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Originally posted by pasta
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. |
I for one am not saying that the Canucks are shit. I'm just trying to defend my hometown team. As you may have heard before, the Leafs need good defenseman. Are team lacks good defense besides Kaberle, Svelhla and McCabe.
You guys had some good players that developed through your farm system that's why you guys are so good now.
The Leafs at the moment have excellent talent blossoming in their farm system. The majority of the Canadian hockey players at the World Juniors this year were from the Leaf camp. That tells you something about our future. Yes, 30+ years is a long time. But you can't blame me for cheering for them if I love the game of Hockey and this is my home team.
Ottawa will choke again this year. They always seem to do well in the regular season but end up choking in the playoffs.
Pasta, I also want to ask you a question that's not related to hockey. Why does Western Canada hate Eastern Canada so much, especially Ontario??? I've heard so many explanations from people in Vancouver saying that we get all the money and shit like that from the gov't (which is not true at all because were getting less than what's expected). Also that they think the citizens of Toronto are all arrogant and cocky, which just shows how people of Vancouver are that ignorant to come up with such a conclusion when the majority of the people making these comments never have been here.
Anyways, I'd appreciate your view on this whole East Canada vs. West Canada.