Search results

Why this keep happening for them

Dangit that's a decent deal for the Sharks.

Jim Hiller: https://mapleleafshotstove.com/2026/06/17/jim-hiller-on-the-maple-leafs-style-of-play-under-his-leadership-as-head-coach/ John Chayka: https://mapleleafshotstove.com/2026/06/17/john-chayka-on-the-hiring-of-jim-hiller-as-leafs-head-coach/ Transcripts of the media availability from...

Good question Water is the essence of wetness. And wetness is the essence of beauty.

I don't think anyone is extolling this transaction as foundational or mountain moving, but there was merely some confusion about why the transaction was made. My confusion now is in trying to figure out what point you're trying to get across.

This is A+ bitchiness

Special guest star on the zoom call lol The one in which John Chayka presents a more robust case for hiring Jim Hiller than Keith Pelley presented for hiring John Chayka. One of us! Willy approved

Pretty hard to be fast if you can't move, tbh

"Skating is the first chain in competing" What convinced [Chayka] that Jim was the one? "the layers of Jim's knowledge and experiences, his experience in the market, his knowledge of some of the players and the organization [...] created a lot of conviction he was the right person." Chayka...

Hildeby (841k)+Andrae (874k QO) isn't going to even remotely command Woll + Benoit numbers (~5M); Philadelphia yo-yo'd him so much he also has almost no arbitration case. Conservatively, that's 3M more room without making a hole in the roster, getting a better skater, and an additional trade...

PHI trade: - clear goaltender pipeline (they’re were going to trade whichever one of Woll/Stolarz yielded a return) to make room for Hildeby/Akhtyamov - clear cap room for potential re-tooling - move net negative defense for puck moving potential (cheap, on the cusp bets) Hiller: - looking for...

It's also pretty clear to me why they made these moves and what boxes are checked, even before the prepared statements and press conferences.

I didn't think Treliving had the wrong idea (win the slots, check everywhere), and I didn't think Berube was entirely wrong in what he wanted to do (forecheck to generate mistakes), but they clearly could not coalesce their ideas into anything that the players would want to do, and they...

So this might be more of a thing for the Leafs now

He was my favourite coach of the #LeafsAreActuallyGood era of the team, insofar as it is possible to care about (assistant) coaches. Every season thereafter when Keefe-Leafs PPs went limp in the back half of the season/playoffs, I always remembered Hiller's units and tactics and how easily...

This is getting quite funny https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/38962/2017/02/23/how-jim-hiller-has-brought-special-teams-success-and-an-analytical-eye-to-the-leafs-bench/ Chayka, former analytics company founder and restauranteur, hires restauranteur Judd Brackett, and now hires former analytics...