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Mitch HM Freddy

One of the goofier narratives re: Marner was that he wasn't much of a goal scorer. Playing on a PP with Matthews and Tavares means he's not the team's go-to goal scorer but the idea that he doesn't have the tools to consistently score 30-35 is nuts

Yes. If there's one thing I've been saying for years it's that NHL players are too loud and brimming with personality. Finally a boring guy gets a chance in this sport.

I really don't understand the pull of Matthews to Arizona. The idea that a local guy starring for the hometeam is going to make a massive world of a difference in that market seems really far-fetched to me. The whole point of this is getting exciting young stars out of small Western markets...

California is doing some really cool progressive things in state government. From classifying Uber drivers as employees to making it legal for College Athletes to profit off their likeness and now Public Banking. And the thing about public banking that I especially like is that if people out...

All of the Canadian NHL teams seem to use the same Charter service: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Canada_Jetz See, it's Jets but with a z like the hip kids are using.

And I assume you'd have to buy a new one every so often. Probably better to leave the logistics of all that to the experts.

After a difficult off-season, he scores a goal in the season opener against a rival to give the team the lead. He does a single fist pump, yells "woo" and then looks for his teammates to celebrate with. So...no. That seems ok.

Not that I think what Hughson said was smart, it wasn't, but I'm seeing people on Twitter suggesting he was referring to Kane and the sexual assault accusation. He pretty clearly says 2012 which is about Kane being filmed acting like a drunken idiot. The sexual assault stuff was years later.

If watching Leafs games this month means having to watch dozens of political ads, I may find myself watching playoff baseball most nights.

Tavares is so excited he may let his core temperature run a few degrees hotter than usual.

The thing I really want to see this year is, like, ok. So the analytics say that the PP's best chance to score is by using 4 forwards and 1 defenseman and trying to set up the cross ice one timer. Great. We've got guys who are good at it. However, if it looks like the other team has that...

I'm sure it will make sense as the season goes on but if the PP idea is Marner and Matthews taking shots from either side and Johnsson in front, then it feels like Tavares may be better used elsewhere.

You know, some people may say that a defenseman with the puck skating into four opponents isn't a good offensive strategy but what they don't realize is that it counts as a zone entry so...win.

Not the way I'd have gone but I'm also on record as saying I don't really care and I still don't.

I'm pretty good with a Marek/Friedman studio show.

I thought he'd made noise about retirement. Anyways, he's another guy who I find way, way more interesting when not in "insider" mode.

I don't really have a strong opinion on this one way or the other but I would say that if Babcock genuinely thinks the team is better with Shore in the line-up than I have no real interest in putting Spezza in the line-up as some sort of "classy" hat-tip to the veteran. The Leafs can pull that...

Which would make the Captain after Muzzin just like Wendel Clark. I rest my case.