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So it's not exactly a secret that these playoffs haven't been watched by many people. The ratings in Canada have been precipitously down following a year of low viewer interest: http://www.thehockeynews.com/blog/playoff-tv-ratings-down-a-shocking-61-percent-in-canada/ And now we find out that...

So as of right now the Leafs have the following picks: #1 #27-30(Pittsburgh) #31 #56(Washington) #61 #70(New Jersey) #91 #100(Colorado) #121 #151 #177-180(St. Louis) #181 So that makes 8 picks in the top 100. Draft day will be fun.

http://www.iihfworlds2016.com/ Figured between Rielly, Matthews and some non-Leaf related interest there might be a few people watching and wanting to comment. Some observations from the first 12 minutes of Canada/USA: 1. Morgan Rielly might be Canada's #1 defenseman. He's getting PP time, PK...

So something has been on my mind the last couple of days. Like most people I think this is a big off-season for the Leafs. One where they have a ton of opportunity to take advantage of other teams cap situations and have a bunch of their own intriguing assets who are sort of edging their way...

No, no, hear me out. I think Matthews is the way to go. Mostly. He's a big #1 C and that's what the Leafs need. But, that said, it's not a unanimous call. In TSN's most recent rankings Laine has gained some steam. So all I'm saying here is, let's keep our minds open, watch both guys at the WCs...

So in the Ducks/Preds series thread herman and I got talking a little bit about how the Ducks will deal with their situation going forward. He was looking at it from a "what can they do to give their current core one last shot at it" perspective whereas I was looking at it from a "they are going...

I wasn't quite sure where to put this and it's one heck of a weird story but: http://deadspin.com/reports-entire-russian-u18-hockey-team-replaced-before-1769366600 If you click through it's a bizarre story that isn't quite as simple as a bunch of players cheating. Still, it's weird as heck.

Friedman just announced it on air. Woah.

So I was listening to the Marek vs. Wyshinski podcast and they were talking about the Ryan Johansen drama playing out in Columbus right now. Specifically, they related it to the similar issues Tortorella had with Vince Lecavalier(taking away the C, benching him) when they got together. Anyways...

Figured it'd be good to have a thread about player moves rather than a new thread for each one. Anyways, Jeff Smardzija to the Giants for 5 years/90 million. A pitcher who's exceeded a 2.0 WAR once in his career...

Aces don't come cheap. Grow your own. http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/14292618/zack-greinke-agrees-arizona-diamondbacks

Being as most of us assume that the Leafs are playing right now with the draft as a goal I thought a thread might be useful for talking about prospects we're interested in for the 2016 draft as well as, because some people have asked about it, a place to discuss the draft as a whole. So I'll...

Just saw this highlight on Deadspin, worth a watch. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MGFJtFP7eg

Apologies but this will be a very lengthy post... I've been a Maple Leafs fan for about 22 years or so. I can't pinpoint exactly when I became a Maple Leafs fan. I'd gone to games at the Gardens since I was about 5 or so but early on I remember liking the Whalers or Penguins mainly. I'd guess...

Victor Loov made some comments to a Swedish newspaper about cocaine use being widespread in the NHL. Now, it looks like there's some real meat to what he says as Bill Daly admits that they're seeing more positives for cocaine use while still saying that it's not a "crisis"...

I thought it might be good to have a place to talk about non-Jays stuff for the postseason. Like, for instance, CC Sabathia being out of the Yankees rotation as he checks himself into Rehab...

Believed to come with a 6.85M AAV. https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/647913276475617280

Just saw this over at Deadspin, figured it was worth passing along. Every Jays Homerun swing set to Johnny Cash's "God's Gonna Cut You Down". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9jaMJvYNq0

Over the cost of a suit that Devon Travis bought during some segment that, apparently, Joey thinks the station should pay for. http://www.thestar.com/sports/bluejays/2015/08/26/blue-jays-jose-bautista-boycotting-sportsnet.html I mean, yeah, this seems like a reasonable thing.

I would genuinely be interested to see anyone's list of teams with a NHL roster worse than the Leafs next year that was more than 3 or 4 deep. I'd agree on maybe New Jersey and Phoenix and even there it'd be mostly a push.