{"id":43358,"date":"2026-04-02T06:32:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T06:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/43358\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T06:32:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T06:32:18","slug":"toronto-maple-leafs-si-zase-o-stanley-cup-nezahraji","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/43358\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Maple Leafs si zase o Stanley Cup nezahraj\u00ed"},"content":{"rendered":"

V polovin\u011b 80.\u00a0let se v\u00a0Torontu<\/a> vypr\u00e1v\u011bl obl\u00edben\u00fd vtip.<\/p>\n

\u201eV\u00edte, jak\u00fd je rozd\u00edl mezi Blue Jays a\u00a0Maple Leafs<\/a>?\u201c<\/p>\n

Spr\u00e1vn\u00e1 odpov\u011b\u010f: \u201e\u017d\u00e1dn\u00fd. Ani jedni neum\u011bj\u00ed hr\u00e1t hokej.\u201c<\/p>\n

Jestli se \u00fapln\u011b neorientujete v\u00a0severoamerick\u00e9m sportu a\u00a0t\u0159eba v\u00e1m t\u00edm p\u00e1dem pointa lehce unik\u00e1, tak v\u011bzte, \u017ee Blue Jays jsou m\u00edstn\u00ed baseballov\u00e9<\/a> mu\u017estvo.<\/p>\n

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Maple Leafs byli tehdy u\u017e t\u00e9m\u011b\u0159 20\u00a0let bez Stanley Cupu<\/a>, co\u017e ka\u017ed\u00e9mu p\u0159ipadalo jako cel\u00e1 v\u011b\u010dnost. \u0160patn\u00e9 sezony se st\u0159\u00eddaly s\u00a0je\u0161t\u011b hor\u0161\u00edmi a\u00a0\u010dek\u00e1n\u00ed na lep\u0161\u00ed \u010dasy si fanou\u0161ci zpest\u0159ovali \u010dern\u00fdm humorem.<\/p>\n

Sotva mohli tu\u0161it, \u017ee za dal\u0161\u00ed \u010dty\u0159i dek\u00e1dy se toho a\u017e tolik nezm\u011bn\u00ed. Toronto m\u00e1 st\u00e1le daleko nejen k\u00a0dal\u0161\u00ed mistrovsk\u00e9 trofeji, ale i\u00a0k postupu do fin\u00e1le. Obvykle kon\u010d\u00ed v\u00a0prvn\u00edch kolech play off, nebo se – jako letos – do z\u00e1v\u011bre\u010dn\u00e9 f\u00e1ze sezony ani neprobojuje (pravda, datov\u00e9 anal\u00fdzy mu st\u00e1le p\u0159izn\u00e1vaj\u00ed teoretickou nad\u011bji, ale ta je men\u0161\u00ed ne\u017e 1\u00a0procento).<\/p>\n

Kdysi nejhokejov\u011bj\u0161\u00ed m\u011bsto sv\u011bta pomalu p\u0159est\u00e1v\u00e1 b\u00fdt hokejov\u00fdm m\u011bstem. Od zm\u00edn\u011bn\u00fdch 80.\u00a0let vyhr\u00e1li Blue Jays dvakr\u00e1t Sv\u011btovou s\u00e9rii<\/a> (1992, 1993) a\u00a0loni padli s\u00a0LA Dodgers a\u017e po sedmi z\u00e1pasech. Toronto FC na podzim 2017\u00a0ovl\u00e1dlo fotbalovou MLS<\/a>, o\u00a0dva roky pozd\u011bji basketbalist\u00e9 Raptors z\u00edskali titul v\u00a0NBA<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jen hokej<\/a> z\u016fst\u00e1v\u00e1 na nule. Fanou\u0161ci, kte\u0159\u00ed pamatuj\u00ed posledn\u00ed Stanley Cup, jsou u\u017e v\u00a0d\u016fchodov\u00e9m v\u011bku a\u00a0mlad\u0161\u00ed generace nemaj\u00ed moc d\u016fvod\u016f v\u011b\u0159it, \u017ee si takovou sl\u00e1vu n\u011bkdy u\u017eij\u00ed.<\/p>\n

