What's this? What's this?
There's color everywhere
What's this?
There's white things in the air
What's this?
I can't believe my eyes, I must be dreaming
Wake up, Jack, this isn't fair
What's this?

What's this? What's this?
There's something very wrong
What's this?
There's people singing songs
What's this?
The streets are lined with little creatures laughing
Everybody seems so happy
Have I possibly gone daffy? What is this?
What's this?

There's children throwing snowballs instead of throwing heads
They're busy building toys and absolutely no one's dead
There's frost on every window, oh, I can't believe my eyes
And in my bones I feel the warmth that's coming from inside
Oh look, what's this?
They're hanging mistletoe, they kiss?
Why that looks so unique?
Inspired
They're gathering around to hear a story roasting chestnuts on a fire
What's this?

What's this?
In here they've got a little tree, how queer
And who would ever think?
And why? They're covering it with tiny little things
They've got electric lights on strings and there's a smile on everyone
So, now correct me if I'm wrong
This looks like fun, this looks like fun
Oh, could it be I got my wish?
What's this?

Oh my, what now?
The children are asleep
But look, there's nothing underneath
No ghouls, no witches here to scream and scare them or ensnare them
Only little cozy things secure inside their dreamland
What's this?
The monsters are all missing and the nightmares can't be found
And in their place there seems to be good feeling all around
Instead of screams, I swear, I can hear music in the air
The smell of cakes and pies are absolutely everywhere
The sights, the sounds
They're everywhere and all around
I've never felt so good before
This empty place inside of me is filling up
I simply cannot get enough
I want it, oh, I want it, oh, I want it for my own
I've got to know, I've got to know
What is this place that I have found?
What is this!?
A LEAFS GAME?

Marner and Matthews possession game is not what it used to be. Not sure why.

So I actually tried to throw on the Sens/Wings game from Sweden that's currently happening - it's regionally blacked out so you have to be in the Sens region to watch.  The NHL just knows how to take loss after loss.

Since the NHL ESPN contract started my streaming access to games has been so much worse than it was before. The new streaming option in the US just doesn't give me very many Leafs games. It is like ESPN paid the NHL to not broadcast tons of games to their fans.  This seems so bad for NHL fans and conversely, for the NHL. What kind of league makes it so hard to see their games legally?

https://twitter.com/avsinseider/status/1721967064980832381

I feel bad for Jack, but I mean this is what happens when you maximize every dollar to the detriment of other things. I think he had a good thing here and could've made a go of things if he didn't seek out $5M+

I don't know if that's really a fair way of looking at this. Edmonton basically threw this offer at him. He'd have been stupid not to take it.

I don't blame him at all. This might be tough on him but at the end of the day, he's set for the rest of his life.

Being sent to the minors feels bad.  That could happen regardless of whether or not he has a large contract. Indeed, if his contract was < $1,000,000 it might be more likely that he be sent to the minors because the contract is easy to bury without cap implications.   At least this way he still has the money.  I don't see the downside of him taking the money.

Marner can pretend to PK all the time.

Jarnkrok — Tavares — Nylander // All the Ozone starts
Knies — Matthews — Bertuzzi  // All the other Ozone starts and all the forechecking
Domi — Kämpf — Marner // the Dzone starts
Gregor — Holmberg — Unmentionable

I think Bertuzzi and Domi are struggling because they thought they were pretty good at life.  Then they came to a team that has William Nylander on it, and well now their confidence has been shaken.

OMG. Love this.

Thank you Travis Dermott.

It takes a special kind of courage for a fringe player like Dermott to do this.

Has Boston somehow figured out that centers are unnecessary?

Even when Domi gets the puck in motion, he still skates to a standstill

It's crazy how he stops especially in the D zone. MJ said the bench was yelling skate at him in the 1st. He's going to be a work in progress.

He looks nervous.

Analysis: 11 leaf goals in 2 games. Matthews no assists. Matthews is bad at passing.

https://twitter.com/reporterchris/status/1712864280842842144

Well, there goes that thought.

Seems like a total steal for the Avs. Could easily have been $10/year as a UFA, no?

In other news, looks like Bedard has 5 shots, 4 missed shots through 2 periods. Pretty ridiculous start.

Pride Tape is banned!  We did it guys!  Inclusivity in hockey has been achieved

Yeah, this is pretty disappointing.  I hope some star protests and puts pride tape on some game.

Anyone have a reliable stream?

I had to go through onhockey.tv

Thanks for trying... I'm in the US. For whatever reason, link doesn't seem to work.

https://nhlwebcast.com/toronto-maple-leafs-live/ Try link 4. Lots of ads to click out of though

Awesome. Thanks a bunch.

My huge gripe is that getting leafs games in the states has been so much harder since the new ESPN deal. I buy the ESPN+ package exclusively for Leafs hockey.  But there seem to be so many more games now that I can't get than there used to be. I would pay so much more money if they would just give me a reliable, consistent place to go to watch every single game. But there seems no way for me to buy that service from the NHL. Just surprises me that I want to buy their entertainment service but they won't sell it to me. Ug.

Anyone have a reliable stream?

I had to go through onhockey.tv

Thanks for trying... I'm in the US. For whatever reason, link doesn't seem to work.