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After a game 5 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Toronto Maple Leafs have squandered another opportunity to win an elimination game. Since 2004, The Leafs are 0-11 in these games. We discuss the mentality of the Leafs heading into game 6.. and what they need to do to avoid yet another epic NHL playoff choke.
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Game 6 will be a bounce back game for the Leafs, to many times throughout the season, even in this series, game 1 & 2 specifically, we have seen them sit back and not play to their full potential, then to come out and outplay and dominate in the next game, 1 minor bump in the road in game 5, 2 'lucky' win games in 3 & 4, i think they will learn, create, and dominate in game 6. GO LEAFS GO!!!!
Is it still Fall? Damn son.
Doobass did not look like the cocky ass last night as he was a few nights ago.
Never poke the bear Doobass.
I stopped watching the leafs when they couldn't aquire Gretzky. It wasn't till I had my son in hockey that I realized that they are cursed.
learned my lesson in 04. lets go oilers
its in toronto too if they get eliminated 😶🌫 this citys gona blow🔥
We are not surprised they are what they are😂😂😊
the 1 game i put money on ffs lol
As a life long leafs fan I have zero faith in them.
If Toronto loses game 6 , they wont win game 7 in Toronto. They need to end it in game 6 , in my opinion.
Welcome to the chokining!
Harold Ballard, looking up and laughing. 😂
The Leafs are the only team in all of sports where it’s like 1 win and they are the greatest team ever, the uncrowned champs where will we have the parade
or1 lose and they need to blow up the team trade everyone fire the coach, the GM, the owner and the mascot.Holl and Samsonov are both weak, poor players who had no business being where they are.
I’m not a Leaf fan but will say this. They WILL WIN GAME 6. Guaranteed. This is NOT a choke team. Tavares and O’Reilly will shine. Relax.
Leafs aren’t gonna win game 6.
MAPLE CHOKES
Leafs actually played pretty well ngl
There not a playoff team, The top five players need to slowly be replaced with players that can HIT and grind, slow down there opponents, and hurt them, Leafs play like ballerinas in the playoffs, There like a monkey phuking a football out there.
The problem with the Leaf's is us, the fans. For far too long the fans always support the team. The players are WAYYYY overpaid and have turned into pre-maddonas. Think of the Leaf's organization as a business. If you owned the team and saw that the stands are always full (no matter the cost). Toronto makes millions off merch and tickets. Now, i ask you, if you made that kind of cash with a sub standard product, then why fuck with the system I guess. Yes, they're a bad product, not because of bad talent but they can't deliver the killer blow. That comes from heart not from talent.
Lol Leafs fans are so fickle. Literally 24 hours ago the tone was celebratory faithful and hopeful. Day later, doom and gloom lol. Wild to see it man. Bolts fans have been nervous but we NEVER lose faith.
Dubas is just a disappointed father, shaking his head in disgust as his baby poops itself again.
Bunting and Holl are being between a rock and a hard place. Either could cost you the series. Need another option.
Even before this game I thought to myself , ' Now the Meltdown Begins ' .
Perhaps if people would show more support for the Leafs instead of constantly giving them shit when they lose one game against one of the toughest teams in the NHL who happens to have the best goaltender in recent memory. Perhaps this non-stop enourmous pressure to be A number 1 perfect through the entire series is what is messing the Leafs up so bad. They lost an importaint battle, YES, but they haven't lost the war yet. Remember, the Leafs need to only win one more and have 2 chances to do so, Tampa has no room for error, they MUST win 2 more, one at home, and one on the road, I still like the Leafs odds at this juncture. Remember Colorado was in this same boat during game 5 of the finals last year, they were up 3-1 going into game 5, the one 2 of the games in OT, the game 4 win was a freak goal by Kadri in, very similar to the OT goal by the Leafs in game 3 last week. All Colorado had to do was seal the deal at home in game 5, but a team like Tampa is very dangerous when backed into a corner, Colorado lost game 5 making the series 3-2 they went back to Tampa and won the cup. I think Toronto will do the same tomorrow, they'll close it out in Tampa.
Did everyone just forget the Leafs won 3 in a row against a team that's been to the Stanley Cup finals the past 3 years, and won it 2 of those 3? Leafs shouldn't have won 2 of those last 3 games, but they did. Things are finally turning their way, yet they lose 1 game and everyone screams "choke" as if Tampa didn't crumble down from 4-1 in Game 4. Most are using selective memory to support a "curse" that seems to be unravelling as we speak.
The leafs stared the game perfectly, that quick response goal by the lightning was the killer that took any momentum away. I think the leafs will rebound in game six, to win in OT.
Leafs lose a game CHOKE
Any other team loses a game and nobody bats an eye..
Leafs in 6.
Leafs will advance.
Two years ago when the Leafs were up 3 to 1 in games Carey Price went into his zone and that was all she wrote. Looked to me last night that Vassy has entered his zone now.