This is fucking agonizing. Spooner’s carrying the puck up ice on a 3 (possibly 4, I rage quit the game)-on-2 and she puts everyone offside with a stickhandle at the blue line. Canada just doesn’t have it between the ears today.

What a load of shit: she pushed the pad over the line!

Two Canadian defenders chase Murphy into the corner, who throws a blind pass into the slot to a completely abandoned Bilka. Ugggggh.

Canada having a hard time breaking out and with giveaways. Poulin is obviously missed but I don’t think the story would have been much different with her in the lineup. Americans look flat-out faster and better at the moment.

A lot of the Bad Bunny backlash can be summarized as a bunch of people saying “this isn’t for me” but not finishing the sentence with “, but that’s okay.” Instead it’s “THIS ISN’T FOR ME!!”

Goals saved above expectation (per 60) for Olympics goaltenders. Even with his 4 Nations performance, I'm nervous about Binnington.

Been thinking about the Washington Capitals a lot lately. A talented team that couldn't get over the hump under multiple coaches. People questioned their generational goal scorer because of two straight down years (82gm pace from 2011-13: 36G-41A-78P). Sound familiar?

Cirelli + Point for Bennett + Jarvis might be a net positive for 🇨🇦

Save percentage for USA’s three goalies: Swayman 0.903 Hellebuyck 0.900 Oettinger 0.899

Fantasy hockey cyanide

Greentree reads to me as a Tuch Lite or a Mantha Premium. That's a light return for Panarin.

Here's what I submitted for the final question:

Maple Leafs fans: how are you feeling about one of the most disappointing seasons in recent memory? What do you want for the future of the team? Let your voice be heard in @theathletic.com’s Leafs fan survey:

Big night for potential Leafs trade pieces: - Maccelli 2G - McMann 1G - Stolarz 34/36, 0.944 W

What a game from Stolarz. Have to wonder if EDM watches this performance first-hand and decides Jarry ain’t it.

Maccelli heating up at the perfect time

Leafs powerplay opportunity drought ends at 186 minutes. Ridiculous.

That’s 180 mins of gameplay without a Leafs powerplay.

Mangiapane playing like he doesn’t want to be traded to Toronto.

Oilers powerplays feel like they’re six minutes long

It's becoming obvious the reason the Leafs are choosing to sit Cowan recently (aside from him clearly hitting the rookie wall) is to showcase trade assets like Maccelli, who lead all Leafs F in ice time last night, and Jarnkrok.

Wonder what you could get out of Edmonton for a Stolarz + McMann combo. Mangiapane would probably have to come back, plus a (late) first and Howard? A 2nd and Savoie?

Berube replacement? (Miss me with any Trotz as GM ideas, he's been brutal.)

Nick Robertson deserved to see the ice in that overtime.

Elliotte Friedman confirms the Leafs are going to be sellers.

Did he seriously fucking say we’re not getting pucks in deep enough? Can’t get pucks in deep if your team never has the fucking puck, Craig!

As big as I am on retooling, I think I’d rather keep Robertson than get a third rounder for him.

So Brad Treliving’s vision for this team was to make them older, slower, and never control play. Great.

I, once again, implore you to fire Craig Berube.

That Carlo hit looked fine.

Stolarz make a fucking save

Cowan’s definitely struggling in this stretch of the season.

Jesus, watching this Leafs team is tedious.

This Nylander middle finger thing has been so overblown. Jay Rosehill is out here sobbing into the puddle of drool already on his podcasting desk.

wiki.icelist.is/index.php/Ca... The Venn diagram of this list of leaked ICE agents and J6 attendees is probably a full circle.

How perfect that Berube’s head scar is a gigantic frowny face.

I hate that I’m back into this 2015-16 way of thinking where I’m weighing the pros and cons of winning tonight instead of just hoping for a W.

If Bobby McMann wants Josh Doan money ($6.95M AAV), his days as a Leaf should be numbered.

Mid-game Leafs shot counter update: 8

The lack of an edit button on BlueSky may send me back to Threads.

This Leafs team would be right in the thick of it if they could win seven straight. Just win seven straight, guys.

NJD clearing cap space (Palat trade) to be able to take more salary back in a Hamilton trade?

Would have waived Myers before Mermis.

Great stuff from Steve. Not yelly, just resigned to this season being a write-off. Outlines who needs to go and who can stay. It’s time to throw in the towel and start retooling. Get what you can for McMann, Robertson, Carlo, Rielly, Joshua, OEL, Maccelli, Domi and come back better next season.

Fuck this pathetic team, its dogshit coaches and management, and this entire season.

Welp

Pull Stolarz.

The boos are THUNDEROUS. It's glorious.

Are we sure activating Stolarz for his first start in months, in the most emotionally-charged game of the season, is the right move? He is, on the other hand, far more likely than Woll or Hildeby, to throw a blocker to someone's face. So there's that.

Lazy people will point to Marner's departure as the reason the Leafs are underperforming this season, but the data shows they are unaffected both scoring-wise & on the PK, two areas people said would tank w/o Marner. Injuries + goaltending decline are the main issues. But they do miss him on the PP