\u00dasp\u011bchy klubu ode\u0161ly se starou \u00e9rou<\/p>\n

Pokud n\u011bkomu \u00fadaj o\u00a059\u00a0letech od p\u0159edchoz\u00edho titulu nezn\u00ed p\u0159\u00edli\u0161 dramaticky, potom jako dobr\u00fd ukazatel, \u017ee je to opravdu hodn\u011b d\u00e1vno, m\u016f\u017ee poslou\u017eit letm\u00e9 srovn\u00e1n\u00ed tehdej\u0161\u00ed a\u00a0sou\u010dasn\u00e9 hokejov\u00e9 reality.<\/p>\n

Na ja\u0159e 1967\u00a0m\u011bla NHL<\/a> \u0161est t\u00fdm\u016f (dnes je to 32), nehr\u00e1l v\u00a0n\u00ed jedin\u00fd Evropan (te\u010f jim na soupisk\u00e1ch pat\u0159\u00ed t\u00e9m\u011b\u0159 30\u00a0procent m\u00edst) a\u00a0Ameri\u010dan\u00e9 tam byli v\u0161ehov\u0161udy t\u0159i (do aktu\u00e1ln\u00ed sezony jich nasko\u010dilo 280). K\u00a0z\u00e1pas\u016fm se cestovalo vlakem a\u00a0nejl\u00e9pe placen\u00ed hokejist\u00e9 po\u010d\u00edtali ro\u010dn\u00ed p\u0159\u00edjem na des\u00edtky tis\u00edc dolar\u016f.<\/p>\n

Jin\u00e9 stolet\u00ed, \u00fapln\u011b jin\u00fd sv\u011bt – kam pat\u0159\u00ed i\u00a0v\u0161ech 13\u00a0Stanley Cup\u016f z\u00edskan\u00fdch Torontem.<\/p>\n

Pro\u010d to Maple Leafs v\u00a0modern\u011bj\u0161\u00edch \u010dasech moc nejde? To je jedna z\u00a0nejdiskutovan\u011bj\u0161\u00edch hokejov\u00fdch z\u00e1had.<\/p>\n

Chaoti\u010dt\u00ed vlastn\u00edci<\/p>\n

Jist\u011b by se v\u00a0p\u0159\u00edpad\u011b Toronta dala naj\u00edt spousta v\u011bc\u00ed, kter\u00e9 v\u00a0NHL pasuj\u00ed v\u00a0podstat\u011b na ka\u017ed\u00fd ne\u00fasp\u011b\u0161n\u00fd klub. \u0160patn\u00e1 mana\u017eersk\u00e1 rozhodnut\u00ed, mal\u00e1 trp\u011blivost s\u00a0tren\u00e9ry, zpackan\u00e9 v\u00fdm\u011bny hr\u00e1\u010d\u016f, promrhan\u00e9 vysok\u00e9 volby na draftu atd. Jen\u017ee pouze t\u00edm lze sotva vysv\u011btlit s\u00e9rii trvaj\u00edc\u00ed 59\u00a0let, nejdel\u0161\u00ed v\u00a0historii (o druh\u00e9 m\u00edsto se d\u011bl\u00ed Vancouver<\/a> a\u00a0Buffalo<\/a>, od vstupu do NHL v\u00a0roce 1970\u00a0je\u0161t\u011b titul nez\u00edskaly).<\/p>\n

Torontskou zvl\u00e1\u0161tnost\u00ed b\u00fdvaly t\u0159eba nekompetentn\u00ed z\u00e1sahy majitel\u016f. Nejv\u00edc se v\u00a0tomto ohledu proslavil Harold Ballard, kter\u00fd klub vlastnil v\u00a0letech 1971\u00a0a\u017e 1989.\u00a0Jeden rok ho dokonce \u0159\u00eddil z\u00a0v\u011bzen\u00ed, kde sed\u011bl za \u00fa\u010detn\u00ed podvody a\u00a0zpronev\u011bru.<\/p>\n

Vyb\u00edral si slab\u00e9 gener\u00e1ln\u00ed mana\u017eery, jim\u017e s\u00a0oblibou mluvil do pr\u00e1ce. Vyhazoval skv\u011bl\u00e9 hr\u00e1\u010de, v\u011bt\u0161inou z\u00a0osobn\u00edch d\u016fvod\u016f. \u0160et\u0159il na platech, tak\u017ee v\u011bt\u0161inu hv\u011bzd nedok\u00e1zal dlouho udr\u017eet a\u00a0nov\u00e9 obt\u00ed\u017en\u011b z\u00edsk\u00e1val. \u201eA jeho v\u016fbec nejv\u011bt\u0161\u00ed chyba? Pr\u00e1v\u011b ta, \u017ee se stal majitelem,\u201c napsal o\u00a0n\u011bm hokejov\u00fd historik Mike Leonetti.<\/p>\n

