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Another Nick Paul special

Mitch is tougher than he looks, for sure. He can and does take hits to make a play. Blocks shots, chases down pucks, whatever. His playstyle issue is he doesn't take those skills to the middle slot to generate ugly chaos puck. He's looking for homerun passes. And with how often he has the puck...

You can take it with a grain of salt or whatever, but Adam Wylde was told the following 18:07

I said his game is not relevant to the Leaf's goals; his talent is great. Marner's game matched what Dubas and Keefe tried to do, but in high pressure, playoff situations, Marner is defaulting to a playstyle that doesn't work for this current team and the playoff game in general (especially not...

I think Marner is very talented and extremely good at his game. I saw glimpses of something better under Berube’s directive during the season for fast creative attacking. But we also all saw what happens when the chips are down and the space is gone. Unfortunately, Marner is very good at a...

Knights win

Cowan pots another goal 4-0; called off due to goaltender interference Medicine Hat falling apart this period feels familiar.

Cowan pots the 2-0 goal after beating out an icing in the second period of the Memorial Cup final

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not pro-management on this topic. They should’ve traded him earlier and only have themselves to blame for letting themselves be held hostage by this very predictable situation.

lol Edit: let me clarify why this made me laugh. This is a harsher indictment of Marner than anything I’ve ever written here.

Leafs pick: Rd 2. from FLA #64 Rd 3. from SJS (originally COL) #86 Rd 5. from PIT #137 Rd 5. #153 Rd 6. #185 Rd 7. #217 Draft combine starts tomorrow and lasts the week. Draft weekend is June 27, 28 in LA. --- http://realguddraftsimulator.com If you want to run some draft sims to get to...

I think this is the best Leafs-centric show (and analysis) these days

Edit: Cowan is heading to the Memorial Cup finals as the Knights clear Moncton in the semis. Err, I expect them to, at least. Cowan with the empty netter for the 5-2 lead with less than 2 min to go. Not Cowan related but this was a nasty bit of business

MLHS transcript/notes: https://mapleleafshotstove.com/2025/05/26/craig-berube-on-brendan-shanahans-exit-from-the-leafs-organization/

https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/maple-leafs-talked-about-marner-trade-with-golden-knights/

Fingers crossed Noah Chadwick just aces the first couple of months of the AHL this coming season and acquits himself well in an injury fill-in situation.