#  @JeffVeillette Jeff Veillette Jeff Veillette posts on X about toronto, nhl, money, canada the most. They currently have [-------] followers and [----] posts still getting attention that total [---------] engagements in the last [--] hours. ### Engagements: [---------] [#](/creator/twitter::14836573/interactions)  - [--] Week [-------] -43% - [--] Month [---------] +19% - [--] Months [---------] +542% - [--] Year [---------] -63% ### Mentions: [--] [#](/creator/twitter::14836573/posts_active)  - [--] Week [--] -74% - [--] Month [--] -16% - [--] Months [---] +1,526% - [--] Year [---] -51% ### Followers: [-------] [#](/creator/twitter::14836573/followers)  - [--] Week [------] +0% - [--] Month [------] +0.15% - [--] Months [------] +0.37% - [--] Year [------] +0.55% ### CreatorRank: [-------] [#](/creator/twitter::14836573/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence **Social category influence** [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) [finance](/list/finance) [countries](/list/countries) [nhl](/list/nhl) [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) [social networks](/list/social-networks) [mls](/list/mls) [gaming](/list/gaming) [celebrities](/list/celebrities) [fashion brands](/list/fashion-brands) **Social topic influence** [toronto](/topic/toronto) #208, [nhl](/topic/nhl) #262, [money](/topic/money), [canada](/topic/canada), [jersey](/topic/jersey), [in the](/topic/in-the), [has been](/topic/has-been), [vancouver](/topic/vancouver), [maple](/topic/maple) #69, [if you](/topic/if-you) **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@cansportbetting](/creator/undefined) [@totallyoffside](/creator/undefined) [@atfulemin](/creator/undefined) [@needlesonnews](/creator/undefined) [@yolopinyato](/creator/undefined) [@watchmyreview](/creator/undefined) [@jakebeleafs](/creator/undefined) [@domluszczyszyn](/creator/undefined) [@jujugonz2](/creator/undefined) [@dollaballers](/creator/undefined) [@darcyselke](/creator/undefined) [@mapleleafs](/creator/undefined) [@thatguygriff88](/creator/undefined) [@theoakleafs](/creator/undefined) [@maheshnycto](/creator/undefined) [@cammer17](/creator/undefined) [@jfreshhockey](/creator/undefined) [@jdrew03](/creator/undefined) [@carcelmousineau](/creator/undefined) [@tmlfaninvan](/creator/undefined) **Top assets mentioned** [Spotify Technology (SPOT)](/topic/spotify) ### Top Social Posts Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours "@LewisForMN Update: The police have arrested the bear and also shot him for resisting" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1274172489057402880) 2020-06-20T02:49Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements "Nearly every single "algorithm/science-based" version of these charts is inaccurate to the point of dangerous. They all normalize far-right disinformation & propaganda and make centrist/neo-liberal outlets seem far-left. Newsweek and Breitbart as equal opposites Come on now. Do you have a balanced information diet https://t.co/ZzlSjOguBQ Do you have a balanced information diet https://t.co/ZzlSjOguBQ" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1345412228439306244) 2021-01-02T16:50Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements "Look I'm not replacing Keefe with him and having been a head for so long he probably wouldn't make a great modern assistant. But can't the Leafs just give him one of those advisory jobs where he sits around and plays checkers with Cliff Fletcher or something Bruce Boudreau on OverDrive: Once im not working for somebody im a Leafs fan when im a Canuck oh yeah go Canucks but im not with the Canucks now so Leafs play them Saturday I guess I know who im cheering for. 😂😂😂 #LeafsForever Bruce Boudreau on OverDrive: Once im not working for somebody im a Leafs fan when im a Canuck oh yeah go" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1631431201331314690) 2023-03-02T23:08Z 33.8K followers, 37.5K engagements "@monicroqueta @alchemistmuffin @MC_of_A I use Control Panel for Twitter which has the differentiating emojis but also has feature adds that either reverse changes or add quality of life features. It's quite nice" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1642634442194710528) 2023-04-02T21:05Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements "I try to stay out of stuff like this these days but this is honestly crazy. SNET+ was already a technically flawed service with too many unrelated items lumped together to justify cost when it launched at $180. The jump to $250 was worse. Now to $325 Hard to not call it greedy. WTF @Sportsnet https://t.co/4MIY6G0Sto WTF @Sportsnet https://t.co/4MIY6G0Sto" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1943378971443261497) 2025-07-10T18:37Z 33.8K followers, 160.7K engagements "Dont care what Noel says this is my favourite album of theirs. Not their best collection of songs on the average and the cocaine excess is real but its also the whole point. For all its technical criticisms the perfect sunny summer day adrenaline rush record Be Here Now was released #OnThisDay in [----] How many copies were sold on the first day Be Here Now was released #OnThisDay in [----] How many copies were sold on the first day" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1958558956160217473) 2025-08-21T15:56Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "And the live shows from that era Electric. We need an official release of GMEX [--] some day https://youtu.be/bxd20zLRes4 https://youtu.be/bxd20zLRes4" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1958559389435998564) 2025-08-21T15:58Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "Mine wasn't as steep but I also got a price increase - The team hasn't won a game in two and a half months - They've won [--] of [--] games this season (2 at home) - [--] multi-goal wins at home in the last [--] seasons - Team cut huge salary this year What are we paying for #TFCLive Now Im not great with numbers but it appears my Day One (2007) Seasons Seats with #TFCLive have just gone through a 25% PRICE HIKE after the fifth consecutive season of failure. Have I got that math right @TorontoFC https://t.co/tDzxSrdnRT Now Im not great with numbers but it appears my Day One (2007) Seasons Seats with" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1973488499195281831) 2025-10-01T20:41Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "The Jays playoff game taking over regular Sportsnet is completely understandable but I'm flabbergasted that there's no Plan B for the TOR/MTL season opener other than putting it on SN1. Couldn't throw a bonus night to CBC Offer SN1 on free trial while the Jays are going Wild" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1976052895977177562) 2025-10-08T22:31Z 33.8K followers, 19.6K engagements "Maple Leafs win season opener 5-2 Blue Jays win series clincher 5-2 Toronto FC's up next tonight and I'm looking forward to finding out how they manage to tie a game 5-2 #TFCLive" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1976115556836380805) 2025-10-09T02:40Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "How much did Calgary pay to be included in this Tourists: Ive been to Canada Canada: https://t.co/sNbPpf3zu9 Tourists: Ive been to