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Yup, that's a fair argument. And even on a lot of occasions you could see why the moves were made at the time. Indeed half the time it was exactly the kind of moves people were crying out for. But "completely messed up the team" is utter bullshit hyperbole and over-reactive nonsense.

No no. Putting up some of the best seasons in the 100+ year history of the Leafs prove he completely messed up the team. It’s so obvious. I can’t work out how you can’t see it.

lol it’s freezing in there during the summer. Air temperature tonight is about -1 and we actually have a fresh, new weather warning for ice and snow tonight to follow on from the storm. It’s only a “yellow” alert, which is basically take a bit of precaution in comparison to the red don’t do a...

Yeah, personally not too bad around our way, thanks for asking. Lots of (very big, old) trees down locally and we had a power line come down near a petrol station but thankfully didn’t do any serious damage. I genuinely don’t remember anything like it, I’ve never heard wind like it. The sound...

I remember a few years ago being in the Bell Centre in Montreal and everyone’s phones went mad beeping and mine joined in and I hadn’t a clue what it was then it turned out to be some kind of public police alert about a potential kidnapping. I never forgot the shrieking noise the phone made...

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6082577/2025/01/22/auston-matthews-ryan-reaves-fight-comments-maple-leafs/ Or maybe staged meaningless pointless fights that don’t have anything to do with anything that’s happened in the game don’t excite anyone any more? And it’s not like the ACC doesn’t...

A step in the right direction, and hopefully the first domino to fall for them. If it ends up being the only move, however…

Yeh I’d say it’s pretty spot on in all honesty. And if I’m either Bichette or Vlad I’m looking to see where else wants me where I’ve a chance to win no matter what money Toronto can offer me cos there’s no way to get me the supporting cast I need in Toronto in the next 5 years

I know (presume?) you jest, but, do we even think they’ll sign even one of them? And if they do get, say, Alonso, it’s a sure bet his regression will accelerate and he’ll be nowhere near his peak.

I, for one, am shocked…

It’s ok, they’re in on Pete Alonso too

Exactly. Ohtani at $70m a season clearly improves the team. But actually signing 3 or 4 solid players for a total of ~$30m might improve the team even more.

I guess it’s good that they’re going in for these things. But it just seems like they’re throwing all their chips on red in the hope a gamble will pay off rather than actually trying to build a team. Then not building a team with the money they don’t spend on these guys and not seeming to have...

They mustn’t want it enough.

I would say that hockey is different in that luck can play a bit more of a part - hot goalie, puck bouncing off dodgy dashers, shot hitting post and bouncing either in or out, pucks deflecting in off skates or asses, forward getting on a shooting % heater where everything goes in for 2 weeks etc...

And you need to be lucky.

It’s ok, the Jays met with Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki. So he should reject us for LA fairly soon.

There's a few stats in today's Athletic article I thought were fairly interesting I know, process and learn to win and all that. But it is just kinda meh to watch. Maybe if they win it all, which is unlikely anyway, it'll make up for it.

Remember they hadn’t been shutout in decades. Berube hockey is really meh to watch.

That was my initial thought, but they need to get close enough so in a scrum or something so might take a couple of shifts for that