LFR17 - Round 1, Game 7 - Eulogy - Maple Leafs 1, Bruins 2 (OT)
Summary
TLDRThe video script is a passionate and detailed analysis of the Toronto Maple Leafs' performance in the NHL season, focusing on their loss to the Boston Bruins and the subsequent implications for the team. The speaker, presumably a Leafs fan, expresses frustration at the team's repeated failure to advance in the playoffs, despite high expectations. He discusses the team's history of playoff disappointments, the pressure on the channel's viewership following the team's elimination, and the financial implications for the channel. The speaker also touches on the potential changes to the team's core, including trades, coaching staff changes, and the impact of contract negotiations. The summary concludes with the speaker's commitment to continue providing content and his hope for the team's future success.
Takeaways
- 🏒 The Toronto Maple Leafs lost again, causing disappointment among fans.
- 😤 The speaker expresses frustration with the team's performance, particularly their inability to win in the last game of the season.
- 📉 The Leafs' elimination from the playoffs leads to a significant increase in viewership for the channel, with a quarter million people tuning in.
- 🤑 Despite not being rich, the speaker and his wife enjoy some luxuries like organic bananas, indicating a level of financial comfort.
- 🎙️ The speaker plans to freestyle the commentary without notes or watching the game highlights, showcasing his deep knowledge of the team's history.
- 🏆 The Boston Bruins win 2-1 in overtime against the Toronto Maple Leafs, with a significant play by David Pastrnak.
- 🤕 Injuries and health issues affected key players like Auston Matthews and Joseph Woll, impacting the team's performance.
- 😲 The speaker criticizes the team's inability to score and suggests that the current mix of players is not working effectively.
- 👥 There is speculation about significant changes to the team's core, including potential trades or buyouts for players like Mitch Marner and John Tavares.
- 👍 The speaker praises the Bruins' performance and acknowledges their structured play and strong goaltending.
- 📉 The repeated failure to advance in the playoffs despite high expectations leads to a call for a shakeup in the team's management and coaching staff.
Q & A
What is the main reason for the Toronto Maple Leafs' repeated playoff losses according to the speaker?
-The speaker suggests that the recurring issue is the team composition, or 'the mix,' which doesn't work effectively for the Leafs, leading to consistent problems with goal scoring and an inability to win crucial playoff games.
How does the speaker describe the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Leafs' financial expectations?
-The speaker mentions that the pandemic halted the expected growth of the salary cap, which had significant implications for the Leafs' financial planning and the aging of their players' contracts.
What does the speaker imply about the future of Sheldon Keefe as the head coach of the Leafs?
-The speaker implies that Sheldon Keefe may be on his way out, suggesting that a new voice or head coach might be necessary for the team to progress.
How does the speaker summarize the Leafs' performance in the most recent playoff series?
-The speaker summarizes the Leafs' performance as a loss in a tight, seven-game series against the Boston Bruins, with the Bruins winning game seven in overtime.
What is the significance of the speaker's mention of the 'core' of the Leafs' team?
-The 'core' refers to the team's key players, and the speaker suggests that one or more of these players may be leaving the team due to the repeated failure to achieve success in the playoffs.
What does the speaker think about the role of Brendan Shanahan in the Leafs' management?
-The speaker holds Brendan Shanahan responsible for the team's performance over the years, as he has been part of the organization's leadership since 2014, and suggests that it might be time for a change at the top.
Why does the speaker believe the Leafs' power play was ineffective during the series?
-The speaker believes the power play was ineffective due to the structured play of the Boston Bruins, who were adept at neutral zone control and protecting their net, thereby stifling the Leafs' scoring opportunities.
What is the speaker's view on the importance of adjusting to the changing dynamics of the game?
-The speaker emphasizes the need for the Leafs to adjust their strategies and tactics, as the failure to do so has led to their consistent playoff losses.
What does the speaker suggest about the Leafs' future if changes are not made?
-The speaker suggests that if the Leafs do not make significant changes to their team composition and management, they will continue to fall short of winning the Stanley Cup.
How does the speaker describe the emotional impact of the Leafs' losses on the fans?
-The speaker describes the emotional impact as one of disappointment and frustration, with a sense of pressure and expectation that is not met by the team's performance.
What is the significance of the speaker's mention of the 'LFR video of the Season'?
