Leafs Lunch on MOJO

[CentreHice]

I guess this fits under Nostalgia....since that's all the Leafs have to talk about with any affixed glory.

Kerry Fraser was a guest on Leafs Lunch on MOJO Radio, Monday, Dec. 1....and the hosts Jeff Merrick and Bill Watters were talking about Fraser's missed call when Gretzky high-sticked Gilmour in Game 6 of the 93 playoffs.

Both of them said that was the call that stopped the Leafs from winning the Stanley Cup, because "there's no way Pat Burns was gonna lose to Jacques Demers."
Where's that logic? Pat Burns lost to Barry Melrose in Game 7 on home ice for crying out loud. And in even in Game 6, the Leafs had a chance to win the series in OT.

Coulda, shoulda, oughta, mighta.....for 37 years. ;D

[jkr]

that's the kind of thinking thta got Watters fired.

Did they ever think about this - ther is no way the leafs would have won because Roy is a Hall of Famer & Potvin is a stiff.

[LeafSuck]

watters is a grade a moron.

i've had to listen to maple leaf whining for the last 11 years about this situation. they also said it should have been called and the leafs would have won and beat the habs in the finals.

well here is my thinking

if the leafs had such a difficult time beating LA, what makes them think they would have beat the Montreal Canadiens, who had little trouble beating the Kings?

hmmmmmmm

[CentreHice]

Glad to see this old post resurrected, because just last week Watters and Marek on Leafs' Lunch were talking about this play again when they had Doug Gilmour on the show.

Marek said he was in a bar in Montreal at the time, and a few Habs' players (Brian Bellows was one of the names he mentioned) were all cheering for L.A. in Game 7.

"There's no way Montreal wanted any part of that Leafs team," Marek said.

"Oh yeah," replied Watters. "It was a forgone conclusion that Toronto would've had their Stanley Cup that year if they had gotten past the Kings. Too bad for us that Gretzky decided to have one of his best games ever in Game 7."

Ladies and gentlemen....for 37 years and counting.... The Toronto Maple Ifs That's what I'll be calling them from now on.

[jkr]

CentreHice said:

Glad to see this old post resurrected, because just last week Watters and Marek on Leafs' Lunch were talking about this play again when they had Doug Gilmour on the show.

Marek said he was in a bar in Montreal at the time, and a few Habs' players (Brian Bellows was one of the names he mentioned) were all cheering for L.A. in Game 7.

"There's no way Montreal wanted any part of that Leafs team," Marek said.

"Oh yeah," replied Watters. "It was a forgone conclusion that Toronto would've had their Stanley Cup that year if they had gotten past the Kings. Too bad for us that Gretzky decided to have one of his best games ever in Game 7."

Ladies and gentlemen....for 37 years and counting.... The Toronto Maple Ifs That's what I'll be calling them from now on.

I guess it would never occur to them that they were cheering for L.A. because like a lot of people - they just can't stand the leafs. And playing agianst Gretzky is a walk in the park?

I posted it before & I will post it again for any delusional fan that thinks Toronto would have won in 93 :

Patrick Roy vs Felix Potvin - NOT EVEN CLOSE!

[Forum Ghost]

The 1993 Habs team was a team of destiny. There is no way that any team was going to get in their way of claiming the Stanley Cup on its 100th anniversary.

In 1893 the Stanley Cup went to a Montreal-based club and in 1993 the Stanley Cup, again, went to a Montreal-based club.

Besides, can you imagine how beat-up that Leafs team would've been had they got to the Finals. Each series the Leafs played that year went to seven games. After three rounds, the Leafs had played 21 games. The Habs, on the other hand, had played only 15 games after three rounds. Playing six extra games is practically like playing an extra series.

Also, the logic that Toronto would've polished off the Habs in the final makes no sense. The Habs beat the Kings in five games. The Leafs couldn't even beat them in seven.