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Oh yeah, it’s like an ongoing accumulation of crap. Doesn’t help to recognise it as you say, in terms of changing those pasts. Only hope is the next time they learn… On your point about draft picks, I’d not be as worried about getting a 1st (well I’d still try and get one obviously) but as...

Yes, I think they were (especially Dubas) adapting. The pace of that adaptation was probably too slow. And I wonder if pressure from above also slowed it down. (Trading Marner being blocked by Shanahan debate etc). I'd not have been averse to Dubas picking a Keefe replacement, possibly a season...

Think I can agree with your concerns about best years and health and having wasted those. But even if he can remain a ~40 goal scorer on a "average" year and maybe still touch 50 on an "up" year, if you can surround him with a better cast I think he can remain a top tier talent, especially as I...

I agree with you on the general jist of the mismanagement. And the way you spell it out there makes it even more stark. But I do think they can rebuild around Matthews. And I'd like them to do so. Cos I think he can still be your guy, assuming that's what he wants, of course. It just takes a...

They had their flaws, and we can debate how bad those flaws were, and indeed how much Shanahan over-ruled them, but at least this was kind of what Dubas and Keefe seemed to be at least trying to do. As I say you can debate the success of it, but at least there seemed to be a coherent plan or...

I guess the danger is you trade him to XXXX and he loves it so much more there that he agrees an extension or something. But the narrative is that he loves it in Toronto and wants to stay. If you could get some kind of "gentleman's agreement" that isn't an actual contract with him before the...

On Laughton. I wonder if there's a way of trading him and bring him back in the summer. Best of both worlds.

As for the roster: Goal Woll - keep Hildeby - keep Stolarz - cash in Defense Benoit - cash in Carlo - Trade McCabe - keep Myers - cash in OEL - cash in Rielly - trade in off season Stecher - probably cash in Tanev - keep, consider position during summer Thrun - play him Forward Cowan -...

This HAS to be the course of action. I'd probably let Berube stay til the end of the season also, or maybe find some kind of interim. One who doesn't care about their record and isn't planning a head coaching career of their own at NHL level so they don't mind losing lots. But who might be able...

Can’t wait for the new guy to come in in the summer and try and undo whatever Trelivings Hail Mary might be. While handcuffed to some untradeable behemoth contract overpayment to a mediocre non-fit on this roster. Which needs overhauled cos it has no identity or style anyway.

A high first round pick this summer would be nice. But probably those teams aren’t going to trade it. Maybe we need to do some “hockey” trades where the likes of McMann and McCabe gets you a legit young top end prospect or something. Except do that 4 or 5 times. I think you could get a decent...

Vegas will find a way to sign him. And then he and Marner will win a cup together for them.

That’s a 12 game suspension for McMann, probably.

This is actually quite interesting. It seems to be a specific commentary feed targeted at Europe. They keep calling themselves the “Sunday NHL Showcase” and referring to being seen all across Europe for “free” including now in the UK and Ireland. Seems like a good initiative to give the NHL...

Outshot 18-6 lol

I’d recently got into a nice habit of watching the Sunday afternoon NBA game. Looks like I’ll probably be safe enough to switch to the pre-game show for it soon. This is every bit as bad as I was anticipating. And I was expecting ting really bad.

A game on prime time TV on free to air TV across the whole of the UK and Ireland against the best team in the current NHL. A chance for the Leafs to hook a whole new cohort of trans Atlantic fans. What could possibly go wrong.

I still physically wince and grab my own lower back every time I read “lacerated kidney”

Right. One period of that was enough. I’m going to sleep. And that’s me done until Berube and Treliving are fired. Actually that’s me until Sunday cos the Avs game is airing on UK free to air television on some channel which has randomly decided to pick up NHL hockey so I need to boost the...

Oh, maybe McCabe over OEL