Recent content by herman

Shoutout to Steve Keogh (recently departed PR director) in part 2 Edit: can a site admin let us know if you get a message from the players representative complaining that their guy is only being discussed as a Minor Ex-Leaf.

https://mapleleafshotstove.com/2026/07/24/the-sergei-bobrovsky-bet-the-nick-paul-trade-contemplating-a-matthews-nylander-line-mckennas-development-and-other-offseason-notes-2026-offseason-review-part-4/ Good rundown of where we're sitting towards the end of July. Some movement is expected...

It's very fair to put the caveat on Marner playing through an injury, that Dreger reported was a mild high ankle sprain* prior to the Boston series. I just wanted to note how Marner got injured, because I still laugh/cry about it. * both Darrens/his agents are a bit stretchy with truths, eh...

I’m older than Kane so therefore I have no gas left (unless I go a bit heavy on the Wendy’s chili)

Oh they had some major editing work to do on this one lol I really like Holinka and I hope he gets a long run as a centre in the top 6 for the Marlies. Make him a budget MacKinnon.

That certainly fair, and I'm not saying the claims are baseless. But one side keeps bringing them up and treating these as cardinal sins that led to the player's decision to... play here for another full 6 years and stay for the entire duration because it was sooooo bad? I think we can all see...

Thank you for noting that there are some inconsistencies to what the agent claims, what Marner said previously in front of cameras, and in general, some repetitive narratives being spun at every opportunity for the purpose of ostensibly 'protecting' Marner and his reputation. The 'not defending...

Cry being the operative word

Lol

Diagnosed with a rupture, btw.

Hmm, looks like Chris Bourque is still retaining his Leafs role and the Marlies management role is an add on.

Greg Moore is to Ryan Hardy as Sheldon Keefe is to Kyle Dubas. Chris Bourque is moving offices from the Director of Collegiate scouting down the hall to the Marlies wing while also holding the role of Head of College Recruitment. Denver Manderson moves behind the bench from his player...

Yep, just couldn't do it this season while still carrying full freight on Tyler Seguin's nearly 10M final year. I don't think the UFA risk is all that high (Robertson turned down 15Mx7 from Seattle) unless there's some other actual contender with 15M available sniffing around.

The risk is Robertson will be UFA upon the expiry of this deal.