-The 'LFR video of the Season' is a recurring video content that the speaker creates to discuss the Leafs' elimination from the playoffs, which has become an annual tradition reflecting the team's end-of-season disappointments.
Outlines
🏒 Leafs' Loss Lament and Channel Pressure
The speaker expresses disbelief and frustration over the Toronto Maple Leafs' loss, discussing the emotional impact and the pressure felt by the channel when the team loses. They mention the unpredictability of when they'll see each other again due to the Leafs' performance, and the speaker's commitment to the channel despite potential job losses. The speaker also humorously addresses the need to click like and subscribe, and their readiness to freestyle the rest of the video without preparation, given their deep knowledge of the Leafs.
🤯 Bruins' Victory and Injured Leafs
The speaker discusses the Boston Bruins' victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs in game seven, highlighting the historical significance of the win and the Leafs' repeated failures. They touch upon the potential trades and changes to the team's core, emphasizing the need for a shakeup. The speaker also shares a personal story about Ian Scott, a goalie who was drafted instead of Jeremy Swayman, and the unfortunate career path that followed due to injuries.
🤔 Injuries and the Impact on the Game
The focus is on the injuries sustained by key players during the series, including Joseph Woll and Auston Matthews. The speaker questions the team's performance, particularly Ilya Samsonov's gameplay and the team's inability to capitalize on scoring opportunities. They recount specific moments from the game, including goals and near-misses, and the emotional toll these moments had on the players and fans.
🏅 Pastrnak's Game-Winning Goal and Series Reflection
The speaker describes David Pastrnak's game-winning goal in overtime, emphasizing its significance and the skill involved. They reflect on the series as a whole, noting the challenges the Leafs faced in generating offense and the structural strength of the Bruins. The speaker also shares a post-game comment from coach Sheldon Keefe, which is interpreted as a sign of potential changes to the team's management and coaching staff.
📉 Performance Analysis and Speculation on Roster Changes
The speaker analyzes the performance of key players, noting their individual statistics and contributions to the team. They discuss the potential dismantling of the team's core, speculating on which players might be traded or released. The speaker also criticizes the team's inability to score consistently and the need for a new approach to achieve success.
🔄 Team History and Shanahan's Tenure
The speaker reviews the history of the team under Brendan Shanahan's leadership, from drafting core players to multiple disappointing playoff exits. They recount the team's struggles and the emotional investment of the fans, highlighting the repeated cycles of hope and disappointment. The speaker also discusses the potential consequences for Shanahan and the team's future direction.
🎙️ Future of the Podcast and Hope for the Leafs
The speaker addresses the future of their content creation, including the Steve Dangle podcast and plans to cover upcoming games and potential team changes. They express gratitude to the viewers for their support throughout the season and encourage them to continue engaging with the content. The speaker concludes with a note of hope for the Leafs' future success, despite the current disappointment.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Toronto Maple Leafs
💡Playoffs
💡Elimination
💡Boston Bruins
💡Game Seven
💡Sheldon Keefe
💡Brendan Shanahan
💡Contraction
💡Goal Scoring
💡Salary Cap
💡Jim Montgomery
Highlights
The Toronto Maple Leafs lost again, leading to frustration and disappointment among fans.
The speaker expresses a sense of déjà vu with the Leafs' repeated losses every year.
Steve humorously suggests the channel's viewership increases when the Leafs' employees get fired.
The speaker reminisces about the pressure of creating content after the Leafs' elimination from the playoffs.
A dramatic increase in channel viewership is mentioned when the Leafs are eliminated, comparing it to a Canadian city's population.
The speaker discusses the financial implications of the channel's success, mentioning the purchase of organic bananas as an example.
The Boston Bruins are praised for their historic win against the Toronto Maple Leafs in game seven.
The speaker humorously offers consolation to the Leafs, suggesting they are trying to cause the speaker to starve.
The Leafs' loss is described as a eulogy, indicating the end of an era for the team's current lineup.
The speaker criticizes the officiating in past games but commends the fairness of the latest series against the Bruins.
Jeremy Swayman's performance is highlighted, including his motivation stemming from not being drafted by the Leafs.
The unfortunate story of Ian Scott, a promising goalie whose career was cut short by injuries, is shared.
The absence of Joseph Woll in game seven due to an unspecified injury is discussed.
Auston Matthews' performance despite illness is praised, as he sets up the Leafs' only goal of the game.