Kdo tak\u00e9 dlouho \u010dek\u00e1 na ligov\u00fd titul | Sport SZNewcastle United – 99 let<\/p>\n

Klub sice z\u00edskal anglick\u00fd fotbalov\u00fd titul \u010dty\u0159ikr\u00e1t, naposledy v\u0161ak v\u00a0roce 1927.\u00a0Nejbl\u00ed\u017ee byl v\u00a090.\u00a0letech, kdy dvakr\u00e1t skon\u010dil v\u00a0Premier League druh\u00fd. Ned\u00e1vno sice d\u00edky vlastn\u00edk\u016fm ze Sa\u00fadsk\u00e9 Ar\u00e1bie ekonomicky a\u00a0v\u00fdkonnostn\u011b posko\u010dil, aktu\u00e1ln\u011b se v\u0161ak pohybuje v\u00a0polovin\u011b tabulky.<\/p>\n

Arizona Cardinals – 79 let<\/p>\n

NFL klub vyhr\u00e1l je\u0161t\u011b v\u00a0dob\u011b, kdy s\u00eddlil v\u00a0Chicagu. Po p\u0159est\u011bhov\u00e1n\u00ed do St. Louis a\u00a0n\u00e1sledn\u011b do Phoenixu na trofej marn\u011b \u010dek\u00e1.<\/p>\n

Cleveland Guardians – 78 let<\/p>\n

Sv\u011btovou s\u00e9rii ovl\u00e1dl dvakr\u00e1t, v\u00a0letech 1920\u00a0a\u00a01948.\u00a0V\u00a0obou p\u0159\u00edpadech pod p\u016fvodn\u00edm n\u00e1zvem Indians.<\/p>\n

Sacramento Kings – 75 let<\/p>\n

Nejstar\u0161\u00ed klub NBA se rovn\u011b\u017e naposledy radoval je\u0161t\u011b pod jin\u00fdm jm\u00e9nem, v\u00a0roce 1951\u00a0jako Rochester Royals.<\/p>\n

\u00dactyhodn\u00fdch i\u00a0smoln\u00fdch sedm druh\u00fdch m\u00edst ve fotbalov\u00e9 Bundeslize. Tradi\u010dn\u00ed klub je sice sedmin\u00e1sobn\u00fdm mistrem N\u011bmecka, v\u0161echny tituly v\u0161ak z\u00edskal p\u0159ed zalo\u017een\u00edm celost\u00e1tn\u00ed ligy, naposledy v\u00a0roce 1958.\u00a0Te\u010f u\u017e t\u0159et\u00ed sezonu v\u00a0\u0159ad\u011b hraje druhou nejvy\u0161\u0161\u00ed sout\u011b\u017e.<\/p>\n

Tottenham Hotspur – 65 let<\/p>\n

Lo\u0148sk\u00fd v\u00edt\u011bz fotbalov\u00e9 Evropsk\u00e9 ligy to m\u00e1 v\u00a0dom\u00e1c\u00edch podm\u00ednk\u00e1ch pom\u011brn\u011b slo\u017eit\u00e9 a\u00a0jeho marn\u00e1 snaha z\u00edskat dal\u0161\u00ed ligov\u00fd titul je ter\u010dem mnoha vt\u00edpk\u016f. Naposledy se to povedlo v\u00a0roce 1961.<\/p>\n

Ballard\u016fv n\u00e1stupce zase v\u00a0roce 1996\u00a0odm\u00edtl Wayna Gretzk\u00e9ho<\/a>, kter\u00fd m\u011bl z\u00e1jem odehr\u00e1t posledn\u00ed \u010d\u00e1st kari\u00e9ry v\u00a0rodn\u00e9m kraji. Dokonce klubu nab\u00eddl home discount. Tedy byl ochoten odk\u00fdvat v\u00fdrazn\u011b ni\u017e\u0161\u00ed smlouvu, ne\u017e mu p\u0159edkl\u00e1dali jinde (dob\u0159e v\u011bd\u011bl, \u017ee na velk\u00e9m torontsk\u00e9m trhu by si u\u0161l\u00e9 pen\u00edze snadno vyd\u011blal d\u00edky reklam\u011b).<\/p>\n

