Well I know 98.5 percent of this Montreal Canadiens thread are waking up this morning with a nice big smile on their face ?
The refs were bad, the D was bad, Campbell was hot and cold, the third and fourth line only showed up one game. Number 1 regular season power was on and off. Take your pick lol.
Blame whatever you like or all of it. Bottom line is they had two opportunities and didn’t get it done….AGAIN! Not sure what’s next. Say the same thing every year.
Tampa and Colorado Stanley Cup final!
Funny that after the game, many pundits on TV ( which lauded the leafs more than any)
Said this team was close and the best version they have seen over the years.
No changes needed.
I disagree, Tampa got better as they went along, but they were likely the easiest team
for the leafs to face in first round, you could see how tired they were.
reality is you can't win with 4 super stars and no role players and a great goalie.
Cample although not bad, is not winning you a cup.
IMO they at the least need a new GM and one of there 4 stars has to go,
so they can afford a goalie and more defence.
3rd and 4th lines are often the difference in the playoffs,
all teams have to put that together with no money.
Torontos were not good enough.
Refing, was bad, but mostly because of the whining
Mariner and matthews did all season about it.
More soft calls in this series than any other.
the 2 on mariner in game 7 weren't calls in ringette LOL
Leafs can't complain about refs, they got far more calls than they should have.
55 years and counting, and going on 20 without a first round win,
they have to be records, Toronto has to take what they can.
But chin up, when the beat Philly in 2nd preseason game
the fans can start planning the 2023 parade LOL