WordsOfWisdom

Until you consider that the Penguins losing streak (and total ineptitude) that season landed them Sidney Crosby. Three Stanley Cups later, I'm pretty sure they're over it by now. You would be doing Buffalo a favour by beating them because Bettman will gift them the next #1 franchise player in the draft lottery.

Why doesn't someone add Steve Dangle to the Twitter feed for this forum? He tears into the Leafs in legendary fashion on a daily basis.

Let's not make everything about the Leafs! We get so much fanfare already. We need to share the spotlight sometimes too lol.

Where do you suppose the Flyers would be if they played in the North division? (You guys have the right style of play for our division.)

Maybe they just want some love from their fans.

Sabres roster: Bunch of muppets Flyers roster: Same as always, cut/paste (who cares) Just win this game and make NHL history! L-19. Thank you. Let's go Flyers!

Perhaps a TAD too early. I think being alone in #1 is the real milestone. Right now it's a shared record, and records aren't meant to be shared lol.

Flyers vs Sabres tomorrow!!! Let's go Flyers! (Literally the only time you'll ever hear me say that!)

OH! I get it now. I have to admit that this season I really haven't been following the other teams much. The divisional isolation has shifted my focus almost entirely to the North division. I look at the standings overall and check how other teams are doing, but I haven't been watching any of the other teams closely. If it makes you feel any better, that would normally be "Toronto's spot". The Leafs would be the slump buster team for the Sabres. They're normally in our division and they normally dominate the Leafs. So you've kind of taken our place this season. At least you won the game.

Check my new thread: Buffalo is on the verge of NHL history! They've lost 18 consecutive games. 19 would be a new record.

What? This is longest consecutive regular season losing streak. An OT loss is still a loss.

I bet there was a moment on draft day where Eichel was like: "Whew! Dodged a bullet by not being drafted by the Leafs or Oilers."

With their loss tonight, the Sabres have lost 18 straight games, tying Pittsburgh for #1 all time! 18 games! The Pittsburgh Penguins hold the record for the longest losing streak in NHL history at 18 games, which was set in the 2003–04 season; that team finished last in the NHL with a 23–47–8–4 record (58 points). From Wikipedia One more loss and the Sabres have the top spot!

Moving closer to NHL history!!! 18 games The Pittsburgh Penguins hold the record for the longest losing streak in NHL history at 18 games, which was set in the 2003–04 season; that team finished last in the NHL with a 23–47–8–4 record (58 points).

YES!

3-3. Nicely done! Win it in OT and keep that Sabres losing streak going!

LOL. You're down 3-0 to Buffalo!!! Don't let them end their losing streak. Come on now!

There has never been an inept Flyers team in the franchise's history, so you have no basis for comparison. Some teams don't even make the playoffs for an entire decade lol. As mentioned previously, the Leafs are making the playoffs now. That's a major departure from what the team was doing before the current management group took over. Flyers fans are accustomed to watching a .600 team. Leafs fans are accustomed to watching a .400 team. Since the franchise's inception, how many times have the Flyers made the playoffs? I'm going to GUESS ~40 times in ~50 years. Toronto has probably made the playoffs about 20 times in the past 50 years. Maybe not even that much. By Leafs standards, the team we have now is the best Leafs team since 1992-93. By Flyers standards, the team you had last year was the best you've had in..... a year or two. Different standards for different sports teams. You can't hold the Leafs to the same standard as the Flyers. That's not fair.

10 years ago I would have agreed with you. However, we've been doing nothing but winning since the new front office staff took over (Shanahan and Dubas) so you really can't poke fun at success. (No Stanley Cups mind you, but at least regular season success and the chance to do more in the playoffs.)

When I see your avatar pic, this is all I see. LOL!

Exactly. I mean, who even won the Cup last year? Did they even bother to finish the playoffs without any fans watching? The Stanley Cup resides permanently in Toronto. We just "lend" it out for a few months during the playoffs to another team so their fans can see it too. We could always grab borrow it and have a parade through downtown Tronno just to celebrate hockey. What a great idea!

Joe Bowen makes everything better:

Oh. My bad. You have to cut me some slack. I flipped the playoffs off the moment Toronto got eliminated.... which technically wasn't even the real playoffs! Once Toronto is out, the sun at the center of the hockey universe stops shining lol.

These are the same playoffs the Leafs didn't even make last season. You can't fluke your way into a conference final. The Flyers have a good team in a great division. In the NHL, you're never as GOOD or as BAD as you appear.

Ah the orange muppet returns. Every once in a while I stick my head into the cave to see if you're still there.