Ale dohoda padla. Nov\u00fd majitel Steve Stavro usoudil, \u017ee hala Maple Leaf Gardens je stejn\u011b po\u0159\u00e1d vyprodan\u00e1, tak k\u00a0\u010demu by vlastn\u011b Gretzk\u00e9ho pot\u0159ebovali.<\/p>\n

Do roku 2012\u00a0byl pak vlastn\u00edkem klubu Ontario Teachers‘ Pension Plan. Ani to nebyla \u0161\u0165astn\u00e1 \u00e9ra. Pr\u00e1v\u011b do n\u00ed spad\u00e1 historick\u00e1 \u0161\u0148\u016fra sedmi sezon bez play off.<\/p>\n

Penzijn\u00ed fond u\u010ditel\u016f si toti\u017e v\u00a0prvn\u00ed \u0159ad\u011b hled\u011bl sv\u00e9ho hlavn\u00edho posl\u00e1n\u00ed – opatrn\u011b rozmno\u017eovat majetek klient\u016f – a\u00a0odm\u00edtal se pou\u0161t\u011bt do riskantn\u00edch hokejov\u00fdch operac\u00ed. V\u00edc ne\u017e trofeje ho zaj\u00edmaly \u00fa\u010detn\u00ed v\u00fdkazy.<\/p>\n

Te\u010f v\u011bt\u0161ina klubu (75\u00a0procent) pat\u0159\u00ed medi\u00e1ln\u00ed a\u00a0telekomunika\u010dn\u00ed spole\u010dnosti Rogers. Pod jej\u00edm veden\u00edm jsou Maple Leafs nejhodnotn\u011bj\u0161\u00ed organizac\u00ed NHL – posledn\u00ed \u017eeb\u0159\u00ed\u010dek magaz\u00ednu Forbes jim p\u0159isoudil cenovku 4,4\u00a0miliardy dolar\u016f.<\/p>\n

B\u00edl\u00e1 a\u00a0modr\u00e1 nemoc<\/p>\n

Ov\u0161em i\u00a0s nejlep\u0161\u00edmi mo\u017en\u00fdmi majiteli klub pravideln\u011b sr\u00e1\u017e\u00ed pr\u00e1v\u011b skute\u010dnost, \u017ee s\u00eddl\u00ed v\u00a0centru hokejov\u00e9ho sv\u011bta. Nikde jinde nejsou hr\u00e1\u010di, tren\u00e9\u0159i ani funkcion\u00e1\u0159i pod tak pe\u010dliv\u00fdm drobnohledem.<\/p>\n

Tlak, o\u00a0kter\u00fd se vedle fanou\u0161k\u016f staraly \u010dty\u0159i m\u00edstn\u00ed den\u00edky, region\u00e1ln\u00ed i\u00a0celost\u00e1tn\u00ed televize a\u00a0\u0159ada rozhlasov\u00fdch stanic, je\u0161t\u011b zes\u00edlil n\u00e1stupem soci\u00e1ln\u00edch s\u00edt\u00ed. Po z\u00e1pasech se ve\u0159ejn\u011b pitv\u00e1 ka\u017ed\u00e1 chyba, ka\u017ed\u00e1 neprom\u011bn\u011bn\u00e1 \u0161ance. N\u00e1hradn\u00ed brank\u00e1\u0159 v\u00a0Torontu si toho vyslechne v\u00edc ne\u017e hr\u00e1\u010d prvn\u00ed lajny ze San Jose<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201eKdy\u017e jsem p\u016fsobil v\u00a0Calgary<\/a>, chodilo na z\u00e1pasy 20\u00a0novin\u00e1\u0159\u016f. Tady o\u00a0v\u00edkendu na utk\u00e1n\u00ed s\u00a0m\u00e9n\u011b atraktivn\u00edm soupe\u0159em p\u0159ijde 80\u00a0report\u00e9r\u016f a\u00a0na \u0161l\u00e1gr jich doraz\u00ed stovka,\u201c vypr\u00e1v\u011bl Brian Burke, gener\u00e1ln\u00ed mana\u017eer a\u00a0prezident klubu z\u00a0let 2008-2013. \u201eA ka\u017ed\u00fd z\u00a0nich m\u00e1 jasn\u00fd n\u00e1zor, co bylo \u0161patn\u011b a\u00a0kdo za to m\u016f\u017ee.\u201c<\/p>\n

