Not really.
While his raw total numbers look better in those series, he followed the same pattern both years.
A blistering start at the beginning of the playoffs, only to completely vanish from the latter half of the 1st round onwards.
To make it even funnier—if you add his scoring in the Memorial Cup tournament to his OHL playoff totals that year…
…he had 58 points in 22 games. A 216-point pace.
Just the Leafiest-as-fuck possible outcome that he did that, then went on to become one of the most legendary playoff chokers...
If Quenneville was actually as innocent as he likes to claim, why has he quietly accepted his banishment from the league and the tarnishing of his “good name” for three years now?
Let’s go through McClelland’s qualifications:
Babcock disciple/ex-assistant
Coached the worst playoff choking team in modern NHL history (prior to the Shanahan Leafs, at least) through seven of their failed playoff runs
Followed that up with three full seasons with the McDavid Oilers...
I’ve noted this many times before in recent years, but there’s been a coordinated & concerted effort from Postmedia, even up to a year before he ran for the leadership, to rebrand Poilievre from a dorky Ben Shapiro wannabe to a cool, serious mainstream politician.
Maddeaux was definitely one of...
I feel truly #blessed to live in Toronto and in the space of a few months, having gotten to experience not one but two once-in-a-lifetime events.
Both the solar eclipse and the worldwide aurora borealis were truly awe-inspiring celestial phenomena that make you step back from your busy...
I guess the extremely optimistic view here is that he already knows he’s not coming back here next season and will likely be playing for a non-contender, since no one else will be willing to absorb his salary.
So may as well jump at the opportunity to win something in his career.
Love Shanny saying that they’ll look at everything and consider everything to try and win.
Yah, everything except replacing the shmuck who’s been in charge of this whole circus for 10 years with zero playoff success, and is on his fourth GM and fifth head coach. Or the shitty nepo baby with a...
Hard to throw shade at them for beating easy opponents when the Leafs have faced Columbus & Montreal and lost to both.
Again, sure it’s all about the Cup, etc, but as a fan it’s more fun to watch my team beat the shitty teams they’re supposed to beat instead of lose to them. That’d be a step in...
This is a very WeHaveian view of things.
More playoff success > less playoff success, period.
And uhh, I enjoy watching my favourite team play playoff games? So the more playoff games they get to play in any given year the better, whatever the ultimate result.
So I’ll take getting to the 3rd...
Assuming they lose this series, in six seasons Brind’Amour’s teams will have:
Made the playoffs every season
Only lost in the 1st round once
Made it to the 3rd round twice
That stank >> our stank