Tank Nation UNITE!!!

[Joe S.]

That is why Waffle Bott will never wear Blue and White

 

[WhatIfGodWasALeaf]

That is why Waffle Bott will never wear Blue and White

It's not date rape, so maybe lose the meme?

 

[Redleaf]

they say there are three main fears inherent in us:
The fear of Falling
The fear of Drowing
The fear of Public Speaking

I had a terrible fear of public speaking, when my job forced me into it, I acutally started to like it and now it is a bit of "when can I do this again"?

The same can be said for falling and skydiving. You not only get over it once you jump the first time, most people want to do it again.

Drowning.... Well you got me there. 2 out of 3 ain't bad?

 

[Joe S.]

It's not date rape, so maybe lose the meme?

Cliff Huxtable is a television character, not a real person.

 

[lamajama]

Looks like MLSE are on the Tank train too

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/kelly-shanahans-scorched-earth-leafs-plan-wins-mlse-support/article22938348/

I thought this was pretty obvious from Shanahan's off-season moves, but it's nice to see it confirmed officiallyish. I feel badly for the players who did pour themselves into the game trying to bring success to this desolate wasteland of mediocrity.

Great article!

Let us all pray that we have finally hit the friggin bottom and that a commitment to a legitimate rebuild has happened. Last place is not the bottom, 9th annually is the bottom.

Just when I thought I was out, they're sucking me back in.....

Repeated seasons of good, good, good, weak, awful, awful, awful, good draft pick here we come, good, great, there goes the draft pick great have just killed me.

This year the hockey Gods are doing it again to me but for some reason we really seem to be snatching
defeat from the jaws of victory and apparently MLSE is OK with no more Martin Gerber trades or please God no more Boyd Devereaux heroics. We're only going to get weaker from here on out.

I am allowing myself to dream a little....

 

[rdowdall]

Hey Highlander, is Shanaplan now Shanatank?

100 IF "have puck" = TRUE then GOTO 300 else GOTO 200
200 TAKE PENALTY
300 FALL DOWN

And there is no end to this IF statement.

Would that technically put it into an endless loop?

No it would just exit.  There is no goto at the end.  It just stops....kinda like Clarkson.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

I don't know what I'd do if we had to endure all of this and we STILL don't get a top-5 pick. Columbus better turn things up.

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

I don't know what I'd do if we had to endure all of this and we STILL don't get a top-5 pick. Columbus better turn things up.

They're 1 point back with 4 games in hand!

 

[CarltonTheBear]

I don't know what I'd do if we had to endure all of this and we STILL don't get a top-5 pick. Columbus better turn things up.

They're 1 point back with 4 games in hand!

I still worry though. 3 of their next 5 are against 3 of the best teams in the East (NYI, PIT, MTL) and they have 2 against Philly, whose 6-2-2 in their last 10. Games in hand can be deceptive, I hate them.

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

I don't know what I'd do if we had to endure all of this and we STILL don't get a top-5 pick. Columbus better turn things up.

They're 1 point back with 4 games in hand!

I still worry though. 3 of their next 5 are against 3 of the best teams in the East (NYI, PIT, MTL) and they have 2 against Philly, whose 6-2-2 in their last 10. Games in hand can be deceptive, I hate them.

On the bright side, Leafs could probably score 7 goals in each of their next 4 games and lose 8-7 in all of them.

Leafs play MTL, FLA, CAR and WPG.  I can't recall the last stretch where the Leafs beat those teams and/or played them really well.

 

[Coco-puffs]

I don't know what I'd do if we had to endure all of this and we STILL don't get a top-5 pick. Columbus better turn things up.

They're 1 point back with 4 games in hand!

I still worry though. 3 of their next 5 are against 3 of the best teams in the East (NYI, PIT, MTL) and they have 2 against Philly, whose 6-2-2 in their last 10. Games in hand can be deceptive, I hate them.

On the bright side, Leafs could probably score 7 goals in each of their next 4 games and lose 8-7 in all of them.

Leafs play MTL, FLA, CAR and WPG.  I can't recall the last stretch where the Leafs beat those teams and/or played them really well.

All I want from that stretch is if we win one game, please don't let it be against the Hurricanes!

 

[pmrules]

If the Leafs had lost against Edmonton they would have been 5 points away from 2nd overall.  Thats a pretty good shot at one of the generational talents.  But alas, The Leafs won, and sit a lofty 9 points ahead of them. 

 

[bustaheims]

Leafs play MTL, FLA, CAR and WPG.  I can't recall the last stretch where the Leafs beat those teams and/or played them really well.

The Leafs generally play pretty well against the Habs, but, yeah, they tend not to show up against those other teams.

 

[slapshot]

If the Leafs could finish in the bottom 3, I'd be satisfied with that, then worse case scenario is they would pick 4th at worst.

As long as they get one of McDavid, Eichel, Strome or Hanifin. That would give us one of the two building blocks we need, a potential future #1 centre or a top pairing d-man. I think the draft falls off after these four for the Leafs in particular. Marner is skilled but yet another smaller forward.

I'd absolutely hate to see the Leafs finish fourth and someone below them in the draft wins the lottery and they end up picking 5th. That would be a real burn...especially if all those four go ahead of them.

 

[Joe S.]

Look - I'm all for this high draft pick thing - but I really don't want the leafs to lose to montreal. At least beat them in their own building and then continue to lose after that.

 

[Highlander]

why fight it Joe, we have beat the hell out of the Habs for a while before last season. If losing just once to them gives us McDavid then we will have sweet revenge for a long time.

 

[bustaheims]

Look - I'm all for this high draft pick thing - but I really don't want the leafs to lose to montreal. At least beat them in their own building and then continue to lose after that.

I agree. If the only wins the Leafs get the rest of the way are their games against the Habs and the Sens, I'll be quite happy with things.

 

[Coco-puffs]

Look - I'm all for this high draft pick thing - but I really don't want the leafs to lose to montreal. At least beat them in their own building and then continue to lose after that.

I agree. If the only wins the Leafs get the rest of the way are their games against the Habs and the Sens, I'll be quite happy with things.

I'd agree with this... as long as the Sens stay above us in the standings!

 

[CarltonTheBear]

If Cody Franson can put his value on the line in the name of the Tank then you guys can stand losing to teams you don't like.

 

[ZBBM]

We can't afford any more wins, feel-good or otherwise.