Ilya Samsonov's performance as a goalie is critiqued, with the speaker expressing frustration at a crucial goal allowed.
The Bruins' David Pastrnak is celebrated for his game-winning goal in overtime.
The speaker predicts significant changes to the Leafs' roster and possibly the firing of the team's president and head coach.
The need for a new coaching voice and strategy is emphasized to overcome the team's consistent failure to score.
The speaker reflects on the team's history under Brendan Shanahan's leadership and the need for a change.
The Leafs' failure to advance past the first round of the playoffs for multiple seasons is highlighted as a critical issue.
The speaker expresses a mixture of disappointment and hope for the future success of the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Transcripts
HAT GUY: No dude, NOOO! No! I can't believe they lost again!
STEVE: You can't? HAT GUY: Oh I hate the
last LFR video of the Season! Every year! When am I even going to see you again?
STEVE: On this channel? Probably when everybody gets fired
Let’s go! - good we all feel - stop! - never gets
rusty! - What am I doing? - INNA MY KITCHEN - Producer Drew can you fix
all this? - *screaming* - And when it comes to the Toronto Maple Leafs you can crumple
crumple YEET - Saw that going differently - with you wherever you are welcome to LFR
Iggy this isn't a victory puppy treat, you just deserve it. I-I'm half convinced the Leafs are
trying to see you die of starvation. Dude I I love you - I okay all right it's - I don't
need consolation anyway it's cool it's great! Aw hello hey how you doing HELLO. HI! Once again!
It's funny every year this video, EVERY YEAR, you know it's a lot of pressure. It's a lot of
pressure when the Leafs get eliminated from the playoffs. It's always a lot of pressure
because suddenly this channel that like it gets good viewership it does pretty well!
It does pretty well! Like I'm not a rich man but sometimes me and my wife we buy organic bananas
you know what I mean? You know what I mean?! We do okay but every year when the Leafs get
eliminated a quarter million people show up! Like a decent sized Canadian city! All you can do,
all you can do here's your tax here's your payment all right you sicko?! Here watching this,
here watching this! This is all I ask you to do click like click subscribe and tell all your
friends - Producer Drew who edits these videos, I'm going to do my best. This is just going to
be off of the Dome. Off of the top of the Dome, freestyling off from memory, from nothing, I don't
even know from what! ‘Cause here's the thing - all day, all day, I was thinking about what I would
say when the Leafs won. When the Leafs won, all day. And I thought to myself “is this arrogance?
Is this just me assuming the Leafs - THE LEAFS? - would win?” No! Because I'm not nuts, I'm not
nuts all right?! I know what I'm talking about! I know who the Leafs are! Famously! Actually!
I was thinking about what I would say today when the Leafs won all day and I didn't realise until
just now why that is. Because I had to think about it! I don't have to think about this! I don't even
have any notes in front of me! I haven't even watched the highlights back! Saw a couple Clips
on Twitter. I'm still calling it Twitter. I'm never going to call it X! I am not even going
to watch the highlights back. I don't have to! I'm a historian! I know this! I know this team!
Boston Bruins fans, I know your team! You know the narrative change was right there too, you know it
was right there. Oh you know it was right there! I was going to take a crown, I was going to take an
actual crown and hand it to you because it would be the Leafs as like the all-time chokers right?
But the Bruins become the first team in North American Sports history to blow a 3-1 series lead
in back to back years?! Anybody can do that in one year, the Leafs, but it takes a truly special
team. It's never happened in the history of Hockey baseball basketball on this continent and
the Bruins - one goal away from doing it! But you didn't. You didn't because the Boston Bruins win
2-1 in overtime of game seven against the Toronto Maple Leafs. Oh I just remembered something that
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Listen Leaf fans, we all know what’s going on here, this is a eulogy. This is a eulogy for
the Leafs. Bruins fans? Listen, this was a very different series from series in years past. And in
some series in years past, there have been a lot of things to complain about honestly. Officiating
was… interesting! Festive! It uh benefited the Bruins greatly uh to be frank and some player
safety decisions also. This year? None of that. None of that. A little bit of that here and there
didn't like this non call, didn't like that one the Leafs had plenty of that go their way too!
