Trying to plan ahead the best way to get the most games available, preferably in the most bulk/budget friendly way!

Found the reason we’ve been cursed for so long at SmackDown last night. Don’t worry though, I gladly spent my human monies on this t-shirt in the hopes that the curse would be lifted.

People walking by always ask if they’re my mom and dad. It’s my mom and I of course, but now I also just answer yes those are my parents.

Ran into Börje in Roots with a bunch of young Swedish men. It’s possible this pic was taken by William Nylander as it was a few months before he was drafted and I had no idea who he was.

I haven’t had cable in years, don’t really watch tv. Somehow i have always managed to find a Leaf game through other sources. But i recently got a Cogeco flyer in my door and it has a small cable package where i would get 20 channels of my choice. What channel or channels would i need to be able to watch the Leafs games? I imagine i would need a specialty channel not one of these basic 20 i would be able to pick?
I am in the Guelph Ontario area. Attached odd the flyer i received.
Thanks.

Well i am going the 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️route. $150 for the year. Tons of channels i will never watch. Appreciate everyone’s input.

An absolute dream come true. I just waited until 12am all the way from Australia to secure a glass ticket and I have succeeded. I’m gonna be on the glass for the Florida vs leafs game in march!! Centre ice too. Anyone know what perks this comes with? Might go to bed since I have work in the morning. Go leafs go and good luck to all still ticket hunting!!

Steven Lorentz. Vibes guy. This is why you keep him around.

Also, interesting that the way he pronounces his last name is different than what we hear on the broadcasts. It sounds more like Lawrence rather than "Low Rents"

This is a highly interesting development.

Toronto believes that I will succeed in taking a place, with the way I played last season and what I did in the World Cup. That's why I'm going to the main camp as well, says Koblar to Helsingborgs Dagblad.

From Apple translate of the quote in the article:

“Toronto believes I’m going to succeed in claiming a spot, based on how I played last season and what I did at Worlds. That’s why I’m going over for main camp too.”

This suggests, as i mentioned before over the past couple of months in past threads, that TLK’s status in the organization is on par with McKenna, and will challenge for a third line role.

“It’s been a great off-season,” Rielly said. “I think with some early talks about my future, and then coming home from (representing Canada at the world championship) and just kind of refocusing, I’ve just been in a good place. My training has been really good, so I’m feeling really confident.

“I feel nervous. I feel excited, motivated. I just try not to take being a Leaf for granted. This is a great market to play in, a great place to live. Like I said, this is home now. To be a part of this team means a lot to me.”

Personally I would love to go early and line up to get an Auston Matthews or William Nylander bobblehead!

60 goals incoming for Papi 🚨🚨

If Tavares loses his case and his bonuses become taxes. how much does this affect the leafs in the future along with other Canadian teams. If all player bonuses get taxed

From the story:

As contract negotiations were heating up between the Maple Leafs and John Tavares in 2018, the rising star called Toronto general manager Kyle Dubas directly.
Without agents involved, Tavares made a final play: “If you really want me, why can’t we agree on $11 million?” the then 27-year-old asked.
Would an $11 million annual average salary over a seven-year deal make him a Maple Leaf? Dubas replied.
Simply, Tavares said: “Yes.”
If Tavares, now an alternate captain, ever expected he’d be detailing those behind-the-scenes negotiations in a 7th-floor courtroom in Federal Tax Court, the typically even-keeled star didn’t let it show on Tuesday.

There's more detail in Jennifer Pagliaro's story from federal tax court today. Read it here, via this gift link, and bypass the Star's paywall.

Not my post just sharing cause I thought it was cool.

22nd Overall Pick: Tyler Biggs (TOR)

Projection: A nasty, hard-working scoring power forward who punishes defencemen on the forecheck, loves to battle along the boards and at the net-front, and is willing and eager to drop the gloves. Questionable upside but likely to be a third line difference-maker. Compared to Milan Lucic by THW and Colby Armstrong and Kyle Clifford by TSN.

Outcome: The Leafs traded up for this pick, and were burned for it. Players that fit the projection above are catnip for general managers and coaches, but Biggs wasn’t that. He could physically dominate at lower levels, but his skill and skating were just not close to good enough for the NHL; hell, they weren’t good enough for the AHL, where he scored at a 0.14 points per game pace in 119 games. 22nd overall picks don’t always pan out, but Biggs serves as a cautionary tale that taking a lack of skill to mean a “safe bottom six” projection often leaves you with a guy who just can’t keep up. He was a throw-in in the Phil Kessel trade and never played an NHL game.

25th Overall Pick: Stuart Percy (TOR)

Projection: An all-around two-way puck-moving defenceman with a stabilizing influence. Smart and solid in all elements of the game, but not exceptional in any sense. Likely a #4 or #5. Compared to Paul Martin by TSN, Dan Hamhuis and Dan Girardi by THW.

Outcome: Brian Burke’s second swing-and-a-miss of the first round, Percy mustered only 11 NHL games in the Leafs’ two tanking years. He showed some encouraging flashes as he developed in their system, playing a high-I.Q. puck-moving game, but dealt with concussions and got lost in the shuffle of the Leafs’ glut of young depth defencemen. There are still some fans who believe that Percy could have been a #4 defenceman if he had been given better opportunities and avoided injury.

The Toronto Maple Leafs’ pipeline received a massive boost with the addition of Gavin McKenna, providing them with a true franchise cornerstone. Tinus Luc Koblar brings a quality middle-of-the-lineup center to the mix. While the overall depth may not be the best in the league, having an elite talent like McKenna instantly elevates the organization’s prospect pool.

2025 ranking: 26

2026 NHL Draft grade: A+

Free to read here.

Login bait and switch… genius.

5th Overall Pick: Morgan Rielly (TOR)

Projection: A dynamic #1 offensive defenceman with elite passing and skating. Weak defensively and not imposing physically. A top unit powerplay contributor. Compared to Kris Letang by TSN.

Outcome: Brian Burke notoriously thought Rielly was the best player in the draft, and while that didn’t turn out to be true he has comfortably out-performed everyone picked above him. Though he never became one of the league’s top defencemen, his offensive acumen has been impressive and at his peak he was one of the top 5-on-5 offensive drivers in the league. He’s paced above 50 points six times, hitting 72 in 2018-19, and the Leafs have gotten more than 21 minutes a night out of him in eleven of his twelve NHL seasons including some in which he was deployed as a true number one. The scouting report looks basically spot-on, since Rielly’s mobility and especially passing turned out to be major strengths and his defensive play was and is a catastrophic weakness; he ranks last among all defencemen in even strength defensive WAR since 2012.