This note was under my windshield wiper this morning when I got in my car. Potentially the most gutless letter I’ve ever read. A couple notes: Alie and I pay for a permit, we have no parking at our place, the car is where the city instructed us to park. Just nuts!
@cityoftoronto
The Toronto Maple Leafs are worth the most of any NHL franchise (2.65 Billion) and we’re having convos about how paying their home grown stud (88) around 10 million dollars is debilitating to their salary cap picture. Great league. Love it 👍🏼
New
@Sportico
NHL team valuations:
▪️ Maple Leafs
#1
at $2.65B
▪️ Avg team value: $1.31B, up 29%
▪️ Teams generated $6.8B in revenue, including concerts, other events
▪️ Coyotes ($675M) are 23% lower than
#31
Columbus ($880M).
Full list:
Bold social media strategy here:
“Hey, what do you think about tweeting out a video of our captain crying to the refs and talking about how someone’s “gunna get it” in a game where he turtled multiple times”
“Love it”
Marchy mic'd up against the Maple Leafs?
That's a whole lotta bleeps.
Watch the full segment tonight on a brand new
#BehindTheB
, pres. by
@Ticketmaster
, at 10:30 p.m. ET on
@NESN
!
Tavares: "Playing against a team like Boston and games down the stretch, margins are very small. It’s a good lesson for us today. We have to be really good for 60 minutes against good hockey clubs. It’s a good reminder for us."
#Leafs
I want to thank everyone who watches & listens to
#LeafsTalk
from the bottom of my heart, the support for our show is truly overwhelming. Last night STUNK, if you’re able to (get it if you can’t), here’s our show:
@jtbourne
@JDBunkis
The Raptors trade deadline was one of the worst misreads I ever can remember from sports executives. I am truly floored they did what they did. Complete malpractice.
“It means the world to me. We’re looked upon as kind of Gods.”
—
#Leafsforever
Marner re what it means to be a Leaf. Says he won’t start thinking about the concept of a possible extension for another week or two.
This has always been one of the most mind numbing things in Toronto to me. Who’s decision was it to put a beautiful mural of the local hockey team’s blood rival at the subway station by the old rink? Insanity! Paint over it!
The Penguins announced today that the shipment carrying the Jagr bobbleheads for tonight’s game has been stolen en route to Pittsburgh.
As a result, the bobbleheads will not be distributed at tonight’s game, but will be distributed at a later date.
Have Robertson and Reaves played a shift together all year?
Breaking up a really effective 4th line to have 7 minutes of Nick Robertson seems like a really weird move…but we’re kinda used to those by now I guess
It really sucks that every amazing play Willie makes this year will be measured against a contract. What an awesome league! Your billion dollar franchise develops a stud and you have to let him go for nothing because of an arbitrary number to keep the Coyotes competitive! Sick!
Hard to believe the season is done. I want to thank everyone from the bottom of my heart for all the interaction and feedback over the season. We truly love doing this show.
Now time for a bit of a break (☀️ ⛳️ 🍺).
As per the great Stevie Fellin of
@SNstats
, John Tavares’ last 4 goal game was January 27, 2009 in London’s 9-0 win vs Kitchener
3 of the goals were assisted by Nazem Kadri!
#LeafsForever
Really excited for this offseason when the Blue Jays obviously don't end up with Ohtani followed by the "They were very close" reports. There's not many more sure things than that.
Was he too close to the goalie before he got pushed? (He’s allowed to be there). Tried his best to avoid the goalie after the original push and then was pushed again when he was off balance. Usually I can see the refs perspective of these calls but that one is flat out wrong.
I RARELY bring up officiating but it’s a tough look when they call a subtle grab on Holmberg and then Marchment goes full Matt Cooke on McCabe and the say play on. Let’s figure that part out.
So now Eric Furlatt is a bad ref for tonight? This is getting incredibly tiresome. Leaf fans want their uncle Danny with a sign that says “Leaf fan parking” on his driveway to ref the game. Grow up. Win a hockey game.
Really feels like they’re trying to throw Leaf fans trying to travel a curveball…hard to plan a trip when you don’t know when the game is. Absolute bush league.
This is a first for me: It's the morning of Game 1, and the
#leafs
and
#FlaPanthers
still don't know for certain when Game 3 will be played.
It sounds like it's going to be Sunday in Sunrise, but still not 100% confirmed by the NHL.
Hating on Pizza Pizza is so cool for some reason. It’s the Nickleback of pizza, everyone pretends to hate it but when this is how you remind me comes on you’re singing every damn word. Excellent Canadian company that the Leafs have partnered with forever. Great choice 👍🏼 🍕.
A massive reason I got into this business was watching Dutchy on SportsCentre. No one could read a hockey pack like this man. Had the power to make you feel like old friends. RIP 🙏.
My best guess for this atrocity is that he doesn’t like tape on the top of this stick but he wants to avoid a finger getting jammed in there? Any other guesses?
New, for
@TheAthletic
with
@jonassiegel
: While the
#leafs
haven't officially ruled Auston Matthews out of Game 5, he's unlikely to be healthy enough to play tonight with their season on the line.