They did - dude look at the first goal of this game! Dude I I thought Tyler Bertuzzi was getting
called for sure! It's the third period, trips up his guy or the guy tripped or whatever happened,
it sure looked like it real time, he gets it to Auston Matthews to William Nylander
scores! - “Bert out there with Matthews and Nylander, Matthews with it behind the net,
on oh stopped, Benoit comes up with it, he's deep Matthews where is it?! Blocked he knocks
it loose! Carlo comes up with it! Bertuzzi takes down his man, no call, Matthews SETS UP NYLANDER,
WHO SCORES! Oh Baby! That's going to cause some controversy! But the Leafs score! The dude who
got the puck is celebrating! And William Nylander who called it? This guy! Gets the first goal of
the game! 10:59 to go in the third period! 2013 they couldn't hold, 2019 they couldn't hold,
2018 they couldn't hold, can they hold this?” But Bruins fans damn damn! The Leafs lost fair
and square. You won fair and square. I I I got nothing to complain about in that regard. I
don't! I don't! It was a tight series, real tight series, obnoxiously tight series, I don't even
know if that series was pleasurable to watch for either fanbase or any of the other 30! Maybe the
outcome but not throughout! Not through - if the Canucks Predators had the most painful Series this
was number two, this was number two. The Boston Bruins were incredible. They were incredible and
and I know a lot of people have been saying “The Florida Panthers are gonna smack whoever
they play in the second round!” First of all yeah second of all you don't know that! You don't know,
that that would have been my prediction for sure whoever if it was the Leafs or the Bruins uh I
mean the Panthers smacked, smacked Tampa in five and now they're gonna play an exhausted
busted up team. Neither team took over this series, like ever ever. When the Bruins did
get ahead it's because the Leafs couldn't stop a beach ball and also they couldn't score a goal!
But the Bruins were a big part of the reason that they couldn't score a goal. Jeremy Swayman was a
big part of the reason they couldn't score a goal! Now let's talk about this, Jeremy Swayman. I know
a lot of Bruins fans know this but there's a narrative going on around there and if a lot
of people are going to watch this video I want to nip it in the bud. Jeremy Swayman was mad,
mad, big mad, that the leaf didn't draft him because they said they might and the
pick comes in the fourth round think it's 110th overall and the Leafs select a goalie who is not
Jeremy Swauman they selected Ian Scott, Jeremy Swayman went to the Boston Bruins with the next
pick that is haunting stuff and it is the sort of thing that has fueled Jeremy Swayman and it
fueled him through this series and it fueled him to get a big game seven win! Ian Scott was not
a bad draft pick. This dude was CHL goalie of the year in 2019. He looked like he was
going to be incredible. He played seven pro games, he had to retire in his early 20s due
injuries. In fact there was one, it was so cruel, he finally rehabs his way back from injuries, he
plays one exhibition game with the Leafs, he looks incredible in that exhibition game, and he doesn't
even get to complete the like one period that he was assigned to play because he was injured. It's
just the worst. It's just the frigging worst and I just wanted to tell that story because I know
it's been out there like “Oh the Leafs made a stupid pick and who the hell is Ian Scott!”
Ian Scott is a dude who should be playing pro hockey right right now but life's not fair. Our
bodies are not fair. Things happen and speaking of bodies - Joseph Woll did not play in this
game! And we don't know why yet! I'm waiting for an injury update, haven't got it. Haven't got it,
but he wasn't even the backup for this game! After stealing game five and stealing game six - what
improved for the Leafs in games five and game six? They didn't score, the power play still didn't
score, what happened in game five?! Joseph Woll became the started goalie! And he was incredible
in game five and he was incredible in game six and he almost got the shutout and he didn't.
Because the Bruins scored with 0.1 seconds left and Joseph Woll tried to make a save
on a shot that didn't matter, and didn't make the save anyway. And if that is the play that he was
hurt on, and that is the reason that he couldn't play in game seven, dude. If you go watch the
blueprint clip that the Leafs put on social media Joseph Woll gets the game puck, and he makes a
speech to the guys and he goes “let's go get a win in Boston!” There was a way he said it where I was
like ‘this kid is cold, this kid is COLD.’ And now I watch it in a completely different light.
