ECR2: Florida Panthers (A3) vs Toronto Maple Leafs (A1) - PANTHERS WIN 4-3

[D as in David]

Originally Posted by Bill Bumface

While we're nitpicking grammar, I'm super curious what you think apostrophe's mean.

Fixed that so they'd understand your question.

[ResAlien]

Originally Posted by WideReceiver

It’s maybe an unpopular opinion but I think Toronto fans have to share a big part of the blame for the Leafs’ playoff failures. They put intense pressure on the team, which affects the team’s play. It gets worse with every game 7 loss or first-round exit. It’s different than in other Canadian cities.

How do you figure? It's been the same level of failure since 1993 for all Canadian teams so what's different? Suppose we ought to place the blame on all Canadian fanbases for putting too much pressure on their respective teams to win huh.

[D as in David]

Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache

No it wasn’t

Somebody took exception to the phrase as a grammatically incorrect pet peeve. Much as you can say a player was one of the better players on the ice, you could say they were one of the worse players

The point about posts not being essays was related to the idea that context is often not fully spelled out in a post. In this case, sure, ‘one of the worst’ is more commonly used but ‘one of the worse’ is not entirely wrong

Just strikes me as a weird thing to be bothered by, of all of the opportunities available to the grammar police

Maybe I should of not bothered commenting

Yes that was deliberate

This post is one of the worse.

[topfiverecords]

Defiantly one of the worse post’s I’ve read in a while.

[DiracSpike]

Originally Posted by ResAlien

How do you figure? It's been the same level of failure since 1993 for all Canadian teams so what's different? Suppose we ought to place the blame on all Canadian fanbases for putting too much pressure on their respective teams to win huh.

Every Canadian team has their own problems. For example, Winnipeg's main problem is they play in Winnpeg.

For the Leafs, it's that you have a dodge a beer thrown at you on the bench when you lose in the second round. Toronto pressure is different and crushing, it just is. Doesn't matter if people don't think it should be that way, it is. Players openly say it, and results speak for themselves.

But the overall unfortunate reality for all Canadian teams is that there are major structural disadvantages they face compared to American teams, which is why it's absolutely no coincidence that the last Canadian Stanley Cup perfectly coincided with the wave of expansion across the US sun belt. Even this year, it's three sun belt teams and a lottery winner. I'm continually surprised the Canadian team owner don't go to the league and try to carve out special exemptions for their teams.

[Locke]

If you can dodge a beer you can dodge a wrench!!

[Coach]

Originally Posted by DiracSpike

Every Canadian team has their own problems. For example, Winnipeg's main problem is they play in Winnpeg.

For the Leafs, it's that you have a dodge a beer thrown at you on the bench when you lose in the second round. Toronto pressure is different and crushing, it just is. Doesn't matter if people don't think it should be that way, it is. Players openly say it, and results speak for themselves.

But the overall unfortunate reality for all Canadian teams is that there are major structural disadvantages they face compared to American teams, which is why it's absolutely no coincidence that the last Canadian Stanley Cup perfectly coincided with the wave of expansion across the US sun belt. Even this year, it's three sun belt teams and a lottery winner. I'm continually surprised the Canadian team owner don't go to the league and try to carve out special exemptions for their teams.

Personally I think this is BS.

2004: Flames
2006: Oilers
2007: Senators
2011: Canucks, 1st overall
2021: Canadiens
2024: Oilers

All finalists.

2025: Jets 1st overall, Edmonton WCF(+?)
2019: Flames 1st in WC
2018: Jets 2nd overall
2015: Canadiens 2nd overall

There have been plenty of chances for a Canadian team to win the cup since the cap came in.

[FlamesAddiction]

All of you complaining about grammar are loosers.

[Paulie Walnuts]

Originally Posted by Coach

Actually it's not. We pestered the best players this team has seen in a generation away from our team. Fretting them leaving for home, crying about how they couldn't get it done. Meanwhile Ovechkin spends 15 years without a cup in the same organization until he gets one. If he played in Canada he would have been gone after year 5.