Canada Canada: https://t.co/sNbPpf3zu9" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1978899909567746521) 2025-10-16T19:04Z 33.8K followers, 31.6K engagements "Still can't believe what we saw yesterday. He looked like an adult deciding to try when playing against their child relatives except it was against a team with the best record in the majors in a do-or-die game for them. The best game anyone's ever played Shohei Ohtani's [--] strikeouts and three home runs in chronological order https://t.co/z51rA0zAx5 Shohei Ohtani's [--] strikeouts and three home runs in chronological order https://t.co/z51rA0zAx5" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1979587262712037847) 2025-10-18T16:35Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "As backwards as it sounds "can't retaliate because we want the PP" will get worse with the Leafs as they try to solve their "grit problem" with more players. The fewer skill guys they have the more they need the PP Unit on for goals. Slower they get the harder to draw calls. Brandon Carlo's perspective on this play: https://t.co/I3cNGERNoj Brandon Carlo's perspective on this play: https://t.co/I3cNGERNoj" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1979968575688335788) 2025-10-19T17:51Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "Keefe's family is still here so not a huge surprise seeing him take advantage of the chance to see some of his former co-workers and future call-ups at the same time on an NJD off-day #NJDevils Sheldon Keefe shown on the broadcast of the Marlies-Comets game Sunday in Toronto. https://t.co/PirjwojZdt #NJDevils Sheldon Keefe shown on the broadcast of the Marlies-Comets game Sunday in Toronto. https://t.co/PirjwojZdt" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1980037406830289108) 2025-10-19T22:24Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "Who the hell let him wear a Leafs jersey ahead of a Game [--] Are they out of their mind Vladimir Guerrero Jr. arrives for Game [--] in an Auston Matthews jersey 🤝🍁 https://t.co/Pkhz1Gtyau Vladimir Guerrero Jr. arrives for Game [--] in an Auston Matthews jersey 🤝🍁 https://t.co/Pkhz1Gtyau" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1980366376058647037) 2025-10-20T20:11Z 33.8K followers, 114.2K engagements "@theDYNAMICS Theres tons" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1980737979930013904) 2025-10-21T20:48Z 33.8K followers, [--] engagements "An easy solution would be to bring back a markup cap (make it even lower than the old one like 10-25% mostly to cover fees) and make it so you can't sell on digital venues immediately after buying them (I was already getting resale offers by the time I got through the queue)" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1981041773943062788) 2025-10-22T16:55Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements "For the latter point make it so you can't resell tickets until either two weeks after recieving them (this would be aimed at like season ticket holders selling days they can't go) or [--] hours before the event (aimed at short-notice events like this WS) whichever comes first" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1981042197731447041) 2025-10-22T16:57Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "They are the end result of spending years trying to mimic the superficial elements of past winners. Of focusing too much on balance rather than identifying a strength making it their identity and establishing waves of it. Now depleted from the damage they are just Good Enough What are the #Leafs though What is this team What are the #Leafs though What is this team" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1981117146848776202) 2025-10-22T21:55Z 33.8K followers, 16.5K engagements "@tozmoon911 @FaizalKhamisa Theyll be on clearance. They make tons of these by design every time. The only time there is difficulty getting any of these sorts of championship/playoff items is if you want them first or if you want them years later" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1981135313033654496) 2025-10-22T23:07Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements "@burner694 They'll likely still be a playoff team I'm not convinced that anyone in the Atlantic is poised to rip up the league so there should still be an opening for them. I think they'll run into the same problems as always once they get there though" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1981152531628904706) 2025-10-23T00:15Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements "@BichetteIsKing @tozmoon911 @FaizalKhamisa This one you mean https://www.neweracap.com/products/toronto-blue-jays-2025-regular-season-division-champions-locker-room-9seventy-stretch-snap https://www.neweracap.com/products/toronto-blue-jays-2025-regular-season-division-champions-locker-room-9seventy-stretch-snap" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1981153037415829594) 2025-10-23T00:17Z 33.8K followers, [--] engagements "@BichetteIsKing @tozmoon911 @FaizalKhamisa Neither of those things means that they're gone though I wouldn't be surprised if what's left ends up back in the Jays shop and/or at places like SVP/Winners/Marshalls by Winter. Would be far from the first time that's happened for now the shelf focus will be on what's next" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1981175828177408111) 2025-10-23T01:48Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements "@ConnorTheLeafs @DarcySelke Yeah seriously. Marchment/Malgin was an offensive downgrade Kadri deal was them deciding Naz had to go and they needed a defenceman and a lesser shutdown forward back. The original trade was for Brodie and Jankowski which was even more defence-focused" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1981429287581352053) 2025-10-23T18:35Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements "I am literally just a guy these days. I never owed anyone a personalized explanation for anything to begin with but I especially dont now lol #Canucks When you firmly position yourself as a know it all fuck-head contrarianyou probably should engage in those back and forths. Show some goddamned humility. Just bc youre mediadoesnt mean everyone else knows Jack shit about hockey you fkn muppet #Canucks When you firmly position yourself as a know it all fuck-head contrarianyou probably should engage in those back and forths. Show some goddamned humility. Just bc youre mediadoesnt mean everyone" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1981443871013032075) 2025-10-23T19:33Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "Unless he's retiring or wants to leave declining the option on Sean Johnson seems insane to me. He's been the only player who's consistently kept this team somewhat watchable over the past couple of seasons. With that said he deserves better so I'm happy for him. #TFCLive Toronto FC Announce Year-End Roster Moves Ahead of [----] Season. 🖊 Read More 📰: https://t.co/k3Wq904vAg https://t.co/wk9TmKH1dI Toronto FC Announce Year-End Roster Moves Ahead of [----] Season. 