, (if only there were 15 more games instead of 7) Grabo is a HUGE part of our future, and WE Leaf fans thank Montreal for giving up on him. Ole'
For the way he plays the game, i will take Grabo anyday over the overpaid centre's your team has. When Burke signed Grabo for around $3 mil per season, eyebrows were raised by many in the Hockey world, well, now that price seems like a bargain. Credit the birth of his new little baby girl with him learning to take responsibility and mature into the well rounded player he has become. He is part of a Leafs team that now has 2 scoring lines that can change the game at any second, and once we have a centre to feed Kessel, it will only get better, and that allows Tyler Bozak to become a third line centre to play with Colby Armstrong and another winger that will fit in with those 2 to form another solid secondary scoring line...
If Burke can either get that big centre for Kessel, this summer (Brad Richards, or maybe trade for Paul Stastney, or some miracle that Zack Parise somehow gets moved by NJ and becomes available with a sign and trade) or our farm produces one soon, look out, the Leafs will go from struggling to score goals some nights which is why they might come up short this season, to a team that will be lighting the lamp much more consistently.
The whole team is maturing before our very eyes the last 25 games and whether we make the playoffs this year, (if only there were 15 more games instead of 7) Grabo is a HUGE part of our future, and WE Leaf fans thank Montreal for giving up on him. Ole'
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You must be correct. After all, your team has that cokehead Scott Gomez as it's #1 center! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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PS. JH Fan the Leafs won 11 Cups not 13. The 13 typically mentioned on web sites is "Toronto math" (you know like the Habs haven't won in 20 when it's 17) The 1917-18 was won by the Torontos franchise and the 1921-22 was the Toronto St-Patricks not the Leafs.
Sincerely I don't care if they were called Leafs, St-Patricks or ... Dickheads
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