He knew he wasn't going to play. He knew he wasn't going to play and I don't know what happened and I
know it must have killed him in the moment but I think he had a strong inkling he wasn't going to
be able to play. I don't know what the injury was. Speaking of which, I talked about Auston
Matthews setting up the goal, setting up the one goal that the Leafs scored in this game! I don't
know what his injury is either, he had an illness and it turned into an injury. He was pulled by the
doctor in game four. Couldn't play game five, an elimination game, Leafs won anyway, couldn't play
in game six an elimination game, Leafs won anyway, then he played in game seven battling whatever the
hell demons and he was tied for the Leaf lead in scoring with one point, setting up the Leafs
only goal of the game. I mean what do you want? What else do you want? What I want is A SAVE!
AAAAAA! The puck, the puck, the puck! We think Ilya Samsonov has played his final game as a
Toronto Maple Leafs, Joseph Woll goes in net, Joseph Woll plays spectacular, Joseph Woll
gets hurt so it's Samsonov again. And all night long Samsonov hadn't allowed a goal, he hadn't
allowed a goal, that's the gig I guess! But like goalies get beat, goalies get beat sometimes, he
hadn't allowed a goal. The Bruins though they kept putting a lot of them into his chest. He made a
few really good saves, he did, he did and then the Bruins are getting their opportunities and well
I'll just I'll just let me walk you through it. “Leaf's running around a little bit here,
running around running around. McCabe strong on the puck but falls down, Bruins where is it?
Rebound? OVER THE NET, it touched the top of the net they score! Boston has tied it. Trent Frederic
9:38 to go in the third. Hampus Lindholm leading the draw, it was someone. Let's see how this
happened. It was Hampus Lindholm with 9:38 to go in the third. Boy you know this is going to be a
story tomorrow. Leafs blow a uh third period lead in 2013 and 2018, we'll see about 2024. The puck
hit the top of the net and JVR finds Lindholm, yuck! I don't know if Sammy was screened or what.
Ewwww.” I know if you play with fire you're going to get burned and the Leafs were playing with fire
and the Bruins were putting on great pressure - THAT CAN’T GO IN, MAN! I know a goalie is going
to get beat. That goal sucks dude. When did Jeremy Swayman get beat by that in this series and not
have it go off of someone? You know what I mean? When did Jeremy Swayman - games one through seven
in overtime when did Jeremy Swayman get beat like that?! When did Linus Ullmark? I wouldn't remember
he only played one game and it was game two and they never went back to him! Because they didn't
have to! Haunting stuff, haunting stuff. And now because the Leafs got the lead in the third period
in game seven, in Boston, and then lost that lead in the third period, in game seven, in Boston,
that means three times in the last 11 years the Leafs have had a lead in the third period of game
seven, in Boston, AND BLOWN IT. You're the worst, you're the worst, you're the absolute worst! Three
different goalies did that. Three different Dcores. Did any of those three teams have any
overlap? Like in terms of Dcore? Rielly 2018 and uh and uh 20 - uh this year that's got to be it
right? That's got to be it! Like any of the 2013 guys were in 2018 I don't think so! Maybe Gardiner
oh Gardiner oh, Gardiner. Hm. Well two. It's not a lot! Wouldn't need overtime if you got a save
there. Wouldn't need overtime if you scored more than one goal! And we go to overtime, and it's
early in overtime, we've been through a lot in this game. There's tons we haven't even talked
about Connor Dewar on his Breakaway, stopped. Bruins getting some glorious opportunities,
power plays going back and forth, Matthew Knies with the penalty shot that apparently wasn't a
penalty shot. And it all comes down to this in overtime. Hampus Lindholm with the play of the
playoffs to David Pastrnak. “That won't be ice no way no shot. 18:20 to go in the first overtime
I mean we're a - oh what a play! Off the boards, series winner. Big play from a big player after
being challenged by his coach. David Pastrnak. The Bruins for the first time, in seven attempts,
win an elimination game and they will go on to the second round to take on the Florida Panthers. An
absolutely magnificent play, a magnificent play.” Do you want to see my impression of
Jim Montgomery calling out David Pastrnak after game six saying Pasta needs to step up? You want
to see my impression? There, there it is. That's that's my Jim Montgomery impression right there!