🖊 Read More 📰: https://t.co/k3Wq904vAg https://t.co/wk9TmKH1dI" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1981731220561047825) 2025-10-24T14:35Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "Lotta are you sure youre in Toronto in the replies/QTs from those who dont realize how good we have it Theres an epidemic of people convinced they live in hellscapes thanks to cherry picked social media ragebait but most cities are better than advertised - especially here Toronto clean AF Toronto clean AF" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1981823045548618009) 2025-10-24T20:40Z 33.8K followers, 165.3K engagements "@KPapetti The [--] that cashed was worth about 99.55% and were rounding up tonight" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1981926718148415532) 2025-10-25T03:32Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "Toronto was much grimier and more dangerous in those decades than it is today. If youre saying stuff like this its a combination of being nostalgic for your youth and not having 24/7 news and algorithmic social media telling you that everything is on fire around you back then @JeffVeillette The level of how good we have/had it is known by people who were young in the 60s 70s and 80s. Life was amazing those years. Not the same anymore. @JeffVeillette The level of how good we have/had it is known by people who were young in the 60s 70s and 80s. Life was amazing those years. Not the same anymore" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1982140308943999030) 2025-10-25T17:40Z 33.8K followers, 22K engagements ""I don't know if there was intent or not" They were returning back to the US though Asked about the trip from Toronto to LA Dave Roberts said: "I don't want to get too far into it. I just arrived about [--] minutes ago. So there was some delays. I don't know if there was intent or not. But man the international stuff was a bear. But we made it. We made it." Asked about the trip from Toronto to LA Dave Roberts said: "I don't want to get too far into it. I just arrived about [--] minutes ago. So there was some delays. I don't know if there was intent or not. But man the international stuff was a" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1982618185145995328) 2025-10-27T01:19Z 33.8K followers, 14.7K engagements "Narrative arc on this from the Toronto POV is going to be clowning on Marner when it should be that a divisional rival seems to have found yet another tenacious NHL-useful guy for a can of beans something the Leafs have failed to do much of in recent years Dominic James just BULLYING Marner https://t.co/Jv5pRKuBIm Dominic James just BULLYING Marner https://t.co/Jv5pRKuBIm" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1982639488854814754) 2025-10-27T02:44Z 33.8K followers, 16.7K engagements "The fact that Benoit is a Top 2-3 found wallet for the Leafs in the 2020s should be an alarm bell not a gotcha https://x.com/MyGOATLiljegren/status/1982653708916965464 Same guy that bitches about Simon Benoit on an hourly basis btw https://x.com/MyGOATLiljegren/status/1982653708916965464 Same guy that bitches about Simon Benoit on an hourly basis btw" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1982656596284153924) 2025-10-27T03:52Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "@kokisuren Hes [--] had a solid college career prior had [--] points in his first [--] AHL games out of the gate and has been a serviceable energy player in the NHL right away too. Well see where he lands but he seems on track to being A Guy and he was a freebie for them" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1982805873140330983) 2025-10-27T13:45Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements "Loving it At the Nat. @vancanadians #WantItAll #WorldSeries https://t.co/3JGBkUkoNd Loving it At the Nat. @vancanadians #WantItAll #WorldSeries https://t.co/3JGBkUkoNd" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1983003273037766687) 2025-10-28T02:49Z 33.8K followers, 10.8K engagements "I'm okay with choosing to face him head-on. Fortune favours the brave and all that I do not understand going from a mound meeting to a Home Run Derby-level meatball Why would you pitch to arguably the best player ever Why would you pitch to arguably the best player ever" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1983006093182939373) 2025-10-28T03:01Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "Okay [--] and [--] are crapshoots with how the calls have come this game but [--] man. https://x.com/JohnnyGiunta_/status/1983031912806387841 That was never in the strike zone. https://t.co/uE9Vnzl57Z https://x.com/JohnnyGiunta_/status/1983031912806387841 That was never in the strike zone. https://t.co/uE9Vnzl57Z" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1983032333377695926) 2025-10-28T04:45Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "@FaizalKhamisa I haven't had a caffeinated drink in [--] months and today is the first true test of my patience" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1983228766768792027) 2025-10-28T17:45Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements "Switching over to baseball now but the whole Frozen Frenzy thing feels already cooked. Don't understand the point of having all [--] teams playing if the broadcast is just going to overflow with ads interviews and segments instead of well the [--] hockey games" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1983320663604830462) 2025-10-28T23:51Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "When I played in the @BuffaloSabres ball hockey tournament in September we got vouchers for tickets to a regular-season game. Our team chose Sabres/Caps this Saturday. We did not expect that the Blue Jays could be playing in Game [--] of the World Series that night" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1983372714154045577) 2025-10-29T03:17Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "Some pictures are worth a thousand words this one is worth $1.2 billion Best Poster of the World Series so far. https://t.co/hDYwGq4nCx Best Poster of the World Series so far. https://t.co/hDYwGq4nCx" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1983552961063313470) 2025-10-29T15:14Z 33.8K followers, 1.5M engagements "Didn't think this had to be explained but $1.2B = Ohtani ($700M) + Vlad ($500M)'s contracts put together https://x.com/SportsD24733772/status/1983682264023364070 @JeffVeillette Freemans worth [--] billion in that case lol https://x.com/SportsD24733772/status/1983682264023364070 @JeffVeillette Freemans worth [--] billion in that case lol" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1983685213214695573) 2025-10-29T23:59Z 33.8K followers, 24K engagements "I don't know why everyone's complaining about the Canadian anthem at the World Series Game. That was a once-in-a-lifetime moment. How often do you get to see someone opt to do the bilingual version and then butcher both the English *and* French parts" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1983686539524858023) 2025-10-30T00:05Z 33.8K followers, 22.3K engagements "The Leafs never actually attempted to be spreadsheets-first. This might be the biggest myth in the book. They started caving towards older-school demands almost immediately progressively going further and further towards that well with each year until they got to Diet [----] @JeffVeillette Spreadsheets-first