And as much as I wanted Mitch gone, fuck Reaves for feeding Mitch’s sense of grievance with the fans & organization behind the scenes and talking up Vegas as a landing spot for him.

Reaves also doesn’t even deserve to be mentioned in the same sentence as guys like Orr, McLaren or Rosehill.

What the hell did the guy ever do except showboat, play dressing room DJ & run his mouth on the ice and in the media? Guy fought once all last season.

It really is amazing to think how much better off this franchise would be if we made it a yearly tradition each trade deadline day & July 1st to lock the Leafs’ GM inside an electronic signal-shielded cage, totally cut off from the outside world. And then not let them out for the next 24 hours.

Best possible result is them getting humiliated even worse in game six than they did in game five. Hopefully that’d be enough to convince everyone in the NMC crew that it’s time to waive & get the fuck out of dodge.

As for Mitch, nothing more really needs to be said at this point. Putting forth this kind of playoff performance yet again after denying us the opportunity to acquire Rantanen, then fucking off as a UFA is really a *chef’s kiss* picture perfect way for him to wrap up his Leaf career.

Auston Matthews is a rich man’s Alexei Yashin.

And whether it’s an inability to stay healthy through to the start of the playoffs or just down to him not having the mental fortitude to perform when the pressure’s on in the playoffs, it really makes no functional difference at this point.

I think Paul Maurice very well might be more in love with the sound of his own voice than even Jon Cooper. And boy does he ever take pleasure in being a dipshit troll. And it’s so directly at odds with how milquetoast and butter soft he & his Leaf teams were when he was coaching here.

God I miss my dog. He was the best person I knew. Not even close.

Man, fuck Seravalli. You’ve really got to be utterly tone-deaf, drunk on your own self-importance and have jaw-dropping levels of audacity to be an American MAGAt and lecture Canadians on how they ought to feel about Gretzky as a fellow Canadian.

Not surprised to hear this from Seravalli. Even so, you really have to be utterly tone-deaf, drunk on your own self-importance and have jaw-dropping levels of audacity to be an American MAGAt and lecture Canadians on how they ought to feel about Gretzky as a fellow Canadian.

I mean, if I had to pick which of the two would be better at crawling into the oval office on their hands and knees and licking Trump, Vance & Elon boots clean until they gleam with a mirror shine, there’s no contest—PeePee would 100% be the man for the job.

Mitch fucking off to some bummy team for an extra $500K/yr on a $100M+ contract would be the picture perfect end to his Leaf career. Hometown boy who could’ve been as beloved ANY Leaf alumni if he’d had a smidge of playoff success & wasn’t a complete mercenary always chasing above-market value deals

Canada absolutely needs to get on this as well.

Go fuck yourselves, PBS.

I’m already resigned to a 1st round loss to the Sens, and these guys taking away the only pitiful playoff accomplishment (4-0) Leaf fans can hang their hats on over the last 30 years. There won’t be any “fallout”, though. No major changes will be made, they’ll blab on about “lessons learned”, etc.

This is clearly what the Leafs should do. But you just know that despite the fact Tampa & Vegas have repeatedly abused the fuck out of this loophole en route to multiple Cups, the moment the Leafs try it, Bettman will belatedly decide it’s cap circumvention & bring the hammer down.