It’s not exactly normal to complain about a team that’s in the conference finals, but the Marlies run has been so PDO and vibes coded that it’s acceptable Gruden should not be back next year

We have a surprise contestant being added to insider off! Pierre LeBrun emerges as the surprise tag partner for Seravalli, backing him up on a report that the Leafs have interviewed Woodcroft This is now a 2v1 handicap match vs Friedman

Kyper saving my life: says the names being linked to the Leafs are all over the place on purpose He added nobody really knows what the management group’s plan is based on the names we’ve heard, and there is no way to read into what the game plan might be Wendy’s is back on the menu fellas

If the Leafs seriously looked at Woodcroft, Halpern, and others like that and said thanks but no thanks, tried to pry Carle out of Denver - failed, and then proceed to pivot to Patrick Fucking Roy… If that happens Chayka is never beating the fake nerd allegations

I’m so serious when I say if the Leafs hire Patrick Roy: 1) there is zero point in watching the next 2 years until they fire him, might as well have kept Berube 2) Matthews and Nylander should IMMEDIATELY demand a trade

Oh lawd and Jeff Halpern has been told he’s out this is a nightmare of a week so far

Buddy if this Leafs coaching search ends with Patrick Roy you will never see me again

We’ve got an insider off folks! In the red corner: Frank Seravalli tripping down saying Jay Woodcroft has been interviewed by the Leafs, and is a favourite. Also adds David Carle is OUT In the blue corner: Elliotte Friedman saying Woodcroft is non being considered or interviewed, Carle is NOT out

Ehlers is a great reminder to always bet on talent Also he is currently winning the winger that left a toxic situation bowl Seriously how did like 15 different Jets coaches hate this guy and never give him more than 12 minutes

Kelly McCrimmon and Kent Hughes taking potshots at Toronto today is hilarious mainly because you now have regular NHL fans being like “why is everything about the Leafs” while Leaf fans are like “why do you keep making it about the Leafs” Truly hilarious and dumb stuff today

Now that Carle is out the door, Leafs should consider Jussi Ahokas (just won Memorial cup) Comes with all the same non-NHL risks, has been a good coach in Liiga for a while before helping lead this demon of a Kitchener team, and he apparently wants an NHL gig He’s another outside the box type guy

Man this Max Domi stuff… really hope he’s ok, anytime you’re doing surgery on your back so many weird things can go wrong Hope he’s at least able to walk normally again soon

If the Leafs land Judd Brackett as an AGM I’m going to be over the moon

There’s been a bit more smoke around David Carle to the Leafs I’ll say this: I thought he would hold out for a spot he can grow as a coach with a younger team, Toronto is a tough learn as you go market, you have to show why you’re the guy early. And there will be pressure to improve in 26-27

The NHL conference finals last 5 years • 0 7-game series • 70% of series have been done in 4 or 5 games Gary Bettman will look you dead in the eye and say this format is the best thing possible for the league

Vegas Carolina bound to be one of the worst cup finals for viewership in a bit

Yes!!!!! My hockey team may be so back!!! Need to NAIL the defensive AC hires but offensively at least we will be sooooooo back

Saw the game was somewhat close, watched 3 minutes of awful MacKinnon hero puck, I made the right call not watching most of this game

It is odd that we’ve heard absolutely nothing about any other candidate so far, but I’m assuming the Leafs are just being tight lipped As for the Carle stuff… nice? Would love it, but not holding my breath

To think there was a 91.5% chance that I would aheg to endure a Habs-Knights final WITHOUT McKenna being a Leaf lmao Thank god for Berube being so incompetent that we lucked into him

EASTON COWAN SERIES WINNER WITH 12 SECONDS LEFT MARLIES ARE MOVING ON AHHHHH GIDDY UP COWBOYYYYYYY

Jack Campbell Signs 4-Year/$81M Contract Extension with the Lions | Instant Reaction & Analysis Enjoy! #Onepride youtu.be/0r_X0B7RDu4?...

Alright 6 mins into the conference finals and I’m done with hockey for the year See yall at the draft

So Carolina still doing this whole forget how to play in the ECF gimmick eh

Jack Campbell Signs 4-Year/$81M Contract Extension with the Lions | Instant Reaction & Analysis Enjoy! #Onepride youtu.be/0r_X0B7RDu4?...

V1 of my “how I would fix the Leafs” schizo rosters This is the “who needs penalty killers” roster

The pain of being a Leafs fan is much easier to cope with when you accept the worst possible fate is the guaranteed outcome Vegas is winning the cup over MTL, meaning at least 8-14 more Habs games, and Marner is winning the Conn Smythe and he will call out Toronto in his post-cup interview

This whole David Carle to the Leafs stuff certainly feels like a smoke screen BUT I will say, he’s the hottest name on the market (can argue Cassidy if you want) and that should entice MLSE to open the chequebook for him These mfs LOVE to say they got the top guy out there

Having watched like half of round 1 and like 20% of round 2, and likely even less of round 3 I’ve concluded: Hockey is dumb and nothing good ever happens, football is superior And this has absolutely nothing to do with the Lions being a significantly better run org than the Leafs

Craig Berube was right playing hockey based on hopes and prayers does work

Thompson feel free to shoot it whenever it’s convenient

I’ve never been more confident in some weird ass goal (think Martinez vs CHI 2014) for the Habs here

I’m so ready for MTL to win on a shot from centre ice

Call that a continuation cowards

DAHLINNNNNNN Best defender in this series 0 bias of course

Buffalo trying to pull a “we have Sam Bennett at home”

Ran into a Habs fan with a Pacioretty jersey at the bar Told him Leafs playoff legend He was not happy with me

Montreal bullshit to the fucking max

that was one of the goals of all time 50000 people in front but heyyyy we’ve got a game

Oh how I wish Florida was healthy this year What I would give for a series where Montreal has to deal with Sam Bennett

Came home from a round of golf to see MTL up 2-0… time for another round

It’s a shame Pridham is leaving the Leafs, but if the reports about how Pelley treated him during GM interviews are true, I don’t blame him. He’ll probably end up in Pittsburgh reunited with Dubas Clancey was just a Treliving guy, anti-data and sport science, he was never going to stay

Alright what’s going on in the Habs-Sabres ga-WHAT?

From Friedman:

The NFL schedule is officially out and the Lions’ schedule… kinda sucks Let’s talk about it! #Onepride youtu.be/hl_hePVHtJI?...

Hoping Vegas closes this out tn solely so Woodcroft can become Leafs HC sooner

Wild 💔

Did Brett Kulak just score a series winning OT goal

It often gets ignored because they are so good at controlling the puck, dictating play, and overwhelming opponents through their offensive abilities… But Colorado is kinda mid defensively