didnt exactly produce results either @JeffVeillette Spreadsheets-first didnt exactly produce results either" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1983697665440588019) 2025-10-30T00:49Z 33.8K followers, 13.4K engagements "Closest thing you can argue to the Leafs being a spreadsheet team is maybe their drafts Which makes sense there's no value in drafting floor guys better to swing for impact and hope for the best. But the main roster turned into balance-chasing almost as soon as the era started" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1983699207224750383) 2025-10-30T00:55Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "@jakebeleafs From my IRL friend circle discord" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1983714885591507358) 2025-10-30T01:57Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements "@MaheshNYCTO Instantly off the dome the longer I sit on a line the worse they get" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1983726271634010401) 2025-10-30T02:42Z 33.8K followers, [--] engagements "The most absurd stat in this game is the fact that the Blue Jays could've put their bats in a box and started sending them to Toronto after the third pitch of the game and still won" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1983737438112772485) 2025-10-30T03:27Z 33.8K followers, 31.5K engagements "Every team in the league says some version of that. What actual evidence is there of the Leafs backing those words up to build an all-analytics all-skill team at any point from [----] to now @JeffVeillette Dubai himself said they were using analytics to build a skill team. @JeffVeillette Dubai himself said they were using analytics to build a skill team" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1983984124869406735) 2025-10-30T19:47Z 33.8K followers, 15.1K engagements "From my POV Toronto until recently did a good job of avoiding obvious anvil deals but still chased balance. Everyone talks about them trying and failing to do something radically different but they mostly just tried to be a slightly more cost-effective traditional team" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1983984127532749229) 2025-10-30T19:47Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "Never a bad idea to pre-scout your opponents Jesus at a Devils game 🤔 https://t.co/a6IeXVte6l Jesus at a Devils game 🤔 https://t.co/a6IeXVte6l" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1984098298547118095) 2025-10-31T03:21Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "@BringBackBabs So is pretending that those two series have been the only ones when they've played Boston three times Tampa twice Florida twice the Presidents Trophy Caps etc" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1984273626489893042) 2025-10-31T14:57Z 33.8K followers, [--] engagements "@DarcySelke @BringBackBabs Barrie would probably be the answer given here though worth noting the first attempt at an acquisition when they made that trade was Brodie and Barrie was the "we've already committed and this is the best we can get" fallback" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1984302195550847418) 2025-10-31T16:51Z 33.8K followers, [--] engagements "@DarcySelke @BringBackBabs With that said on the last note I'm not here to have an old boss / new boss fight. I think LL/KD/BT all have culpability in this spin cycle to the middle" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1984307145928507456) 2025-10-31T17:11Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements "@ConnorTheLeafs We wandered around during Fan Fest (I got the tickets for tomorrow from the Ball Hockey tourney) and it seemed nice enough. Wanted to catch a game. Had a jersey ready and everything" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1984465720873238752) 2025-11-01T03:41Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements "Ive seen enough Jays by a million Vladimir Guerrero Jr. arrives for Game [--] in a Marie-Philip Poulin Team Canada jersey https://t.co/HqRWmSSDhQ Vladimir Guerrero Jr. arrives for Game [--] in a Marie-Philip Poulin Team Canada jersey https://t.co/HqRWmSSDhQ" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1984709762617839903) 2025-11-01T19:50Z 33.8K followers, 25.2K engagements "@BhoyWonder_ @BlueJays @NHL @NHLMedia @EASPORTSNHL @MLB @MLBONFOX @pou29 @HockeyCanada @IIHFHockey @thepwhlofficial @HockeyHallFame Lindros is one of my favourite players of all time and I think he's underrated by the younger generation but MPP is pretty clearly the most clutch big game player man or woman to ever wear the Canada sweater. Eric god love him doesn't have that same aura around him" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1984729312268890129) 2025-11-01T21:08Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements "Ed Sheeran warming up for the Dodgers" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1984808309971472527) 2025-11-02T02:22Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "Yamamoto the MVP for sure. God this sucks" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1984837920474481030) 2025-11-02T04:20Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "I just took the saddest bike ride home ever walked in this was the first thing I saw when I opened my screen and now I'm wondering why I didn't ride into Lake Ontario instead The Dodgers batted .203 in the World Series got outscored 34-26 and won it all. The Dodgers batted .203 in the World Series got outscored 34-26 and won it all" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1984849916506882349) 2025-11-02T05:07Z 33.8K followers, 68.8K engagements "Ive done my share of defending IKF and I really dont think it does us any good to make him a public enemy so I hope people dont make this personal with him but man this is gonna haunt for a long time. A better lead off or he just runs through and its Torontos. Tragic MIGUEL ROJAS GETS HIM AT THE PLATE https://t.co/lAW2GEcdDh MIGUEL ROJAS GETS HIM AT THE PLATE https://t.co/lAW2GEcdDh" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1984859234832671203) 2025-11-02T05:44Z 33.8K followers, 17.8K engagements "Slept on it. Feel no better. Just a brutal haunting way for this to end. So close in so many different ways. Who knows if they find their way back in this spot again any time soon. I hope so but I fear a lightning in a bottle scenario too" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1984995785834913963) 2025-11-02T14:47Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "Seen a lot of stuff like this and its so stupid. Hoffman had some bad regular season moments but came through all playoffs. Got rocked at the wrong time. Jays left a million guys on base last night. Wish he had just a bit more juice in him but a thoroughly undeserving fall guy. Jeff Hoffman we will always remember you as the fucking loser that you are. Jeff Hoffman we will always remember you as the fucking loser that you are" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1984999505289162841) 2025-11-02T15:02Z 33.8K followers, 42.1K engagements "Shohei rules. He has the right to put himself in the best position to succeed. The Dodgers putting their infinite revenue into getting the best players possible is better