Due to popular demand (or lack thereof), I have extended the deadline to enter the First Annual Stacker News Maple Leafs Choke-A-Thon until the drop of the puck tonight at 8:00p.m., when the Leafs begin their disastrous four and out first round loss to the Bruins.
All the details are here:
What do you have to lose? You might win some sats.
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What the hell more convincing do you need? Huh?
Do you want me to just stuff the sats in your wallet myself?
Geez.
Ding dong the leafs are gone.
I have to give them credit. That was a hell of a series.
Definitely. I must admit they really didn't choke.
No they played pretty well after game 4. Terrible, lazy back checking on the winning goal but their D in this series was actually really good.
Before overtime I texted my buddy and said "I think OT is better for the Bruins" and he responded "what do you mean the Leafs won game 5 in OT" and I said "The Bruins changed their style of play in game 5 OT and tried to run and gun with the Leafs and ambush them to score an early OT goal. It was a calculated risk to try to end the series and it backfired, they won't do it again. They will keep playing a tight checking game and get pucks toward the net and wait for the Leafs to make a mistake."
While I was impressed that the Leafs didn't totally choke/collapse I still incurred an unhealthy amount of joy watching them lose in OT of game 7. It felt like a bit of redemption for me after the 49ers lost the superbowl in OT. Haha.
Good analysis. The Bruins are tough when they pop lay their tight checking and d first game. One of my only recent hockey joys was when the Isles bounced them a few years back.
The Leafs impressed me. Maybe they played so well because expectations weren't sky high this year. Like I said before, the Bruins are tough to root for.
We can all go back to rooting against the Bruins now. Although I do like their uniforms.
Their uniforms are classic. All original six are pretty nice.
Agreed. The Leafs have really nice uniforms too. One of the few redeeming things about them.
Here's my ranking:
Habs
Blackhawks
Bruins
Leafs
Wings
Rangers
i’m taking recommendations for how i should spend @siggy47’s 5000 sats when the leafs win the cup 😂
I believe you are a bit early. That will occur during the Stacker News 35th Annual Maple Leafs Choke-A-Thon.
5k sats will be a sweet prize in 35 years.
Yes it will, but according to actuarial charts it might be tough for me to pay out.
We will have a Siggy bot that is fully trained on the compendium of your musings. You will live forever on SN.
😂
@gnilma I know Canucks nation wants to throw some shade on the Leafs. Get your pick in for the Leafs inevitable demise.
Oh, I saw this post the other day, but got carried away doing something else and never got back to making a pick. I'll go make my pick in Siggy's original post now. Thanks for the heads up.
Great. The more people directing negative energy towards the Leafs the better.
Haha 5-1 Bruins.
Off to a great start. One step closer to me winning that 5k bonus sats from the sweep.
Round 5 game 3, 7 goals.
??? Oh boy.
This is like what mine would look like if I was picking a cricket match.
There are only four rounds.
Each series can't go less than 4 games, since they are 4 of 7 series.
Okay then ve it like round 3 game 3 and 3 goals.
So you are picking the Leafs to lose then? 2 days ago you said they would win the cup. I am very confused.
view on www.youtube.comAlso, every series must go four games. This is like an Abbott and Costello routine. Are you messing with me?
I pick the Bruins!
Of course you do. Now, predict the number of games, like
First round, game 4 elimination. Then include the tie breaker, ie total goals scored by both teams in elimination game- 8.
Am I too late?
Nah. Go ahead
#513210
I didn’t pick round one since I entered late
Round 2, game 6, 4 goals
Okay. Fair enough
Off to a good start