Atmosf\u00e9\u0159e v\u00a0Torontu \u0159\u00edkal b\u00edl\u00e1 a\u00a0modr\u00e1 nemoc. Nem\u00ednil t\u00edm pouze velmi kritick\u00e1 hodnocen\u00ed v\u00fdkon\u016f mu\u017estva, ale i\u00a0n\u00e1lady val\u00edc\u00ed se ode zdi ke zdi. Pokud se n\u011bkter\u00e9mu z\u00a0mlad\u00fdch hr\u00e1\u010d\u016f povedlo p\u00e1r z\u00e1pas\u016f nebo brank\u00e1\u0159 oslnil s\u00e9ri\u00ed bravurn\u00edch z\u00e1krok\u016f, hned byli vykreslov\u00e1ni jako budouc\u00ed hv\u011bzdy. O\u00a0to v\u011bt\u0161\u00ed roz\u010darov\u00e1n\u00ed pak obvykle n\u00e1sledovalo.<\/p>\n

Foto: Profimedia.cz<\/p>\n

Torontsk\u00fd kapit\u00e1n Auston Matthews s\u00a0novin\u00e1\u0159i po lo\u0148sk\u00e9m vy\u0159azen\u00ed z\u00a0play off.<\/p>\n

Nen\u00ed proto divu, \u017ee pokud jsou hokejist\u00e9 v\u00a0situaci, \u017ee si p\u016fsobi\u0161t\u011b mohou vybrat, jejich prvn\u00ed volbou neb\u00fdv\u00e1 Toronto. Nebo tam jdou a\u017e ke konci kari\u00e9ry, splnit si d\u011btsk\u00fd sen. Jako to cht\u011bl ud\u011blat Wayne Gretzky, jako se k\u00a0tomu pozd\u011bji odhodlali Eric Lindros nebo John Tavares.<\/p>\n

D\u016fvodem ov\u0161em nen\u00ed jen mimo\u0159\u00e1dn\u00fd tlak m\u00e9di\u00ed a\u00a0ve\u0159ejnosti. Kanadsk\u00fdm klub\u016fm na p\u0159estupov\u00e9m trhu nep\u0159eje ani studen\u00e9 po\u010das\u00ed a\u00a0vy\u0161\u0161\u00ed da\u0148ov\u00e1 z\u00e1t\u011b\u017e. Pokud nap\u0159\u00edklad hr\u00e1\u010d podep\u00ed\u0161e smlouvu na 3,5\u00a0milionu dolar\u016f ro\u010dn\u011b, co\u017e je aktu\u00e1ln\u011b pr\u016fm\u011br NHL, na Florid\u011b mu z\u00a0t\u00e9to sumy z\u016fstane o\u00a0577\u00a0tis\u00edc dolar\u016f v\u00edc ne\u017e v\u00a0Torontu – a\u00a0je\u0161t\u011b si u\u017eije mnohem v\u011bt\u0161\u00ed p\u0159\u00edd\u011bl slun\u00ed\u010dka.<\/p>\n

\u201eJedin\u00e9, co z\u016fst\u00e1v\u00e1, jsou v\u00fdsledky Toronta\u201c<\/p>\n

Jedn\u00edm z\u00a0hokejist\u016f, na jeho\u017e adresu m\u00ed\u0159il v\u00a0\u00favodu citovan\u00fd vtip, byl \u00fato\u010dn\u00edk Miroslav Fry\u010der. Hr\u00e1l za Toronto v\u00a0letech 1982-1988\u00a0a\u00a0moc t\u00fdmov\u00e9 radosti si neu\u017eil. Pokud se mu\u017estvo dostalo do play off, tak p\u0159edev\u0161\u00edm d\u00edky tomu, \u017ee tehdy postupovalo 16\u00a0z\u00a021\u00a0celk\u016f.<\/p>\n