than them hoarding the money. Other fans can be frustrated with having to go up against them. All can be true Shohei Ohtani is a likeable guy. He is respectful. He is a fantastic teammate. He plays the game hard and fair. He is modest despite his generational talent. I cannot stand the many many fans of other teams who wish for him to fail. It's toxic. These aren't real baseball fans. Shohei Ohtani is a likeable guy. He is" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1985005764797415718) 2025-11-02T15:27Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "@Kayla_Grey They're probably sick of it too tbh One half for sure but I bet even Kendrick doesn't want this to become too much of his legacy just a quick moment" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1985031817645228075) 2025-11-02T17:10Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "As an aside stuff like this is Canada-wide right now. Which ones you find will be region-dependent but pretty much every Marshalls/Winners has some form of throwbacks for $99/$129. Pretty sure Fanatics is making them directly for these sorts of locations for gifting season. Local Marshalls store had these. The orange Oilers looks great. Canucks is just weird with that bright red instead of the correct darker shade. https://t.co/xLbpRya4DK Local Marshalls store had these. The orange Oilers looks great. Canucks is just weird with that bright red instead of the correct darker shade." [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1985175634247618665) 2025-11-03T02:42Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "@adamhuras I've already got a pro authentic from back in the day so I held off but it was suprisingly nice for the price yeah. If the turn of the century ones with the logo-font numbering hit the stores (Mats hopefully but I'd settle for Cujo) I'd probably pull the trigger" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1985181637592686650) 2025-11-03T03:05Z 33.8K followers, [--] engagements "Absolutely not. Would be nice for the fanbase to come up with some sort of cool gesture for the team to show our appreciation for the run but the parade comes with the trophy. I guarantee it wouldn't sit well with the players either for it to happen this way. Dear Mayor Chow: The Blue Jays deserve a parade. The fans need a parade. ALCS Champions is worth celebrating. #BlueJays Dear Mayor Chow: The Blue Jays deserve a parade. The fans need a parade. ALCS Champions is worth celebrating. #BlueJays" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1985372640010260702) 2025-11-03T15:44Z 33.8K followers, 21.8K engagements "Still have the original mug found one of the original long sleeve tees while pulling out one of my "for when I'm back to this size" bags last summer. (Unfortunately the original hoodie is gone) Shame things landed the way they have. @JeffVeillette I remember the "actually good" mugs Can't me back those times. This is an utter mess and just going to get worse @JeffVeillette I remember the "actually good" mugs Can't me back those times. This is an utter mess and just going to get worse" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1985521221287518263) 2025-11-04T01:35Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "I do not think it's a coincidence that the best that the Blues were on a day-in day-out basis was when Berube had a roster that required a focus on puck movement rather than one designed to appease the idea of him Really starting to wonder about Berubepuck Really starting to wonder about Berubepuck" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1985524934739648952) 2025-11-04T01:50Z 33.8K followers, 11.2K engagements "@e_presement With enough work the Ryder Cup is in their sights" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1985528325700276487) 2025-11-04T02:03Z 33.8K followers, [--] engagements "The most annoying part is that you know that every person who asked for this Leafs team is going to see this and say that the problem is that this group doesn't care/want it enough and that the solution is to burn the last remaining assets to acquire clones of the same guys" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1985529747770663230) 2025-11-04T02:09Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "@domluszczyszyn @KwnStorm @e_presement After Babcock we're never getting an early-contract firing by a Rogers-owned team again" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1985533592173461916) 2025-11-04T02:24Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements "They still mean everything. If you're a Jays fan you'll remember this run for decades. "Anything less than a championship is a failure" is one of sports' biggest pitfalls I hate that these iconic photos now mean nothing https://t.co/q5XrD4859Z I hate that these iconic photos now mean nothing https://t.co/q5XrD4859Z" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1985765287258619924) 2025-11-04T17:45Z 33.8K followers, 145.4K engagements "I think if you can't enjoy sports *at all* unless your team wins the last game of the season there's very little point to this whole thing. In general being able to take nothing positive from setbacks/failure/defeat is a miserable and generally unproductive way to live life. @JeffVeillette Anything other than a championship is a consolation prize and means nothing @JeffVeillette Anything other than a championship is a consolation prize and means nothing" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1985821065835380965) 2025-11-04T21:26Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "This sounds like an absolutely miserable way to enjoy life 99% of the time but if it works for you I can't argue with that @JeffVeillette If you dont win then you lose. Those photos should fill fans with agony and despair. Not channeled negatively but it should make them come back and hope harder next season the same as what happened to us Dodgers fans in 2017-18. But yes the [----] Blue Jays season WAS a failure. @JeffVeillette If you dont win then you lose. Those photos should fill fans with agony and despair. Not channeled negatively but it should make them come back and hope harder next" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1985831036576825784) 2025-11-04T22:06Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "So will the American baseball media admit that the whole "good players going to Toronto would be bad for baseball" thing they've been doing for years was a gigantic misfire or Game [--] of the WS averaged [----] million viewers combined across the United States Canada and Japan making it the most-watched MLB game in [--] years. Game [--] of the WS averaged [----] million viewers combined across the United States Canada and Japan making it the most-watched MLB game in [--] years" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1986126643287539854) 2025-11-05T17:41Z 33.8K followers, 50.9K engagements "@MaheshNYCTO 27M average 33M peak highest ratings since G7 [----] https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6780686/2025/11/05/mlb-world-series-tv-ratings-fox-dodgers/ https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6780686/2025/11/05/mlb-world-series-tv-ratings-fox-dodgers/" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1986127223632650300) 