Joe Pavaelski could be an awesome hire. He could absolutely suck. He could be mid. Just depends on save %

Berube is out. Time to just settle down on the coach drama. No one knows shit about what will happen. Ya'll wanted to anoint a college guy the Scotty Bowman. They all preach the same shit. Effort and defence. If your goalie sucks, you're fucked. Have a beer on patio and chill out

The two coaches of the two most recent successful Leafs eras were Pat Burns and Pat Quinn. Both heavily temperamental characters who walked the line and were full of color. I'm not ruling out the upside of getting Patrick Roy behind the bench. Stop being so serious.

For what it's worth (likely nothing) 93 white wasn't trying to block a last second shot last night. He was trying to get the hell out of the way of it.

In 2015 your Toronto Maple Leafs drafted Mitch Marner, a highly regarded Canadian Winger, one spot ahead of Noah Hanifin and four spots ahead of Zach Werenski. A similar scenario approaches with the added pressure of it being the 1st overall pick. Will history repeat?

If the Leafs draft GM, it's not even close to a plan the parade moment. There's so much personnel and culture changing work to do. Give me a team where your top scorer has 80 pts but everyone works their tales off and aligns with an organizational plan. No more paper tigers.

Let's not get too horny on Dougie Hamilton. Sure he'd be a great addition to our legacy of failure. But let's pump the brakes.

I don't care if you're re-tooling, rebuilding or re-loading, you don't even consider trading Matthew Knies. Not even for a #1 defenceman. There's two #1 defenceman at the top of the draft if you want to trade down. You have 2, 10mil+ lame duck assets to trade. Let's be smart.

"If Koblar was in this years draft, he'd go first overall." Anonymous NHL fan

No Cup in 33 years. Poverty Franchise. At least that's what they were saying about us in 2000

This forward group has gone 12-1 in the playoffs. They make 60mil. We gave 4 guys 45mil.

Morgan Rielly's list of teams will be interesting. Contender or quality of life? If I'm him I'd also want a conversation with the new coach. Heck, maybe even talk to Mats and Chayka and grill them on the direction of the team.

Habs look rattled early. Which means they're wining tonight.

The funny thing about 1967 references by other fans trying to burn Leafs fans is, they were pulling that shit in the 90's. Which would've been 30 years. MTL NYI PHI CAL EDM NYR. Not to mention the never haves. VAN BUF SJ WPG OTT State of MIN PHX/UT So fuck off

Here's a shocking stat. In the last 10 seasons, an NHL conference finals series has gone to 7 games 3 times.

Given a 32 team league, the Leafs have a less than 5% chance of winning a Stanley Cup in the next decade. My Podcast partner and I disagree on this. But I'd rather take a potential #1 RHD than a winger, then look back 10 years from now having spent it all looking for a #1 RHD

Let's assume David Carle is the best NHL coach in waiting. Let's even go as far as saying he would automatically be a top 5 coach in the league. Even that wouldn't have gotten this team over the finish line the past decade. Let's hope Chayka and Matts have a plan.

MM was out the door 2 years ago and he had all that time to decide where to go. I would've chosen Vegas too. Was he ever a bad player? No. Was he a big part of a collective cancer? Yes. He went to a place where the cake was already baked. He ran from a problem he helped create.

You are afforded the benefit of a Crystal Ball. You are guaranteed Gavin McKenna will be as good as Nikita Kucherov Chase Ried will be as good as Drew Doughty. Which one are you taking?

IF Toronto and Florida make the top 3 in the Atlantic next season, who are they displacing? Two of Sabres, Lightning and Canadiens have to go.

It seemed like it was a weak goal by Freddy in year 2 or 3. But the show continued through year 9.

Everyone saying there's the Freddy we know. The Freddy that wasn't Patrick Roy when the core 4 were allergic to a 50/50 puck and the middle of the ice. Suck we couldn't find a goalie who could sew some balls on them.

If both players agreed, would you do Rielly for Nurse straight up? Remember, he's from Southern Ontario. Or is Hamilton not GTA enough?

Be careful not to get tangled up with VGK fans over MM. I checked in on their corner of social media during the Utah series and they were crashing out on him. Funny how tunes can be changed if a player produces.

Here's the thing if you're going to go after Carle. If you think he's this unicorn and you don't want to just recycle a has been, he's your coach for 10 years. He's not going to get dumber. Hold the players feet to the fire for a change.

Who is the Leafs next coach?

If any of us has any self respect, today is not the day to clap back at Habs fans for pointing out the obvious. You can't win. Take the L and retain whatever self respect we have remaining.

It's fitting from a Leafs fan perspective that, of all the Atlantic division bridesmaids from the past decade, the one to make it past the second round first is Montreal.

Newhook > Core 4

Hockey media after TML multiple game 6 and 7 failures. "The Leafs best players were just unwilling to fight for the middle of the ice." Hockey media after MM torches Utah and ANA with continuous free passes to the middle of the ice. "Just proves Toronto is tough place to play."

This has been the shittiest NHL playoffs in recent memory. I hope the TV numbers absolutely tank and the owners are beating down Gary's door. Stop eliminating a 2-3 seed in each division in the first round! They say Gary works for the owners. Let's see if it's true or not.

Explain to me like I'm 5 years old why people are upset about moving on from anyone who was involved in a decade long debacle resulting in a total of 2 series wins. By my calculations, 9 teams were awarded the Cup during that time without Brandon Pridham. Save your fake outrage.

I guess we don't need a Cap guru if we're finished with contract negotiations that resemble hostage situations.

The Leafs could restock the entire organization by trading all 3 goalies

Playoff atmosphere. Preseason level.

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There's no reason if allowed, Easton Cowan can't have a similar role and impact as Zack Benson

Team Chayka

Who is your Gavin Mckenna comparable? Last 20 years. You can't say Todd Warriner or Sergio Momesso.

There is 0 non McDavid data to evaluate Jay Woodcroft as a NHL head coach

Now that two major chips have fallen, do you think Macelli fits under what appears to be a new direction?

I think John Chayka is approaching this job with a "fuck it, I'm playing with house money" point of view. There was probably days he thought he'd never be back in the league.

I'll always remember Craig Berube for giving us our first division title since 2001 and coming within one game of a conference final vs the eventual back to back Cup winners on the backs of a bunch of choking dogs.

The Leafs should be expanding their coach search to include Peewee AAA. It's worked for the Habs.

Matthews gets his 4th coach. Plan the parade.

Jay Woodcroft has less job security than Craig Berube at this exact moment.

Was Leafs playoff hockey ever this electric? Or were we just too consumed with angst to recognize it?

I'll see your goal challenge and raise you a goaltender interference challange. I liked the game better when they were all giving each other CTE

1st overall and who else for McDavid?