Calling out a star and his star wins the series in game seven in overtime! And by the way my producer
reliably tells me that some of you might have found that inappropriate like I was no no no no,
that that wasn't a gesture it was Jim Montgomery telling David Pastrnak bounce the bad narratives
away - just bounce, simply bounce away from them that's that's that's what he was telling
them. It was a magnificent goal! Magnificent. And Lindholm drew that up, it was beautiful, Pasta
drew that up, it was beautiful and I didn't see it coming and neither did the Leafs! Jesse Blake
uh found some screenshots we could just throw them up - we don't even need to throw to them,
uh Mitch Marner coming off the bench he's with David Pastrnak, I don't know if he knows it and
then David Pastrnak guns it and Marner doesn't. I'm not saying Marner should have known he
was there and would have been pretty chill if he did. Would have been pretty chill if he did.
Would have been pretty chill if Rielly got to that puck first. Would have been pretty chill
if Samsonov made a save. But Lindholm perfectly puts the puck off the boards, Pasta lightning
speed to the puck and Ilya Samsonov gave David Pastrnak just a puck size hold to shoot at,
doing the splits. And that's where Pasta put it. Al Dente. Just beautiful. A big play from a big
player. The Leafs - did they get that? Did they? How often did they get it? Look at this - Auston
Matthews like sick and injured, a goal not the greatest and three assists. Four Points in five
games! You know? Pretty good right? Pretty good. Max Domi making three mil, goal three assists,
four points in seven games. And also their number one center by the end of it. Tyler Bertuzzi,
goal three assists four points. William Nylander only played four games this series HE LED THE
TEAM IN GOAL SCORING. WITH. THREE. Matthew Knies two goals and one assist for three points. Mitch
Marner in seven games one goal and two assists for three points. That's going to go great. He, um is
actually tied for scoring uh with two defensemen uh Morgan Rielly and Ilya Lyubushin with
three assists each and John Tavares, OOF visually I didn't think he played this bad but one goal
one assist two points in seven games. Guys! Here's where we are, and I'm going to explain
why everyone who's going is going. The core is getting blown up. However the core gets blown up,
fill your boots! Don't know, don't care. I assume Matthews is staying, scored 69 goals, and did
pretty good these playoffs. William Nylander just signed an extension, scored three goals
in four games in these playoffs. I assume he's staying. That leaves Mitch and John! Who combined
for Five Points by the way! Two and three, and two goals. They combine for as many goals as
Matthew Knies who's a 21 year old! They haven't scored - how many times - they haven't scored
more than three goals in a playoff game since when? Since when? Game four of the Tampa series!
They have a core four of forwards who can't score. “Oh a couple of them scored-” the
combo doesn't work! “It'd be nice if someone else stepped up” It would be nice! You know
Kerfoot scored six points in seven games against Montreal?! AH! You wasted that?! The - it doesn't,
the mix doesn't work. It doesn't work. One of them goes down with injuries, you're dead or
they're playing short-handed at the end of the season or you don't have a goalie! Or or or you
got to play short-handed to sign Knies at the end of the season and all these cap gymnastics
and LTIR and university goalies and all this stuff over the years! The mix. Doesn't. Work. When have
they all been on at the same time?! How is this team's problem, their consistent overarching theme
problem GOAL SCORING?! It's because THE MIX. DOESN’T WORK. With my entire chest it doesn't
work! STOP! Stop. It has to stop. It could be any of them, it could be more than one of them. The
list has to be JT who's going into his final year and Marner who's going into his final year. Has
to be. Now, the fingerprints of this go back to Dubas. He signed those guys to big money, and they
were going to age into their contracts, they were going to get better and better and better and the
cap was going to go up and up and up. The world stopped! The world stopped and the cap stayed
flat. And then something happened. 2020 bubble. Leaf took a - Leafs took a step backwards heading
into COVID then they win the Canadian Division and blow a 3-1 series lead to Montreal! That was
it! That was the moment! Hindsight is 2020, we all wondered! We all wondered if that was the
moment to blow it up! And now we know it was! It was! And who's been there the whole time? “Steve,
you're talking about Dubas, they can't fire Dubas again!” No but they can fire the guy who hired
him. Brendan Shanahan, was hired in April of 2014! 10 years ago, it's a long time ago a little over
10 years ago. And he took that team from bad bad bad bad bad so bad to drafting William Nylander,
that was his first first round pick, and Mitch Marner the next year, and Auston
Matthews the next year and that is the core. And in 2017 they go to the playoffs and they play
the President's Trophy winning Washington Capitals and they make it interesting and five of the six
games go to overtime, the Leafs had a 2-1 series lead and the Leafs go to overtime on home ice,
they had a one-nothing lead in overtime game uh and lost 2-1 in overtime to uh lose
that game as well, but they get there and I was there! Game six I was there they lose the series!
