Leafs @ Devils - Apr. 9th, 7:00pm - CBC, TSN 1050

[brothert]

I don't know how hope for the future, with a good coach, good management team and better prospects and drafting coming down the pipe means people shouldn't be excited.

I'm happy with the process, not just the result.

I agree with alot of whats going on, except the tank.  Losing on purpose has never sit right with me.  Play your best squad every game, try hard compete.  And yeah, i have some cynicism for the franchise,  they have been colorizing their black and white championship footage to make it appear more recent, ffs.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

I HAVE to be reading this wrong... Brennan played 25:37 last night? Holy crap. Was Babcock declining penalties too?

 

[brothert]

I HAVE to be reading this wrong... Brennan played 25:37 last night? Holy crap. Was Babcock declining penalties too?

are you trolling me  ;D

 

[bustaheims]

Just that this is year 49 of the tank and management has found a way to sell it such that people will buy it.  I remember when courtnall clarke and leeman would turn this frachise around. so yeah nylander, marner and whomever ...

 

[Heroic Shrimp]

Just that this is year 49 of the tank and management has found a way to sell it such that people will buy it.  I remember when courtnall clarke and leeman would turn this frachise around. so yeah nylander, marner and whomever ...

It obviously means not winning the Cup.  Duh.

 

[Kin]

you mean the years where jonas hoglund and a hobbled mogilny were toronto's championship calibre 1st line wingers?

Yes, those years. Do you think the Leafs were trying to lose those years? Do you think Cliff Fletcher made the Gilmour trade hoping it would take the team to the bottom of the league?

Because that's what tanking is. It's not just not winning the cup. It's being as bad as possible in an attempt to build through the draft. This team's greatest missteps over the years have been that that's precisely what they didn't do. They ignored the draft, traded picks and tried for mediocrity. That's the opposite of what they're doing right now. 

 

[Highlander]

Nik you are giving me good feelings with your wisdom. I second everything U are saying.