The Motherfucking 2021 Season Thread

[leafman101]

Great change.

 

[Habsy]

So the skate can be airborne while the puck is still on the blue line?

 

[LeafOfFaith]

Sounds like the exact same review but they're just not going to worry about whether the skate was actually touching the ice, which is kinda impossible to determine sometimes anyway. Good change. Fewer dumb offsides.

 

[Habsy]

Not just that. It sounds like they can be in the zone as long as the puck is entirely on the blue line.

 

[Habsy]

 

[LeafOfFaith]

Wait - teams don't play anyone outside their division? That totally sucks.

Three games in a row against the same team sometimes?

Asterisk season.

 

[Habsy]

Habs play Sens four straight times

 

[Habsy]

Wait - teams don't play anyone outside their division? That totally sucks.

Three games in a row against the same team sometimes?

Asterisk season.

No cross border travel.

 

[LeafOfFaith]

It's like a bunch of Covid qualifying rounds all season long.

The season is now just 30 mini tournaments.

 

[zeke]

Sounds awesome tbh.

Gonna be a bloodbath

 

[Preston]

Not to feed into the Leafs fan inferiority complex but they're kind of in a no-win position. Even if they do well, the narrative will be that it's only because of their horseshit division.

 

[MindzEye]

Not to feed into the Leafs fan inferiority complex but they're kind of in a no-win position. Even if they do well, the narrative will be that it's only because of their horseshit division.

Shit pump a few good teams in the playoffs and all of that goes away

 

[Preston]

This is true

 

[Wayward DP]

Wait - teams don't play anyone outside their division? That totally sucks.

Three games in a row against the same team sometimes?

Asterisk season.

lol where have you been the past few weeks

 

[Wayward DP]

Not to feed into the Leafs fan inferiority complex but they're kind of in a no-win position. Even if they do well, the narrative will be that it's only because of their horseshit division.

nah. the Canadian media always always always overrates the non-TOR/MTL teams. so they will have to find some other way to dismiss our success - which I am sure they will do. just not by shitting on the WPG, EDM, or VANs of the world

 

[trujaysfan]

This is 100% better than playing the panthers, coyotes and fucking hurricanes

 

[CH1]

I wonder if this things will get a little more truculent on the ice given the mini playoff style schedule.

 

[BeLeafer]

It's going back to pre-1950s game load but with more teams (only 5 opponents back then).

 

[soco22]

Not to feed into the Leafs fan inferiority complex but they're kind of in a no-win position. Even if they do well, the narrative will be that it's only because of their horseshit division.

the media here pumps up Canadian teams that aren’t named toronto maple leafs - they will have some that will still pick Edmonton to go to the cup or whatever before the season starts.

 

[Killer93]

Leafs are winning it all