The NHL thread

[wesrman]

Go Pens.

I've officially had the transition from angry year end to hopeful new season again and again Leaf fan...to the Pens.

Yea I know. Wesrman and likely a few others will call me a bandwagon jumper, but the truth is, the Leafs consistant bad management and bad trades and bad performance, in the richest market in Canada has sent me packing.

LOL we made the playoffs 9 years in a row, then we have 4 bad years and everyone wants to jump ship. Just be thankfull you werent around for the 80s.

BTW how did i miss this thread

[CFH]

Go Pens.

I've officially had the transition from angry year end to hopeful new season again and again Leaf fan...to the Pens.

Yea I know. Wesrman and likely a few others will call me a bandwagon jumper, but the truth is, the Leafs consistant bad management and bad trades and bad performance, in the richest market in Canada has sent me packing.

LOL we made the playoffs 9 years in a row, then we have 4 bad years and everyone wants to jump ship. Just be thankfull you werent around for the 80s.

BTW how did i miss this thread

1967.

St. Louis made the playoffs something like 20 years in a row, but they never won anything. I'm not trying to pick on you or the Leafs, I'm just saying that making the playoffs is not the only thing a team should strive for. Vancouver consistently made the playoffs under Burke, but they never had a chance to get beyond mid-rounds and, despite the propaganda we were fed, they were never a team that could contend for the cup.

However, as a Canucks fan I can't really talk shit about other teams histories and failures, even the Leafs.

At least Toronto is doing what needs to be done, a full-scale rebuild. Schenn is going to be great one day, and Toskala is as well. I hate Wilson though, he's terrible at developing young players and his hiring sure looks suspicious considering all the Burke rumours (they're best buddies). I hope for your sake wesrman that the Leafs don't hire Burke and that they go in a different direction. He's an incredibly overrated GM. The state he left Vancouver in in regards to the future of the team speaks to his short-sighted approach.