BLeP wrote:
It's not a curse. It's that these guys always find a way to lose. I know this. I have seen it time and time again.
This group of players do not have the killer instinct. When the pressure is on they play to not lose instead of playing to win.
As for the OT goal that looked like a set play that went perfectly in Boston's favour.
And I won't complain about the refs but the reffing was weird in the final game.
Liljegren gets a legit penalty for hooking.
Then Boston gets called for hooking but it was a very weak call. Should have been let go.
Knies then gets the make up weak slashing call. Should have been let go.
Knies then comes out of the box, gets a breakaway. Tripped on the play... no call.
Re killer instinct and play not to lose under pressure.
Tell me then in the past 8 years which cup winning team best epitomized the killer instinct. Regardless of standings in a series and regardless of the score they did not adjust their play and just kept pouring it on and won. I got the Avalanche and that's it. Maybe the Panthers this year. Don't the coaches also dictate whether the team can even play to a killer instinct ( an ill-defined quality) given that they have systems of play in place and game specific strategies that are dependent on many situational variables?
Just digging a bit into your criticism of your team because I thought I saw a correct mindset and play from the Leafs in games 5,6,and 7.
re refs and complaining. I guess if you are going to "both sides" criticize it is not complaining. Though your "weird" critique does raise further questions.