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They’re better when their season is on the line than when they have the opportunity to eliminate someone else. Good survival instincts, no killer instincts.

Time and time again, this team comes up small.

The way the offence just evaporates when they need it most is uncanny. Just can’t score when they have a chance to close out a series. It’s great that guys like Marner can produce early in a series, but if you can’t get it going later in the series, that just doesn’t matter.

Everything in my time as a Leaf fan says otherwise. This will be their final embarrassment before the roster gets blown up.

They’re really going to blow a 3-0 lead. I can’t with this team anymore.

Jeebus Christo. Shoot the fucking puck!

Ugh

Yes. The Liberals would rig the election to narrowly avoid a majority. It’s genius!

Oh yeah. Reaves is doing a great job keeping other teams in check from the pressbox. :rolleyes: The reason the Leafs-sens series hasn't been more physical is that, outside of Chuckles and Cousins, the sens don't have guys who excel at playing a heavily physical game. When the Leafs faceoff...

Time for a repeat of game 1.

I try not to look at incidents from more than a season or so ago when evaluating, as standards shift so much. By current standards, Mikkola only getting a fine is the right punishment.

I’m okay with Mikkola only getting a fine. The in-game punishment for that felt sufficient. Ekblad should be getting an in-person hearing, though. I initially expected he’d only get a couple games, but the more I watch it, the worse it looks. He doesn’t even try to throw a hit. He just gives...

Everyone loves to get on the Leafs' for their failures, but no one seems to mention the fact that the Jets haven't followed up a playoff loss with a win since the 2020 qualification round. 11 straight opportunities to bounce back from a loss have failed.

Yeah. One under normal circumstances, sure. Should be an extra game given it was almost certainly delivered with a degree of vengeance.

I found a surprising number of teams with sweeps that lost in the finals in the last 10 years. I think I counted 6

One less than great game really skews the numbers this early in the post season.

I expect anyone on the roster who is eligible and healthy to be brought up soon. Steeves, Murray, Rifai, Benning, etc.

Given the way things have played out there over the last year, I think having him extended like this would scare away more talented players and coaches than having him as a lame duck would.

The people freaking out are massively over-reacting. Teams up 3-0 lose the 4th game a lot. Just looking at the last couple years: 2024: 5 teams went up 3-0, 3 lost game 4 2023: 2 teams went up 3-0, both lost game 4 Basically, sweeps are hard. Getting the 4th win in any series is the most...

Feels like this is probably two seasons late.