2025-11-05T17:43Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "@sportsarenicce I mean I dont really mind fanbase chirping or whatever. Not saying opposing fans need to respect the Jays or whatever. Im saying that people within the fanbase are allowed to appreciate the ride amongst each other" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1986191277558231410) 2025-11-05T21:57Z 33.8K followers, [--] engagements "Cure your post-World Series depression by going to a Leafs game they said" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1986215984990953605) 2025-11-05T23:36Z 33.8K followers, 255.8K engagements "Dont love most fake jerseys but I love seeing old ones of guys that barely made sense to buy legit ones of in the first place Theres a guy in my section at the Leafs game wearing a fake Kris Versteeg jersey and Im pretty sure him and my dad were the only ones to ever get one" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1986229938152697925) 2025-11-06T00:31Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "A closer to 100% Matthews is a huge saving grace for this team if it holds Matthews is just flat out moving better and its amazing how everything works better when youre skating. https://t.co/G9bZgLFW5f Matthews is just flat out moving better and its amazing how everything works better when youre skating. https://t.co/G9bZgLFW5f" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1986247392262275087) 2025-11-06T01:40Z 33.8K followers, 16K engagements "@CarCrashIngg They spent open-market star player money on a guy who gave them star player results for seven years when most seven-year signings usually crater by the end of it Their mistake was taking the lineup beneath him and the other stars and building it around time-killing/defending" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1986538421003731318) 2025-11-06T20:57Z 33.8K followers, [--] engagements "@WhyBother119756 @_matt_hammer No it's a reflection of open market value (UFA) vs mostly closed market value (RFA). Elite players get elite money when [--] teams are on the board with no asset capital involved. Just for fun - pretend we don't know about Covid what do you think his "fair" value was in 2018" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1986552129650053465) 2025-11-06T21:51Z 33.8K followers, [--] engagements "Most under-appreciated Leaf of my lifetime. Humming along like this in his eighth season post-UFA team change is almost unprecedented What an absolutely ridiculous season from Tavares so far https://t.co/7XAmyQBH7G What an absolutely ridiculous season from Tavares so far https://t.co/7XAmyQBH7G" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1986879082542329887) 2025-11-07T19:31Z 33.8K followers, 19.9K engagements "A good biopic actor understands the underlying purpose isnt necessarily the best cosplayer. Good scripts help too. The two Steve Jobs movies are a good example. Kutcher looked and sounded more like Steve but the Fassbender movie captured his spirit way better. The problem with biopics like this is that a part of your brain will always be judging how good the likeness/voice is instead of experiencing the actual story. They ought to find a way to depict pop stars a little less conventionally perhaps as a CGI monkey The problem with biopics like this is that a part of your brain will always be" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1987009545277763962) 2025-11-08T04:09Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "Tying goal hits both posts then a minute later a prospect you traded away scores an insurance marker on a play where the stay-at-home defenceman you traded him for gets pulled [--] feet from the net. Scriptwriters working overtime Fraser Minten 5-3 https://t.co/T7IzqzJOSs Fraser Minten 5-3 https://t.co/T7IzqzJOSs" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1987355389327708630) 2025-11-09T03:03Z 33.8K followers, 56.7K engagements "@03jassi Where can I download one of those" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1987358067143454989) 2025-11-09T03:14Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements "This is triple the production of both their deadline guys combined this year so not the best gotcha. And hes [--]. And Grebenkin (22) has outscored them combined too. And thats before factoring in the draft picks and the fact they very well might do this again in three months I love when a former leaf scores against them and they act like hes the next coming of Christ lmao 😂 https://t.co/E3VlRayHCF I love when a former leaf scores against them and they act like hes the next coming of Christ lmao 😂 https://t.co/E3VlRayHCF" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1987519246151131276) 2025-11-09T13:54Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "@Cheeko905 Whyd you post his boxcars then Mintens also notoriously considered a two-way guy. Hes outhitting and out blocking the guys they brought in too his on-ice shot metrics are better. What are the others doing better besides being older and more expensive" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1987520687339082177) 2025-11-09T14:00Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements "When it's said in the moment it's too early to have an opinion. When it's repeated after it proves to be true it's hindsight. Every time @NeedlesOnNews @JeffVeillette Sure and Id even agree with you in that regard. Those guys were probably the best guys on the market at the time Jeff is just getting caught up in hindsight like he always does. @NeedlesOnNews @JeffVeillette Sure and Id even agree with you in that regard. Those guys were probably the best guys on the market at the time Jeff is just getting caught up in hindsight like he always does" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1987528953075319178) 2025-11-09T14:33Z 33.8K followers, 22.3K engagements "@Cheeko905 @NeedlesOnNews Has the possibility that he is one of the players in the "useless" tier occurred to you or" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1987530236724912208) 2025-11-09T14:38Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements "@Cheeko905 @NeedlesOnNews They absolutely could afford to do that there were a lot of warning signs that last year's team wasn't going to be a force in the spring barring Stolarz stealing a deep run they just chose to settle anyway" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1987531416008380543) 2025-11-09T14:43Z 33.8K followers, [--] engagements "@Cheeko905 @NeedlesOnNews The Leafs would probably have done a lot better with themselves over the past eight or so years if they weren't trying to appease people's expectations at every turn. Trying to win the Intermission Broadcast Panel is what's incrementally curled them back towards the middle" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1987532484834136284) 2025-11-09T14:47Z 33.8K followers, [--] engagements "Did Reaves ever come to a teammates defence in Toronto Basically of his fights were show bouts against his shortlist Against Boston in 23/24 we saw Marchand injure Liljegren followed by Reaves doing nothing and then lying about not getting a chance to get on the ice with