Will the Leafs fade?

[argonaut11xx]

stick a fork in em....there done like dinner...last night was very SAD...8-0...geesh, i'd have rather sat through a soccer game...(oops)

[1argoholic]

They've seen some really shite years but this could take the cake. This team has zero to build on. They can their coach and still continue to crap it. Burke has no clue. He should be next. It's difficult to be a Leaf fan living in Canucklehead territory. I have to admit I won't be wearing to much Leaf stuff out my door. Once again they've sucked the Leaf pride out of me.
They need two goalies, D, scoring, getting bigger, tougher but with guys that can actually play. Burke will waste his high draft pick on a US guy out of college who won't be ready to suit up for four years if ever.

[argonaut11xx]

the effort last night against NYI was sad..very very sad....

they have a very good coach now...but not alot else

[Will]

The Maple Leafs collapse has been completely and utterly embarassing. If the Florida Panthers make the playoffs this year the Leafs will then be the team with the longest playoff drought in the National Hockey League. To put it into perspective, the last time the Maple Leafs made the playoffs I was in Grade 11! What's more disturbing is the way that it happened; the team was doing perfectly fine until a one-goal loss in Winnipeg, which sent the season spiralling out of control. I remember Jeff Blair discussing it on the radio the day after (the Winnipeg loss) saying it wasn't a big deal, etc., but it certainly is now given what has since occurred.

[DanTheFan]

TSN headline "Leafs look to keep playoff chances alive against Rangers": http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=391252

[Will]

TSN headline "Leafs look to keep playoff chances alive against Rangers": http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=391252

They got one point out of it--I think someone in the paper said that with the win over New Jersey on Friday that they've guaranteed that they won't be eliminated until April, not that it makes any difference.

[ArgoRavi]

They got one point out of it--I think someone in the paper said that with the win over New Jersey on Friday that they've guaranteed that they won't be eliminated until April, not that it makes any difference.

If my math is correct, the Leafs' tragic number is only four points (they are nine points behind the Sabres with only six games remaining). That is, any combination of Buffalo points gained and Leafs points lost equalling four eliminates the Leafs from the playoffs. I would expect that to happen within the next week.

[1argoholic]

It happened at the begining of the season with Burke missing the mark yet again.

[argonaut11xx]

they leafs have a good base for next season...and the right coach to do it...

[ArgoRavi]

Well the Leafs completed their fade with a listless 3-0 home loss to Carolina which officially eliminated them from playoff contention for the seventh season in a row. It looks like they may be battling with Montreal for 14th place in the East from here on in.

[argolio]

Ravi, listless would have been a step up from this game.

5 games left: PHI, BUF, @BUF, TB, @MON

The Leafs can finish anywhere from 21st to 29th. Assuming the first three games are losses (and it's always dangerous to assume), the last two will determine their final position.

[Will]

Ravi, listless would have been a step up from this game.

5 games left: PHI, BUF, @BUF, TB, @MON

The Leafs can finish anywhere from 21st to 29th. Assuming the first three games are losses (and it's always dangerous to assume), the last two will determine their final position.

The problem with tanking this year is that the draft class isn't great.

[argonaut11xx]

I gave my tickets for the saturday game vs the Sabre's away..... its just too painful to watch...

[1argoholic]

I honestly didn't see this coming when I started this post way back when. Do people remember when Buffalo was all in a panic about how bad they were? WOW this year has seen one of the worst falls in Leaf history. Never mind Burke they need to can Alier or however you spell the goaltending coaches name. These guys hit their knees when the shooter is still coming over the blueline. How many top corner goals does a team have to give up. Plus they lear away from the shot not into it. Plus as Cherry says to the skaters, get your sticks out of the way. So many tips by Leaf d into top corners.

[argolio]

Plus as Cherry says to the skaters, get your sticks out of the way. So many tips by Leaf d into top corners.

Cherry is an idiot. Far more goals are prevented doing that than are caused.

[1argoholic]

Every night all over the league when you watch highlights tips are going in off the defending teams sticks. It happens every friggin game with the Leafs. It's difficult to stop a natural reaction of trying to get a stick infront of a shot. Plus if your goalies are any good they should be able to stop some of those tipped shots. Lets face it even if the shot weren't tipped they would be juicy rebounds. I have zero faith in the Leaf goalies or D at this point. Tonight I at least get to see a loss televised nationally. I hope the slide continues at this point. No point in winning now.

[ArgoRavi]

Tonight I at least get to see a loss televised nationally.

I guess you get stuck watching all of the Canucks games. One of the few things that I don't miss about living in Ottawa was being stuck with the Sens on TV all of the time. Come playoff time, it was annoying having to live with Senators-mania.

[R.J]

Tonight's game was atrocious, no fight in those players and even less heart. Aside from Grabo, Leafs fans should be disgusted by what's being put on the ice. Burke really created a mess here, and funny enough when he came here he stated "I don't believe in 5 year plans, we're going to build on the fly", how has that worked out so far ?

[argolio]

In terms of the game and the crowd reaction, tonight's game was almost as ugly as the 2008 Argo game vs Winnipeg.

I bet the Leafs wish all their remaining games were on the road.

[ArgoRavi]

Tonight's game was atrocious, no fight in those players and even less heart. Aside from Grabo, Leafs fans should be disgusted by what's being put on the ice. Burke really created a mess here, and funny enough when he came here he stated "I don't believe in 5 year plans, we're going to build on the fly", how has that worked out so far ?

I was having a conversation with someone the other day about how when the Leafs were bad in the 1980s, at least there was still Harold Ballard to keep everyone entertained. Today, there is just this faceless corporate entity behind this very bad team. Burke talks about how they have a number of prospects but I remember the Leafs of the '80s having lots of prospects too and we all know how that turned out. I am not sure that there has been a darker time for the Leafs franchise in the last 45 years than what we are presently seeing.