The Sky is Not Falling for the Blue & White (Well, at least for the Leafs)

I had the (mis)fortune of attending the Leafs-Canes game last night. To be blunt, the Leafs played terribly. One of the worst games I have ever seen. That said, I have two comments:

1) The Toronto media and fans need to take a breather. The sky is not falling. It's game 4 of the regular season. Every team gets slaughtered now and then. Last year in game 2 of the regular season the Leafs wasted Ottawa 6-0 - not exactly representative of how the Senators would do for the rest of the season. Furthermore, it's not as though the Leafs have had 4 bad games. The first two against Ottawa - a tough rival to say the least - were one-goal contests we could just as easily have won. And the other game was a win against Montreal.

2) Fans need to stop booing in the ACC. If the Leafs are being destroyed, I understand if you don't cheer or want to leave. But don't boo. Not only is it unsportsmanlike and feeds the problem of Leaf fans turning on eachother, it certainly doesn't show the players that the city is behind them. The Leafs are human too, and it doesn't do much for team confidence to hear their own fans turn against them.

Ah yes, not to be forgotten - it's election day. More comments on that later when we see how the other Blue & White team do....