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That may have been the best single game Leafs goalie performance since Belfour.

https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/legal-costs-regarding-allegation-of-manslaughter/

I concur with the concern about Vlad. Which is why I feel the next few weeks are even more crucial. Last summer when they missed out on Ohtani, the pivot was to sign Justin Turner, Kiner-Falefa and Kiermaier. All of whom were traded. There's still some decent sized holes in the roster. If...

In a way I’m glad they didn’t get Soto? Though I never really thought they had a chance. But getting him would have papered over the cracks. They need a real,proper strategy and rethink I feel. Other teams in the division are already looking stronger too I think. Feels like an opportunity...

Were they not fairly close to going bust/being moved before they got Crosby? In their old arena.

Seems about as good a time as any to shift from 2024 to 2025… https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5980169/2024/12/09/jordan-romano-contract-phillies-mlb-free-agency/

Can’t believe he didn’t take a discount. Selfish.

What a load of shit

So you’re saying that opposition players took liberties when Reaves was around… but now Reaves is still around the opposition will still take liberties because “you can’t stop them”? And that’s “effective”? So highly valued by the coach that he gets about 6 minutes a night, contributes nothing...

And in “intangible” land, I believe Teoscar and Vladdy are very good friends, so if you could land Teoscar it may help with convincing Vlad to sign lng term, if that’s what’s wanted.

I suppose you have to go for Soto. But I actually think they’d be better off just going for all the other holes that need filled. Would love to see Teoscar back actually.

Yeah I think this is maybe it. His overall quality was maybe higher than the others and he had a higher ceiling. But he still had that knack for a bad one which probably hurt more cos he was expected to make them more than some others had been...

I think everyone accepts hockey is a physical game and there is a level of "grind" be that through hits, board play etc. But to me this interview just seemed to translate as "I'm limited in how I can contribute so I'll try and go out and injure* the opposition". It was as much the way he...

I’m not a big fan of Reaves or a fan of the theory of “intangibles” blah blah. So I might be tainted, but there’s something about the tone of this interview that I really don’t like https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5966785/2024/12/03/maple-leafs-ryan-reaves-suspension-comments/ This bit in...

I I was going to mention Andersen on my list of decent goalies since Brodeur but I feel like he still had a capacity for a “bad” goal? Maybe I’m misremembering though.

I was thinking about this, and it's still early in the season, and saying it out loud usually scuds things cos goalies are voodoo. But is our current duo shaping up to be potentially the best tandem we've had? Going back to basically the early 2000s, we've occasionaly had a very good starter -...

I wholeheartedly agree with this. Especially as my trade off for watching is usually a good night's sleep. Look, only one team out of 32 can win the Stanley Cup. Realistically it's less than a third of that number. For the last few years, the Leafs have probably been in that group al be it we...

Yeah that’s why I said actual nations are preferable but I do agree with you particularly in regards to Sweden and Finland. I guess it depends if this is meant to be like an all star game or an actual serous tournament. I feel it’s shading more towards the former which is why I was a bit blasé...

Yeah that’s a fair point. Obviously in general actual nations are preferable but I wonder if you could have gone something like Canada, USA, “Scandinavia” and Rest of the World or that kind of thing.

I like the idea better than the all star game. But I hate the all star game and think the whole thing should be ditched. So that’s a fairly low bar.