Zero patience or chill. "We need the next Kipper/Iggy/Johnny". Yeah, well it may never happen, and when it does, they won't be this picture perfect thing that delivers you effortless cup after effortless cup. It's hard to win.

The zero patience and chill come from ownership as well. Vancouver has a terrible owner. Calgary has a terrible owner. Edmonton has a terrible owner who is lucky they won a lottery.

Zero patience and chill to build a team.

[D as in David]

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

All of you complaining about grammar are loosers.

It's pretty c'mon here.

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by D as in David

It's pretty c'mon here.

Yeah, being a grammar slammer is a roll some people like the play.

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by Locke

If you can dodge a beer you can dodge a wrench!!

Don’t want players that can’t dodge a beer on my team anyway.

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

Yeah, being a grammar slammer is a roll some people like the play.

Role

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[Badgers Nose]

Originally Posted by WideReceiver

It’s maybe an unpopular opinion but I think Toronto fans have to share a big part of the blame for the Leafs’ playoff failures. They put intense pressure on the team, which affects the team’s play. It gets worse with every game 7 loss or first-round exit. It’s different than in other Canadian cities.

Leafs fans definitely suck. It's OK to have expectations and to hold your team to a high standard but those entitled temper tantrums do not accomplish anything.

Good fans lift their team up - the sixth man so to speak.

That's something a lot of the newer teams and fan bases seem to understand, to their credit.

Last night was an embarrassing spectacle for that fan base IMO.

[Ped]

Just to add to the Leafs scoring woes from the bottom 6:


Laughton had just 6 shots in the entire post-season.
Jarnkrok had 3


Every other regular had at least 10, except Tanev, who also had 3 (and scored on one of them).

[Paulie Walnuts]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1924490808452927977

Must be an east coast thing.

[Ped]

Originally Posted by Badgers Nose

Leafs fans definitely suck. It's OK to have expectations and to hold your team to a high standard but those entitled temper tantrums do not accomplish anything.

Good fans lift their team up - the sixth man so to speak.

That's something a lot of the newer teams and fan bases seem to understand, to their credit.

Last night was an embarrassing spectacle for that fan base IMO.

When the team you cheer for goes 0 and 7 in game 7s, when they get blown out on home ice in a game 7, the fans who paid hundreds or thousands of dollars for those tickets get to leave or boo or do whatever if they want. It's not a temper tantrum in Toronto, it's years of failure.

[Mathgod]

Originally Posted by Coach

Personally I think this is BS.

2004: Flames
2006: Oilers
2007: Senators
2011: Canucks, 1st overall
2021: Canadiens
2024: Oilers

All finalists.

2025: Jets 1st overall, Edmonton WCF(+?)
2019: Flames 1st in WC
2018: Jets 2nd overall
2015: Canadiens 2nd overall

There have been plenty of chances for a Canadian team to win the cup since the cap came in.

It's not BS, it's the furthest thing from it. The math doesn't lie. Canadian teams have won 14% of the playoff series over the past 30 postseasons, even though they comprise 22% of the teams in the league. And of course 0% of the cups.

But I'm fine with it staying that way.... for this year.

[Snuffleupagus]

Originally Posted by Ped

When the team you cheer for goes 0 and 7 in game 7s, when they get blown out on home ice in a game 7, the fans who paid hundreds or thousands of dollars for those tickets get to leave or boo or do whatever if they want. It's not a temper tantrum in Toronto, it's years of failure.

Problem is the fans who paid those massive prices for tickets aren't the real fans, most are rich or corporate pre-madonna's.

[Paulie Walnuts]

The Canadian team not winning isn’t even a big deal. The Celtics and Lakers have combined to win half of the NBA titles. Most teams never win. NBA has one Canadian team that has more titles than some teams should they be complaining ?