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At this rate maybe Ehlers decides he’s got it pretty good here.

2.5 x 3 for Tanev in Utah. Not bad. Not surprised we moved on tho.

Tsn announces John Lu has retired

Now that my time in Toronto has come to an end, I wanted to share what these last nine years have meant to me. Leaving isn’t easy. This city is where I grew up, where I fell in love with hockey, and where I’ve had the incredible honour of living out my childhood dream. Wearing the Maple Leaf on my chest wasn’t just about playing for a team, it was about representing my home. When I was drafted, all I wanted was to help bring a Stanley Cup to Toronto. That was always the goal, and I came up short. I know how much this team means to this city, and I know the expectations that come with wearing this jersey. I gave everything I had, but in the end, it wasn’t enough. That’s hard to admit, because I wanted it so badly, for all of us. To the fans: thank you. Playing in Toronto is special because of you. Over the last nine seasons, I have felt it all: the passion, the pride, the hope, the pressure, and the support. You care deeply, and I never took that for granted. To my teammates, coaches, trainers, the equipment and medical staff, team services, PR staff, and everyone behind the scenes who keep things running, thank you. I’m grateful for every conversation, every moment of support, and every bit of belief you showed me along the way. As I prepare for what comes next, I leave a different person than I was at 18. I’ll always be grateful for my time here, and most of all, I’m so proud to have been a Toronto Maple Leaf. With heartfelt thanks, Mitch Marner. puke. Is it hard? 12 million per year Mitch. Like shut up. Why these guys pretend like this.

I’d take 1 head shot a season for 8 million per.

Boeser staying in Vancouver. I’d imagine all of Ehlers Appleton and Tanev are gone. 2 they prob decided they didn’t want back and 1 gonna take lots of time deciding. They have 22.4 million in cap. Rfas samberg Vilardi and Barron. They prob have about 8 million to 10 to spend today. Samberg prob 6 million. Vilardi likely similar and Barron will get a modest raise. 8 to 10 on UFAs but really outside of boeser and Ehlers, it’s crap.

NHL had the lowest finals ratings in the last several years. Not sure they the one you want to be copying.

Marner ain’t worth that either. Good lord.

Free agency starts tomorrow. They signed pionk Iafallo and fleury and Toews. They haven’t signed Appleton and Ehlers. That’s all they can do right now really. These are all guys signing back with current teams. Minus the Marner to Vegas one. Free agency starts tomorrow. Rumors are brock boeser is a real possibility but he’s technically not a UFA until tomorrow. 6 years at age 37 for Marchand is crazy.

Bettman never wanted Winnipeg to leave. They did everything they could from trying yo find local owners to new arena proposals. Jets didn’t leave cuz lack of support. They left cuz honestly they had 2. Winnipeg Enterprises was never gonna be True North. Quebec City is different. The language is a problem and the guy who wanted to be owner was getting lots of negative press, like balsile in Hamilton , he wanted to do it his way and make noise. True North did it so quietly we didn’t hear about a team coming here until the night before it happened. in terms of expansion you got Houston Atlanta Indianapolis (lot closer than ppl think) and Virginia (there’s lots of talk about Virginia Beach, apparently nhl ratings in Virginia are strong Portland? Vancouver and Seattle say no. Like Montreal with Quebec City.

Lambert has potential to be an Ehlers type but honestly. Hopefully he’s a bit bigger. Nik is small. But nik was also 2 good for the ahl. So yeah… there is no next Ehlers. Perfetti is the set up guy. He needs to be feeding a goal scorer, ahem boeser.

We killed them our week 1 then played them again. Back to back is tough in any sport to win both.

Projected to go round 2. 5 foot 10 scared people I guess.

They need to go back to the normal draft as this one was really really bad tv. Awful. Draft isn’t exactly exciting but this one was real bad. They decided hey let’s make it worse for the viewer at home.

Jets go local with their next pick taking Oakbanks Owen Martin. Perhaps a reach but very solid 2 way forward but not really a scorer or anything like that. But he becomes the 3rd Manitoban drafted by the Jets. Maybe Brandon Tanev ish minus the hitting but that type of player. High energy.

Maybe 2 or 3 years. Kids the youngest D in the draft. Riser. It’s a good thing. Salo. Freij Sasha. All Swedes

MBT gonna go off I think.

Columbus backed out of the Dobson deal. Lots of ppl had Columbus as a possible Ehlers destination but this tells me maybe not. Carolina seems likely now then. Or maybe the Jets. I feel Chevy gave him a date tho and it’s passed now and jets looking at other options. Unless San Jose or Anaheim.

I think Boeser might be a legit option. They got cap. I mean, maybe you see a trade even. I think 28 and a prospect might get you a decent player.

Dobson ain’t worth that much $$$. Brutal.

Everyone has holes. What the **** do the last 3 grey cups have to do with 2025?

T Jones ain’t the problem on D. Honestly the D really isn’t the problem at all, the D starts slow but comes on strong, they have breakdowns like 2 series a game maybe but it’s really the O that games are closer than should be. We 2 and outed the 3rd quarter. That’s not on Jake or T Jones. J jones or person don’t help that.

Most people liked T Jones last year but then they signed a former Argo who looked good against Walmart employees. So tunes they change. The next guy is always the best guy until the next next guy comes along. We have gone from the backup qb being the most popular to the PR guys being the most popular. The evolution of entitlement

I think it comes down to they could go 18 and 0. Win the cup but some of you will say but they didn’t do it my way. We all know they ain’t perfect but sounding like broken records solves nothing either. It just becomes repetitive stuff and you’re kind of one of these yeah but they didn’t do it my way people so ya know, 3 and 0. Yeah but… 4 and 0… yeah but…

1. Zach. Over 300 yards and a rushing TD. He missed 5 passes all game really 2. Demski. He was a GTD and really was tremendous. 3. Kramdi. Just liked the effort and caused a fumble. Almost 2 even. HH. Peterson in the 4th.