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Originally posted by dave
[b]Tue Dec 31 Toronto Maple Leafs at Vancouver Canucks Toronto Win 5-3 |
okay buddy, i was AT that game, and the boys just left a couple periods early for the new year's celebration... when you play mediocre teams, the effort just not worth it...
new jersey is the only team in the east i would even consider elite... they're the only team to actually win the stanley cup out of the east in the last 10 years, and this year will be no different...
tell me, when was the last time the make-be-leafs went to the stanley cup finals? why... that would be 1969... over 30 years ago... the next year, the canucks franchaise would be born, and since our inception we've been to the finals twice...
30 years is a long LONG time to wait, for even the most patient fan... thats why its no surprise, that my beloved vancouver canucks have developed a strong following, even here in toronto... and dont pretend like you dont feel it, cuz i KNOW you do!
even don cherry, die hard leafs fan thinks it will be ottawa and vancouver in the finals this year... thats right, OTTAWA, not toronto, OTTAWA.... he says, ottawa has enough grit to bury anyone in the east...
and quit boring me with speculation on how this player MIGHT leave, and that player MIGHT leave.. bertuzzi, naslund, and morrisson ALL had chances to leave as free agents, and they ALL signed back on board...
the leafs are marginally better than they were last year, but what improvements have they really shown as a franchaise? none, whatsoever... the canucks have taken leaps and bounds to get better this year
we have the nhl's leading scorer, the nhl's 2nd best goalie in terms of wins, the nhl's best line, and a defense that got bigger and tougher... our smallest d-man is jovanovski, remember him? he's the guy with the CANADIAN GOLD MEDAL!
how many gold medal's do your leafs have? oh thats right... belfour got one for riding his ass on the pine...
two more things:
1. how can you even begin to put my team down for losing to the red wings, one of the best assembled teams in nhl history, when you guys just got thumped 7-2??????
SEVEN GOALS? ooh, gary roberts, ed belfour, yeah yeah yeah... nice try... your team cant hold its own with the westcoast, and nashville proved that to you too
2. how are you even going to talk aboot winning streaks, when my boys just got off a 14 game unbeaten streak... yes, thats the longest in the nhl this season...
just wait until march 8th... we're missing a slew of our stars, and we're still going to beat your pansy ass team.