him This is when you miss Reaves. Sucks not have someone that can beat the shit out of Zadorov. Hate the guy. This is when you miss Reaves. Sucks not have someone that can beat the shit out of Zadorov. Hate the guy" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1987651912582516926) 2025-11-09T22:41Z 33.8K followers, 14.8K engagements "Always love listening to Wendel talk about players past and present. He gets caricaturized by the "everything must be grit" crowd but when you hand him the microphone he's always had such an appreciation for talent. Likely why he was able to bring both ends to his own game. Wendel Clark speaks to how talented Alexander Mogilny was (not so much @maydayhockey 💀) https://t.co/peSx7GL3qw Wendel Clark speaks to how talented Alexander Mogilny was (not so much @maydayhockey 💀) https://t.co/peSx7GL3qw" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1987667514264817870) 2025-11-09T23:43Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "Everyone who either built this blue line or encouraged it as a good idea along the way should be subject to a class-action lawsuit The Leafs dont have [--] defenseman you trust with the puck on their stick. Not one. Absolute disaster every game. The Leafs dont have [--] defenseman you trust with the puck on their stick. Not one. Absolute disaster every game" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1987715166184878475) 2025-11-10T02:53Z 33.8K followers, 21.6K engagements "Anyway some will say "they lost two after winning [--] of [--] relax" but it's hard to actually watch this Leafsteam and feel confident in the long view. Currently pacing to their worst record in a decade and that's with three of their core guys having career-best starts. Worrisome" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1987724796189196291) 2025-11-10T03:31Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "They're scoring enough "goals" because Nylander Tavares and Knies are blowing the lid off of their career bests out of the gate and shooting at approximately 6000%. They've taken [--] or fewer shots in three of the last four games. "Most of the team can't make plays" is the issue Craig Berube post-game: We're scoring enough goals every game but we're letting in too many goals. Pretty much the season is we don't value the defensive side of the puck enough. Craig Berube post-game: We're scoring enough goals every game but we're letting in too many goals. Pretty much the season is we don't value" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1987730355722350868) 2025-11-10T03:53Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "I'm not exactly here to say Lalonde is great but the sheer speed at which the discourse went from "no one in Toronto knows his name or remembers that he's here" to "everyone thinks he's the problem" kinda shows how influenced everyone is by media consumption. @JeffVeillette I wonder what is different from last year hmm I didn't like the hire when it was announced this summer he needs to go @JeffVeillette I wonder what is different from last year hmm I didn't like the hire when it was announced this summer he needs to go" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1987927673276956819) 2025-11-10T16:57Z 33.8K followers, 19.9K engagements "Toronto has pretty consistently spent decent money on their bluelines "The Core [--] got in the way" has always been a bad excuse. Leafs offsetted their cost by not having much bad money on the table. Plenty of affordable mobile d-men were available across the era. They chose this @JeffVeillette Couldnt afford better because of the core [--] and now its too late with no more assets to trade @JeffVeillette Couldnt afford better because of the core [--] and now its too late with no more assets to trade" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1987942257295491222) 2025-11-10T17:55Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "@MichaelGibwej6 Even with Sandin I understood replenishing their assets but not keeping Gustafsson for pennies on the dollar after was a noodle scratcher" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1987957547790209517) 2025-11-10T18:56Z 33.8K followers, [--] engagements "I wouldve kept Marner if it were possible. Not having Marner certainly doesnt help them but it isnt why theyre struggling this year. Their overall game was struggling for most of last year too with him as their most used forward. Stolarz [-----] masked it. @JeffVeillette re: "Most of the team can't make plays is the issue" is the issue This is not the main prob this team has right now. What is Goal Diff Col +22 (1) Tor [---] (T-15) Best Def F was kicked out the door. Rest of Fs are too weak Def to keep puck out of own net.🤢 @JeffVeillette re: "Most of the team can't make plays is the issue" is" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1988025046804427179) 2025-11-10T23:24Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "@zoltanxvamos @simonleafs They showed a ton of these warts last year in some senses even worse with Marner still here and Lambert instead of Lalonde The biggest difference right now is that Stolarz isn't putting up Vezina numbers anymore so close wins are flipping to losses now" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1988269266064306649) 2025-11-11T15:35Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements "Getting hard to look at the year-over-year of Toronto's shot/goal metrics at 5v5 and not see this trending the wrong direction in a hurry. Not just this year either. Started in 2023/24 really picked up last year but Stolarz hid the underlying damage and now we're at today" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1988281696509108663) 2025-11-11T16:24Z 33.8K followers, 18.2K engagements "One-goal games were another quiet mask for the Maple Leafs last year. Not counting empty netters they had just [--] wins last year by more than two goals. Their record in games decided by one non-EN goal was 33-12-4 something described as scrappy in the moment but hard to repeat @tj96111030 Yes but Stolarz's numbers were much better and they had a better record by PTS% with him in Woll's thing was more about being in an abnormal amount of close wins. His record in games that were won by [--] (or [--] with an ENG) was 17-6-1 which is another hard-to-repeat thing @tj96111030 Yes but Stolarz's numbers" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1988302439121121716) 2025-11-11T17:46Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "One example of one-goal wins being deceiving is the 16/17 Ottawa Senators. They brought in a new defence-first coach got outplayed but won a bunch of close games had a surprise playoff run got praised for breaking analytics then missed the playoffs for seven years in a row" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1988303283463843909) 2025-11-11T17:50Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "So uhh how are we feeling about the Leafs after tonights game" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1988447547950612884) 2025-11-12T03:23Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "How quickly can you build me a Time Machine What would YOU do to fix the Toronto Maple Leafs What would YOU do to fix the Toronto