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Originally Posted by Fallen Angel
When they start a season out, 4-0 after being 29th in the league the year prior and talk about Cup Contention because of it, yeah ill make fun of them.
Blitz, your a smart guy, so tell me something. Why in your opinion are the Leafs so against arebuild? In 5 years they could be where Los Angeles is now, a team that bottomed out, stocked picks and has an exceptional core of young players. In 5-7 years, they could be another Washington or Pittsburgh, because you and I both know you don't get players like Crosby, Ovy, Backstrom, Green, Semin, Malkin, Staal or Fleury from FA signings very often.
In this day and age of salary cap restrictions, you build through the draft and the underrated tool that is an ELC because having a huge budget means nothing anymore.
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What Gertner said. I would tend to shift the blame more towards the owners. They don't wanna admit there's a problem, so they just look for quick fixes.
Why can't we be excited about a good start? When your team starts the previous season with 8 losses, and then starts the next one with 4 straight wins, don't even try to tell me that that isn't reason to be excited. No, it's not reason to call for the cup, but every team has it's share of dickhead fans. I just take issue with implying that Toronto is the only team with that problem.