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Unless someone else is injured, which I am starting to think is like a variation the Philly flu, but they just don't want to play for their own team.

I don't think the price that was paid was all that bad. I just don't think they needed to do it. Did having Laughton and Carlo extend the Leafs playoff run? If they had kept the players and the picks, would they be in a better position today? I think so. As I said somewhere else, they need...

Yeah, so Montreal and Ottawa are pretty good examples. Ottawa has been building since about 2018, and Montreal since 2020. Montreal probably has the better prospect pipeline. I think Ottawa's defence will be one of the best in the league in a couple of years with Chabot, Sanderson, and...

I wonder how you fix the patience thing though, because I do think some of it is driven by the fans. I remember when Matthews and Marner were drafted there was this refrain of "We have our Toews and Kane", before they even stepped on the ice. Not saying all fans, and I would even say that...

Yeah that's what I think has happened to Matthews a bit. He's had some injuries, and some personal success, and is viewed as a superstar, so maybe he has taken his foot off the gas a little. He's not driven to be in the same class as McDavid and MacKinnon. He's happy with what he's...

Agreed. None of this is nefarious. The ownership group is trying to put the best people in place to run the team and make decisions that will result in a winning team. Building a winning team is not easy. Only one team wins. I think Treliving was a mistake for GM. I also think Berube was a...

If you look at Roenicks career, at the start it looked like he was going to be this superstar player that would anchor teams for years to come. He would be in the Messier, Yzerman, Sackic conversation for best players in the league. Then all of sudden he started having these good but not great...

I'm not saying the can't turn it around and win some games. But what does turning it around even mean? This team wasn't great defensively last year. I think that a lot of the problems were papered over by a great year by Stolarz, and his .927 save percentage. Also they scored enough to...

Yeah, the year over year pick trading was stupid. They already don't have a first round pick for two more years, so at this point, if you don't have a team that can compete for the cup, you are pretty much SOL. The year the Caps won the cup they only made something like two trades at the...

Factor in that this is the worst they have looked since Babcock, and I think it's pretty apparent that the coach has to go. This isn't working. The Leafs, being the Leafs though, will probably point to injuries, or roster changes, or Blue Jays Playoff run, or lack of amulets as the reason...

This is starting to look an awful lot like the Randy Carlyle years. Teams outshooting them every night. No cohesion on the team. They win if the goalie stands on his head, and one of the scorers has a good night. I think Carlyle and Berube's coaching reputation may be built entirely on the...

Hey Arn That was quite the win by Newcastle today.

https://www.tsn.ca/buffalo-sabres-sign-d-owen-power-to-seven-year-58-45m-extension-1.2019679?collectionId=TSN%2FRECS%2FMIX%2FRFY Interesting, that Buffalo has 2 d-men taking up almost 20 million in cap next season. The power signing is similar to the Sanderson in Ottawa deal.

Buffalo locking players up: https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/buffalo-sabres-sign-defenceman-rasmus-dahlin-to-eight-year-88-million-extension-1.2018494

It looks like the Raptors are moving to another coach.

I'm starting to think that there has to be something that I can do as an individual to express my displeasure with the way that Hockey Canada handled this situation.  What was alleged to have happen was a crime and people are supposed to pay for their crimes. I feel like there was no penalty...

https://www.tsn.ca/1.1718746.1636496807 Well this seems ominous.

Per Darren Dreger, Eichel is going to Vegas for Alex Tuch and picks.

https://www.tsn.ca/1.1674517.1627522914 For Connor Timmins, a 1st round pick in 2022 and a.third round pick in 2024.

Announcement says he lost his battle with cancer today.