\u201eDlouho jsme to schyt\u00e1vali, \u017ee jsme nejhor\u0161\u00ed parta v\u00a0historii klubu. Dneska u\u017e jsou mo\u017en\u00e1 fanou\u0161ci p\u0159i hodnocen\u00ed na\u0161\u00ed \u00e9ry shov\u00edvav\u011bj\u0161\u00ed,\u201c ohl\u00ed\u017eel se p\u0159ed deseti lety. \u201eNebyli jsme v\u00a0tom sami, ten pes je zakop\u00e1n n\u011bkde mnohem hloub\u011bji. M\u011bn\u00ed se hr\u00e1\u010di, tren\u00e9\u0159i, gener\u00e1ln\u00ed mana\u017ee\u0159i, m\u011bn\u00ed se hokejov\u00e9 styly i\u00a0taktika, m\u011bn\u00ed se ekonomick\u00e1 pravidla NHL\u00a0\u2013 a\u00a0jedin\u00e9, co z\u016fst\u00e1v\u00e1, jsou v\u00fdsledky Toronta.\u201c<\/p>\n

Foto: Getty Images<\/p>\n

V \u00e9\u0159e Miroslava Fry\u010dera byl torontsk\u00fdm maximem postup do druh\u00e9ho kola play off. To plat\u00ed i\u00a0pro sou\u010dasnou generaci.<\/p>\n

P\u0159esto tenkr\u00e1t v\u011b\u0159il, \u017ee nast\u00e1vaj\u00ed lep\u0161\u00ed \u010dasy. Klub byl sice znovu nejhor\u0161\u00ed v\u00a0cel\u00e9 NHL, ale d\u00edky tomu z\u00a0prvn\u00ed pozice draftoval \u00fato\u010dn\u00edka Austona Matthewse a\u00a0m\u011bl v\u00a0z\u00e1loze i\u00a0dal\u0161\u00ed nad\u011bjn\u00e9 hr\u00e1\u010de.<\/p>\n

V n\u00e1sleduj\u00edc\u00ed sezon\u011b u\u017e Maple Leafs hr\u00e1li play off, b\u011bhem dvou let se vy\u0161vihli z\u00a069\u00a0na 105\u00a0bod\u016f. Ani to v\u0161ak k\u00a0v\u00fdrazn\u011bj\u0161\u00edm \u00fasp\u011bch\u016fm nevedlo.<\/p>\n

Po deseti letech nen\u00ed bilance zrovna v\u00fdstavn\u00ed: pouh\u00e9 dv\u011b v\u00edt\u011bzn\u00e9 s\u00e9rie play off a\u00a0hroziv\u00fdch \u0161est ne\u00fasp\u011bch\u016f v\u00a0situaci, kdy o\u00a0postupuj\u00edc\u00edm rozhodoval sedm\u00fd z\u00e1pas. Klubov\u00fdm architekt\u016fm se povedlo vytvo\u0159it t\u00fdm, kter\u00fd hr\u00e1l skv\u011ble v\u00a0z\u00e1kladn\u00ed \u010d\u00e1sti, ale v\u00a0kl\u00ed\u010dov\u00e9 f\u00e1zi selh\u00e1val, nebo\u0165 byl m\u00e1lo odoln\u00fd a\u00a0dopl\u00e1cel na nestabiln\u00ed defenzivu.<\/p>\n

Neusp\u011bl ani v\u00a0covidov\u00e9m ro\u010dn\u00edku 2020\/21, kdy byla NHL p\u0159elosov\u00e1na tak, aby se nemusely p\u0159ekra\u010dovat hranice. Kanadsk\u00e1 mu\u017estva m\u011bla vlastn\u00ed divizi, tedy postup mezi elitn\u00ed \u010dty\u0159ku byl snadn\u00fd jako dlouho ne.<\/p>\n

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Pokud je tedy dnes Connoru McDavidovi<\/a> z\u00a0Edmontonu p\u0159edhazov\u00e1no, \u017ee je slab\u00fdm l\u00eddrem a\u00a0dvakr\u00e1t prohr\u00e1l fin\u00e1le Stanley Cupu, co by pak m\u011bl \u0159\u00edkat torontsk\u00fd kapit\u00e1n Auston Matthews. G\u00f3ly sb\u00edr\u00e1 \u00fa\u017easn\u00fdm tempem, v\u00edt\u011bzn\u00e9 s\u00e9rie nikoli. Ano, v\u00a0\u00fanoru dovedl USA k\u00a0olympijsk\u00e9mu zlatu, ale to fanou\u0161ky v\u00a0Torontu p\u0159\u00edli\u0161 nedojme.<\/p>\n

T\u00edm sp\u00ed\u0161e, \u017ee letos – poprv\u00e9 od Matthewsova p\u0159\u00edchodu – nebudou Maple Leafs hr\u00e1t play off. Dal\u0161\u00ed ztracen\u00e1 sezona se stane minulost\u00ed u\u017e v\u00a0polovin\u011b dubna.<\/p>\n

