Toronto Sun "letter of the day": Leaf Cup in '93 not possible
This was in the Toronto Sun of all places today. It was a letter of the day in the sports comments section. Wow, powerful stuff all I can say. Sure to cause a stir.
Would have been a fun series, but it's true. Roy vs Potvin is not even a debate.
I hate to agree with a Habs fan but you are right. I believe Potvin had a GAA of around 1.00 in the 4 games against the Habs that year with a 4-0 record
The outcome of that series really wasn't up for debate
I hate to agree with a Habs fan but you are right. I believe Potvin had a GAA of around 1.00 in the 4 games against the Habs that year with a 4-0 record
The outcome of that series really wasn't up for debate
And Roy's stats in the 92-93 playoffs were a .929 SV% and 2.13 GAA vs Potvin's .903 SV% and 2.84 GAA. Roy also won 10 straight OT games and a Conn Smythe before in his career.
Do I need to post the entire career stats and accomplishments of both goalies?
Should I also reiterate that Gretzky>Gilmour and the Habs had no problem shutting Wayne down?
There's many factors here and they all point to the fact the Canadiens would not have had trouble against the Leafs. Should have just won Game 7 at home to actually find out LOL.
I hate to agree with a Habs fan but you are right. I believe Potvin had a GAA of around 1.00 in the 4 games against the Habs that year with a 4-0 record
The outcome of that series really wasn't up for debate
Actually, the leafs/habs only played each other twice in the 92-93 season. And Potvin only played in one of those games for the leafs (fuhr played the other). But Potvin did shutout the habs 4-0 (jan 23rd 1993).
So you were close, except you got it backwards... it was a 1-0 record with a 0.00gaa and a 4-0 win. lol
Actually, the leafs/habs only played each other twice in the 92-93 season. And Potvin only played in one of those games for the leafs (fuhr played the other). But Potvin did shutout the habs 4-0 (jan 23rd 1993).
So you were close, except you got it backwards... it was a 1-0 record with a 0.00gaa and a 4-0 win. lol
So there goes that argument.
How about the fact the Habs had 4 players with 80+ points and the Leafs had 1?
I'd love to see the arguments Leafs fans will come up with.
This was in the Toronto Sun of all places today. It was a letter of the day in the sports comments section. Wow, powerful stuff all I can say. Sure to cause a stir.
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Also, Toronto was easily the better team and would have won.
The Leafs were gritty and wouldn't have rolled over and died by any stretch, but they would've just got done playing three seven-game series, while the Habs had more or less mowed down everyone they faced; the fact that the Leafs would have played six more games than Montreal, considering the way the playoffs were played back then, would've been a HUGE hurdle for Toronto. That, combined with Roy playing out of his mind that spring, would've spelled curtains for Toronto.
i'm pretty sure that if Dr Galactic had fitted his time machine with the proper parts than a 53 turned 37 year old brian 'burkie' burke would've been sent back in time with an mls mandate and a than 4 year old-not-yet-in-his prime-but-still good-enough-to-be-the habs Alex Ovechkin and the leaves would've beaten both Gretzky and then the habs. it's written in science fiction history. i recently asked potvin about it at his home in magog. he showed me the 93 stanley cup ring he fashioned out of tin foil that he still wears.
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Last edited by Fugu: 08-23-2009 at 10:32 AM.
Reason: flaming
We couldn't beat the Kings in game 7, so its our own ****ing fault.
Would we fare better against the Habs? Who the **** knows. In fact, who the **** cares?
93 to me screams total insecurity in the Leafs fanbase, a desperate attempt at recognition.
Seriously, the only two Leafs teams I've heard more talk about in my life are the 42 and 67 teams, who both won cups, as did 9 more rosters.
A team that made it to the conference finals, and wasn't even the last Leafs roster to make it there (94, 99, 02), gets way too much attention. Any other fanbase pulls the **** we do and we mock them.
Oh wait, we already do that with the Canucks, who were 1 game away from winning the cup.
And the Habs fans, you're just adding fuel to the fire. Grow up.
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Last edited by Fugu: 08-23-2009 at 10:33 AM.
Reason: generalized flaming
Leafs fans have been hollering and whining since the mid 90's about that squad and how they could've beaten the Habs.
Leafs fans here, today, have nothing to retort to any and almost all arguments delivered by Habs fans and non-Habs fans alike disproving them.
The forty-season draught is a hell of a soft-spot for Leafs fans and for good reason. Their management and ownership were full of crap for the better part of 3 decades. Leafs haters have an easy, and obvious issue to poke and pry.
Which leads to Leafs fans calling the current Habs smurfs and Habs fans calling the current Leafs untalented.
Hopefully Nazim Kadri, Kulemin, Tlusly and Komisarek lead you guys as far as they can... 11th-9th place.
Hatred between our two fanbases exists and will only get more volatile and tense as you guys play Mike 'the Coward' Komisarek and maybe give him the captaincy. All I know is that I'd rather have three complete, two-way players on my first line than Grabovski, Blake and Ponikarovsky.
Last edited by Fugu: 08-23-2009 at 10:35 AM.
Reason: qdp
Leafs fans have been hollering and whining since the mid 90's about that squad and how they could've beaten the Habs.
Leafs fans here, today, have nothing to retort to any and almost all arguments delivered by Habs fans and non-Habs fans alike disproving them.
The forty-season draught is a hell of a soft-spot for Leafs fans and for good reason. Their management and ownership were full of crap for the better part of 3 decades. Leafs haters have an easy, and obvious issue to poke and pry.
Which leads to Leafs fans calling the current Habs smurfs and Habs fans calling the current Leafs untalented.
Hopefully Nazim Kadri, Kulemin, Tlusly and Komisarek lead you guys as far as they can... 11th-9th place.
Hatred between our two fanbases exists and will only get more volatile and tense as you guys play Mike 'the Coward' Komisarek and maybe give him the captaincy. All I know is that I'd rather have three complete, two-way players on my first line than Grabovski, Blake and Ponikarovsky.
Did you just call Cammalleri a complete, two way player?