We cheered them off the ice because of how magical that season was and how low the expectations
were - it's okay it's okay, don't worry about it, nothing was expected of them anyway. And then
the next year the Leafs take on who? The Boston Bruins! Again! The Bruins had a 3-1 series lead
again! The Leafs force 7 again! They had a third period lead again! And the Bruins win anyway! They
didn't even need overtime for it. They kind of kicked the Leafs up and down the ice in the third
period but what do we expect of them? What do we - it's only year two! It's year two. Next year the
Leafs are going to be better, Leafs are going to be better and they get the Bruins again oh
here's redemption and the least win game one oh Bruins tied up the Leafs win game three, oh the
Bruins tied up the least win game five and it was a tight one and it literally saved Mike Babcock's
job! Leafs lose game six horribly on home ice, and get destroyed in game seven. And now okay,
we start to ask some questions but like, it's the Bruins and they're a really good team,
and we'll get them next time. And then it's 2020 and you're one of only two teams to have home
ice advantage because the playoffs are only being played in two buildings, and you couldn't even win
a best of five against the Columbus Blue Jackets?! And then the next year you wipe the FLOOR with the
Canadian Division and you got a 3-1 series lead over the Montreal Canadiens - ah choke! It's the
biggest choke probably in team history! Name a worst one “Oh 2013 Boston Bruins!” No! No,
that team shouldn't have been in game seven, it was another 3-1 series lead that the Bruins blew,
Leafs had a 4-1 lead, yes, it had never been done before, a three-goal lead in the third period
getting blown, yes - teams should have never never been there, never been there. Go back and watch
that game, I've actually gone back and watched it you can't believe that series went seven,
how bad that team is even leading up to them getting the 4-1 lead! That team sucked! They
were brutal! 2021? Ew. “Well they didn't have John Tavares” they didn't have him the whole
way up to 3-1! It started the moment game five began, they sucked. They continued to
stink. They rallied back and then they blew it in overtime. All right! Well game six, they stink,
they rally back ,they blow it in overtime and in game seven they stink it's their worst game of the
series. Alright 2022 against a Tampa Bay Lightning and your force game seven and goar Eric Furlatt,
who is a ref in this game, calls the pick on Justin Holl and oh no! The Leafs lose 2-1 in
overtime but as Sheldon Keefe so eloquently put it “there is respect in that handshake line!”
And somehow things still stay together! And then the next year, this is going to be hilarious, wait
for it, wait for it, they finally win a playoff series but then they lose in five. It's Florida,
they went to the Stanley Cup Final but Kyle Dubas has a bad press conference and he gets fired! Five
weeks before the draft and five or six weeks before Mitch Marner's no move kicks in! So they
bring in Brad Treliving they're like “Here you go Brad, here's like the most difficult job in hockey
can you make all the decisions immediately?” And he's like “All right but my old uh team won't
let me uh even be on the floor until like pick 17 because they're weird (they're so weird the Flames
are really weird) and they won't let me do that so can I like do stuff?” And uh he didn't end up
doing stuff, he made a bunch of weird free agent signings some of them went well some of them went
very not well - John Klingberg. Some of them were John Klingberg all right? And he got put on LTIR.
Brendan Shanahan was there for ALL OF IT. That's why I just went through that whole
diatriad. “Well maybe this year no maybe next year no maybe next year no maybe next
year no maybe next year no maybe next year no maybe next year no maybe this year NO!”
If it seems like I'm laying it on a little thick I just told you the amount of times
the Leafs have blown it under this guy! There's a new CEO at Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment.
Yes the Leafs make a lot of money if they make the playoffs and yes the Leafs always make the
playoffs, if they ever won the Stanley Cup they could buy the moon! And they could win the Spacely
Cup every year, being the only team on the moon! “Oh but the media pressure on the moon is” It's
-they’re the only team! So he's gone so there it is already one or two members of the core
are gone. The president of the team is gone. And here's Sheldon Keefe after a game seven defeat
“Sheldon obviously was a tight series on both sides from your team's perspective. What was the
biggest challenge generating offense? *deep sigh* Well it's I mean they're a very structured team.
