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Husband, Father, Leafs fanatic, Code&Stats geek, former competitive axe thrower out of Halifax, NS https://visionsof67.wordpress.com
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I know leafs fans are ready to move on. Hear me out on why we should keep him, at least 1 more year.

Round 2 – Game 7: End of an Era So this post is late. Maybe it's because I believed and it hurt. Maybe its because I wanted time to let the emotion die down. Maybe I wanted to let everyone else give their eulogies first, to maximize clicks. In truth, I wanted to make sure it was the end of the…

Round 2 – Game 6: Etched Well well well... look what we have here. Here we are again. A game 7 with everything on the line. What will get lost in the narrative is that this is PROGRESSION. With years of near cursed levels of 1st round exists in game 7's(or equivalents) from all kinds of…

Round 2 – Game 4+5: Recurring Nightmare So this post is late, I know. But when I originally had the idea to do this I needed to know if it was a near repeat of previous years. I missed Game 4's post due to the busy life that comes with a newborn, but waiting for game 6 to be over to post this is…

Round 2, Game 3: Rielly not his fault Harp on Rielly all you want, his goal got them to overtime in the first place. The leafs defense crumbled in the 2nd period and the Panthers picked them apart over it. But lets not bury the lead. Woll is adequate, good even, gives you a chance to win. I said…

Told yall Leafs were going beyond this year. Its a shame they're not quite the team yet... but soon.

Holding on Orlov is a joke, clearly interference by Mangiapane

Round 2, Game 2: Maximum Effort When it comes to production on this team, when it matters. It needs to be the core 4. I'm going to give Tavares a pass as I think he carried the Leafs strong into the playoffs. Now, when it matters most, the rest of the core has stepped up. Also, let's start adding…

Soon... www.youtube.com/live/KGouFqs...

Round 2, Game 1: Elbows out I waited for a reason this time. I waited to post because I hoped that the league would be reasonable and penalize Bennett for what he did, but he didn't. This league is a JOKE. The best sport on earth, the best fans, and the officiating and league runners are all a…

Battle of Ontario: 2 the MAX So within the chaos of the Leafs losing 2 games, before finishing the job, you may have noticed there were no posts for the losses. This is completely unrelated to the games, as I welcomed my daughter, Aria, to the world. With that, and having settled in, I'm back and…

My god DEMIDOV.

SuperBenny Returns Playoffs 2025: Quarterfinals – Game 3Ottawa(2) @ Toronto(3) (OT) (TOR Leads 3-0) Benoit? AGAIN? You bet. Matthews looked good, Rielly continues to look elevated. The leafs look like one of the strongest teams in the East. They just might be. All patched up? I'm not struck by…

He didn't fucking touch him!!

Playoffs 2025: Battle of Ontario, Act 2 Playoffs 2025: Quarterfinals – Game 2Ottawa(2) @ Toronto(3) (OT) (TOR Leads 2-0) That game started exactly how the last one finished up, and the leafs were direct on the attack for the whole first period they outworked the Sens, who 4 periods in, seemed to…

Maximum Domi, in OVERTIME!!

Playoffs 2025: Battle of Ontario Playoffs 2025: Quarterfinals - Game 1Ottawa(2) @ Toronto(6) (TOR Leads 1-0) This. This is what the damned money is for. How are the Leafs going to contain Brady Tkachuk? They're not. They're going to wait for opportunities and breakdowns, and capitalize on safe or…

They're different this year. I've never said that once during the Matthews era. They are different. And the culture is so deep it is infecting the Core.

Playoff Predictions: Beast of the East Washington Capitals (M1) vs Montreal Canadiens (WC2) Prediction: Canadiens in 7 Why they'll win: They're younger. There's no pressure, they didn't spend their year distracted by a record chase. The Caps aren't as well rounded as everyone thinks, I think the…

Playoff Predictions: Best in the West Winnipeg Jets (C1) vs St. Louis Blues (WC2) Prediction: Jets in 6 Why they'll win: Hellebuyck is an animal. When he's locked he's locked. The Blues are a fine team but this isn't 2019. Some will worry about the Jets playoff history and their worries are valid.…

Leafs it all on the ice So when the Red Wings came out of the 2nd period with a 3-1 lead, I somehow knew this version of the leafs would pull it back and even win it. How did I know this? Well I honestly can't tell you because it wasn't the usual suspects. Myers is showing that the Leafs could…

Unfamiliar Territory (The Battle of Ontario) Where have the Matthews Era Leafs found themselves? Atop the division? One of the hottest teams in the league. Smothering teams when they need to most. Sticking up for one another. Committed. Dominant, even. I'm not familiar with this team. It's too…

Indomitable My gods it's getting difficult to not look at this team and begin to feel the passion. Short on defense they call up journeyman Dakota Mermis and I've gotta say, he's not bad for an 8th D behind Myers, not to mention we still have Rifai and Benning waiting in the wings. Defense and…

Starting Stolie Excellence is never far behind when Anthony Stolarz is at the wheel. Confident, agile, large frame, and good fundamentals. Stolarz is the prototypical starting goalie. Except he's never done it. Even now with Woll having played a slightly larger share of the games, due to Stolarz…

Knies to have him around Wouldn't it be Knies to have Knies locked up? Listen JT is a done deal, Marner has basically decided already to test free agency. Can anyone blame the Leafs if they go into the offseason strong by sitting down and inking Knies for 8 years? Isn't that the type of hustle you…

Masters of your own Destinies The leafs have never seemed so in control of their fate. The ultimate prize of an "easy" first round matchup is dangling in their face, and the only team that seemed hopeless was Florida. But it turns out that without the perennial Selke nominee Barkov, they are a…

Dangerous Duck Hunters For once I think the leafs looked better than the scoresheet provides for. Mind you there was definitely some play that I believe Berube would categorize as cute. Woll joined Stolarz in posting an excellent get right game and the boys come out of California in 1st place in…

Do you think Holmberg did enough tonight to justify turning the bottom 6 back into Mikheyev-Kerfoot-Engvall era busy nothingness?