Okno se uzav\u00edr\u00e1<\/p>\n

Zm\u011bna n\u00e1lady je zn\u00e1t i\u00a0na tribun\u00e1ch Scotiabank Areny. Pry\u010d jsou \u010dasy, kdy se po l\u00edstc\u00edch jen zapr\u00e1\u0161ilo, a\u010dkoli se st\u00e1le zdra\u017eovaly. Je\u0161t\u011b na podzim se pr\u00e1zdn\u00e1 m\u00edsta a\u00a0neprodan\u00e9 vstupenky omlouvaly zv\u00fd\u0161en\u00fdm z\u00e1jmem o\u00a0z\u00e1pasy Blue Jays ve Sv\u011btov\u00e9 s\u00e9rii. Ale lep\u0161\u00ed to nebylo ani pak. \u201eD\u0159\u00edv b\u00fdvaly tribuny pln\u00e9 modrob\u00edl\u00fdch dres\u016f. Te\u010f vid\u00edte i\u00a0hodn\u011b \u010dern\u00e9, zlat\u00e9 a\u00a0\u010derven\u00e9 – takov\u00e1 je toti\u017e barva pr\u00e1zdn\u00fdch sedadel,\u201c v\u0161iml si web The Athletic.<\/p>\n

Toronto je zkr\u00e1tka m\u011bstem, kde hala zapln\u011bn\u00e1 \u201ejen\u201c z\u00a097\u00a0procent je ud\u00e1lost\u00ed a\u00a0varovn\u00fdm sign\u00e1lem.<\/p>\n

Foto: Profimedia.cz<\/p>\n

Toronto v\u017edy m\u011blo skv\u011bl\u00e9 fanou\u0161ky, ale v\u00a0aktu\u00e1ln\u00ed sezon\u011b jejich v\u011brnost proch\u00e1z\u00ed dal\u0161\u00ed zat\u011b\u017ek\u00e1vac\u00ed zkou\u0161kou.<\/p>\n

Klub te\u010f zcela jist\u011b \u010dek\u00e1 dramatick\u00e9 l\u00e9to. Budou se \u0159e\u0161it person\u00e1ln\u00ed ot\u00e1zky i\u00a0to, jak v\u00fdsledkovou k\u0159ivku znovu nasm\u011brovat nahoru. <\/p>\n

U\u017e v\u00a0pond\u011bl\u00ed byl vyhozen gener\u00e1ln\u00ed mana\u017eer Brad Treliving, po necel\u00fdch t\u0159ech letech. Bude m\u00edt jeho n\u00e1stupce d\u016fv\u011bru v\u00a0tren\u00e9ra Craiga Berubeho? A\u00a0m\u00e1 v\u016fbec generace kolem Austona Matthewse \u0161anci na \u00fasp\u011bch, nebo se j\u00ed tzv. okno u\u017e pomalu zav\u00edr\u00e1?<\/p>\n

A hlavn\u011b: v\u00a0jak\u00e9 kondici hokejov\u00e9 Toronto p\u0159\u00ed\u0161t\u00ed rok oslav\u00ed dv\u011b kulat\u00e1 v\u00fdro\u010d\u00ed? Jedno velkolep\u00e9 – 100\u00a0let od p\u0159ejmenov\u00e1n\u00ed klubu na Maple Leafs. Druh\u00e9 o\u00a0pozn\u00e1n\u00ed smutn\u011bj\u0161\u00ed – 60\u00a0let od posledn\u00edho triumfu ve Stanley Cupu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"V polovin\u011b 80.\u00a0let se v\u00a0Torontu vypr\u00e1v\u011bl obl\u00edben\u00fd vtip. \u201eV\u00edte, jak\u00fd je rozd\u00edl mezi Blue Jays a\u00a0Maple Leafs?\u201c Spr\u00e1vn\u00e1…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43359,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[3854,15481,27,1553,94,93,16900,5352,186],"class_list":{"0":"post-43358","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sport","8":"tag-auston-matthews","9":"tag-cesi-v-nhl","10":"tag-kanada","11":"tag-nhl","12":"tag-sport","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-toronto","15":"tag-toronto-maple-leafs","16":"tag-wayne-gretzky"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@cz\/116333716607920465","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43358\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}