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Originally Posted by BE-LEAF-ABLE
I still don't see how this means much.
Maybe if Toronto was a contending team and looked like they were improving each year and showing that they stand a real chance of winning the Cup, yeah.
But this means nothing more than using the Leafs of the early 1990's, as many of the players from those teams that made them what they were aren't even on the team anymore. There is no Gary Roberts stuffing pucks into the net, Alexander Mogilny sniping the puck from the top of the circle, Joe Nieuwendyk trying to carry the team on his back, Steve Thomas scoring clutch goals, Robert Svehla leveling players as they crossed over Toronto's blueline, Dmitry Yushkevich and his solid shut-down defencive play, or even a Steve Stavro.
There isn't much in examples like this except to show how good the team was in the past, what kind of players this team now lacks, and the realisation that this team is full of even more passengers, 4th liners and minor leaguers that shouldn't even be on the team, and even more defencemen that can't play defence, rather than less.
As good as those previous teams were, they still had a lot of holes, and rather than reducing the amount of them over the years, Toronto has increased it's amount of them.
They didn't "stink" back then, but they ain't smelling to nice right now.
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It means quite a lot when its read in the correct fashion. I was repsonding to the years and years of losing comment. Panoo claims to support all the Canadian teams, which is great, yeeehaaaw I'm patriotic!
The flaws in the Toronto Maple Leafs are pointed out, yet flaws in the other 5 Canadian teams are missing. Makes one wonder eh?
The stats that I provided clearly show that the Leafs have been the 2nd best Canadian team in the last 10 years. Only the Ottawa Senators have played more playoff hockey in the past 10 years then the Toronto Maple Leafs.
I never claimed that I would rather see the Leafs beat the Sens then win Lord Stanley, I was just being factual. Nor do I claim that the Leafs are on the right track. I'm simply pointing out that if one is going to be supportive of all Canadian teams and that also means voicing your displeasure, then they must voice their opinions on the rest of the Canadian teams that have been worse over the years then the Leafs. If that can't be accomplished then just come out and say "I hate the Leafs" and remove the Leafs from the sig and carry on.
