The Official Post-Bitch 2025-26 Regular Season Thread
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Preston
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This is absolutely their competitive advantage right now. Many of the teams that they're competing against are still playing in competitive games and putting together excellent performances (see Calgary tonight). Leafs, on a good night, get 40% of the xgf share. And that's a world class, one of a kind performance for them.
They can and they will
thehabhater
Some call me Tim
Dallas still has a shot at 2nd place overall. Hopefully they want it badly
trujaysfan
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Isn't the lottery for spots 1, 2, and 3? Couldn't 3 teams win behind us, even if we are 3rd last and us end up 6th?
Slinger 48
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Fucked if I know, I don't even try to understand all that shit.
An idea I had about the draft years ago when they started this lottery deal was why not do a reverse order draft of the bottom 10 teams?
10th gets the first pick, 9th gets 2nd, and so on.
I think that would end tanking and give the lowest teams something to play for and provide for much better hockey as the season runs down.
Whaddya all think? Decent idea or am I full of shit?
worm
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It's just 2
LeafGm
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I thought so too, but it’s actually only the top-2 picks now. Not entirely sure when that changed.
hockeylover
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Either a top 5 pick or no first at all is nuts. Such a huge difference for a franchise.
Fuck Treliving so much.
Fuck Treliving so much.
worm
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It's 3D chess. Trevling is forcing the leafs to be so bad you get a top 5 pick. It's genius really.
leafman101
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Yep, its either we get a player that immediately reverses the forward trajectory of the team and reopens the window to compete, or we have to rely on the next GM to be really good or its over.
Preston
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The implications for picking this year are so huge. It removes any temptation from management to blow it up. They lose 2 unprotected 1sts in a row in the following 2 years if they pick this year. Which is fine, because they can and will and should be good with a new coach and a half decent GM.
Not to mention, if you make the right pick, it adds another pillar piece to an already great core. It's absolutely enormous and it's a crime that they didn't try harder than this to tank. I really want 4th last at this point. Lose out and hope one of Calgary or NYR get 3 points in their last 2 games.
Not to mention, if you make the right pick, it adds another pillar piece to an already great core. It's absolutely enormous and it's a crime that they didn't try harder than this to tank. I really want 4th last at this point. Lose out and hope one of Calgary or NYR get 3 points in their last 2 games.
leafman101
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Preston
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I was hoping they'd call up Peksa, but this is fine too. Maybe Peksa for the last game.
thehabhater
Some call me Tim
Personally, I would pull the goalie tonight prior to the anthems.
CH1
The Artist Formerly Known as chiggins.
the odds of finishing in the bottom 10 seemed inconceivable a year ago