You know. They're they do a very good job to the neutral zone and they protect their net as well,
uh or better than most any team in the NH. And there was, they were content to do that,
you know, they were content to do that it's, you know it's it's very evident teams play the
Leafs they they they they set up the game for the Leafs to beat themselves.” …No, no your internet
hasn't frozen. I'm still just - WHAT? Oh my, oh my, I I can't tell if that's a bar or if
he was fired before this press conference began! Never mind referring to the Leafs as the Leafs,
uh as if he's not of of them. Sheldon Keefe just signed an extension. It's two years.
Maple Leafs sports and entertainment has a lot of money. He's gone, like in a few days
I'll be making a video on this channel about how Sheldon Keefe is fired. Dude this was a
chess match of a series. Bruins had the better goalie for sure, they shut down all the Leafs
forwards and they're not even interesting. The Bruins are not even interesting in the fact that
they shut down the Leafs forwards. Like yes they played a crazy smothering game, they were great
in the neutral zone, they were great in front of their net, and they got the saves when they needed
it. That's every team the Leafs play! The weird thing about the Tampa series is we're like “damn
they're scoring goals!” and they won by the way! And the power play! Worked! In that one series.
This core can't do it of their own volition right? Since they have become men like they lost with
Mike Babcock when they were boys, they've become men and they have lost for half a decade with this
guy. Babcock taught them some things and they were useful. Keefe has taught them some things,
and they were useful. Nope! We're done here! We're done here. Don't have anything against the guy,
dude you got to bring in a new voice there. A new head voice. A new head coach.
And there are SO many available. You got to bring them in. So that is what is at stake here, that's
what's happening over the next little while. The core is getting blown to smithereens. One
or more of them are gone. The President I'm fairly confident is gone. Sheldon Keefe the head coach,
I'm fairly confident is gone. It's not out of the question that Sheldon Keefe will be fired,
Brendan Shanahan will be fired, Mitch Marner will be traded, John Tavares will be traded or bought
out or something, TJ Brodie ain't coming back. Ilya Samsonov ain't coming back. Will Max Domi
be back? We'll see. Will Tyler Bertuzzi be back? We'll see. This team is not bad. You need to be
good to make the playoffs. You need to be good to go to game seven overtime with Boston. But
one thing I know for damn sure is this team is not great. If they were, we wouldn't be having
this conversation. If they weren't, we wouldn't be having this conversation every single year.
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to mourn the loss (or rejoice depends who
you ask) of this incarnation of the Toronto Maple Leafs. It was a neat idea. It worked for a time.
Some stuff happened. They didn't adjust. Some time passed and nothing got better! 16. You need to win
16 games to win the Stanley Cup. They get those pucks, they put them in that little wooden thing.
You got to take those pucks. You're not giving those pucks, you got to take them from your
opponent and this year the Leafs matched their their second highest total since uh Shanahan
became the president of this team of the Matthews and Marner and Nylander era, the Leafs match their
second highest total of play wins with THREE! It's over. “Oh they're always in a series,
they're always tight” They always lose! Last year was their best year by far because they actually
won a series, they won five games! You triple the win total, you're a game short! It's over.
It's done. Now obviously, I'm not done making content. I might need a couple days to get my
voice back. We are going to be doing a brand new Steve dangle podcast tomorrow on sdpn,
highly suggest you go to that channel, you click like and you click subscribe and you tell all
your friends. When any of those things that I mentioned happened, if someone gets traded,
or signed, or bought out, or fired, I'll be making a video for it on this channel. We'll be all over
it on sdpn. Adam Wylde is going to be streaming the Vancouver Canucks Edmonton Oilers series and
sdpn is going to be streaming the Boston Bruins, Florida Panthers series because torture. I'm
dripping sweat down my neck. I I am going to be streaming that series, I don't know if I'm going
to be doing game one. I'm tired. I need, I need a couple days off. And this team needs a shakeup.
There's no ifs ands or buts about it. Whatever you think the problem is, has been the problem for
too long. It's hard to let go of a good team. It's really hard to let go of a good team. But it's all
in the pursuit of greatness. And it keeps eluding them. For now that is it for this season of LFR,
thank you very much for watching, click like if you like this season of LFR,
click subscribe if you really liked it, please it helps out the channel, and tell all your friends -
Oh. I still am holding out hope for the day that it finally happens because these
things are going to make it so worth it. I just have no idea when that day is going to show up.
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