Maple Leafs" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1988470171636215949) 2025-11-12T04:53Z 33.7K followers, [----] engagements "Obviously this isn't universal (and if you're following me for reasons other than spite probably an even lower percentage of you) but it's alarming how many people are watching things in Toronto and *still* think the way out is to try to chase grittiness even further" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1988476064755028294) 2025-11-12T05:16Z 33.8K followers, 22.8K engagements "Toronto are 29th in shot attempt share and 25th in xG share dating back to the start of last season That's [--] games now. Not counting playoffs where they were 16th and 15th of [--] respectively We're past "it's a streak". It's a pattern. They can't control play as constructed @JeffVeillette [--] games in and ALL of Leafs nation is surrendering. Leaf fan base is the problem. Absolutely pathetic 😂😂 @JeffVeillette [--] games in and ALL of Leafs nation is surrendering. Leaf fan base is the problem. Absolutely pathetic 😂😂" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1988480978793213986) 2025-11-12T05:36Z 33.8K followers, 12.4K engagements "@DuilleogGhorm Florida chased good and effective players who often happened to be gritty. Toronto keeps chasing big or gritty as the priority often at the sacrifice of good" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1988614510395965884) 2025-11-12T14:27Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "Buddy is kinda right though tbh. I don't outright have an issue with this (also missed the game last night so didn't know it happened til just now) but clearing the benches for [---] feels like moving the bar lower no Especially for a guy that's all but guaranteed to hit 500+ Dont think @gmoneyslic cares about your opinions of the empty-the-bench-celly for Pastas 400th 😅 https://t.co/1qut4H9h7e Dont think @gmoneyslic cares about your opinions of the empty-the-bench-celly for Pastas 400th 😅 https://t.co/1qut4H9h7e" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1988625884446613945) 2025-11-12T15:12Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "I'd get doing it for a 400th goal if it was a beloved vet scoring it in his potential last year. Pastrnak's [--] he's likely getting to [---] let alone [---]. I love big celebrations but since the clear-outs are "ask permission from the NHL" deals just feels like this cheapens it" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1988626922222342209) 2025-11-12T15:16Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "@RadioBrent Hey could be worse. Either he bounces back and you can claim you bought the dip or he doesn't and a seam ripper and a replacement nameplate turns it into a Kulemin alumni jersey real quick" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1988646542526623787) 2025-11-12T16:34Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements "@CorsiHL @DavidJambo @jakebeleafs He was on pace for [--] going into yesterday and was one of the only players on the team with good underlyings. This obviously isnt peak Matthews but this isnt a pumpkin either" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1988654903313760453) 2025-11-12T17:07Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements "@Leafer1984 @ejmichele Right. Earlier this year I had someone send me the WOM to say they cruised to a win and the only reason they were above water was because of an empty net goal that was worth like [---] because the net was empty lol" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1988682752674460139) 2025-11-12T18:58Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements "@Leafer1984 @ejmichele Or there was that one game from the Boston series two years ago where people were like "they crushed them on xG" and it just turned out that 4v3s broke the MP model and basically half their game was counted on like four attempts" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1988683039661273493) 2025-11-12T18:59Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements "2017 trade deadline. Convince them that theyre trading for the wrong Tampa centre and get the little guy in the minors instead Or [----] before the playoffs and force Holl into the lineup so at least one right-side guy can escape the zone @JeffVeillette How far would you go back @JeffVeillette How far would you go back" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1988719045022036471) 2025-11-12T21:22Z 33.8K followers, 10.8K engagements "@KyleSoobas Only [--] NHL games at that point they called him up a week after Toronto traded for Boyle" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1988729311223021858) 2025-11-12T22:03Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements "If anyone has any Leafs/hockey/personal/whatever questions that I can answer I'm all ears for the next couple of hours May save some of the ones that can be expanded on further for some blog posts since I've been lagging on that lately. But will reply to the shorter ones" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1988734918881603608) 2025-11-12T22:25Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "@TallCanAudio It's the #1 song I think of when thinking of NHL soundtrack songs. The standout on the best year. The whole album is great too. Shame about Jesse Lacey being well himself though" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1988758799688118277) 2025-11-13T00:00Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements ""Before you fire Craig Berube I think it's time to fire Auston Matthews or Willy Nylander" Maple Leafs at 5-on-5 this season with. Auston Matthews on the ice: 16-6 Toronto William Nylander on the ice: 17-12 Toronto Neither on the ice: 33-18 Opponent Stop blaming the coaches #LeafsForever. Time to point fingers elsewhere. @DailyFaceoff @JLazzy23 Presented by@sportsonprimeca https://t.co/02SEaWocko Stop blaming the coaches #LeafsForever. Time to point fingers elsewhere. @DailyFaceoff @JLazzy23 Presented by@sportsonprimeca https://t.co/02SEaWocko" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1988809034741539239) 2025-11-13T03:19Z 33.8K followers, 82K engagements "The [--] million thing is an arbitrary number. Lots of teams have won with players making more than the equivalent of $10M in today's AAV. Toronto's depth issue is that they fill their depth with low-ceiling guys. Other contenders have built pipelines of low-cost project players. @JeffVeillette There is a reason teams don't win cups with players making over [--] mil a season let alone two. It makes it hard to have some depth. @JeffVeillette There is a reason teams don't win cups with players making over [--] mil a season let alone two. It makes it hard to have some depth" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1988993839336403415) 2025-11-13T15:34Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "Also this is the least top-heavy the Leafs' salary has been in this decade and by far the worst they've looked since the tank year. At a certain point this excuse has to go away" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1988995533042864290) 2025-11-13T15:41Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "@SDB1542721 I wouldve kept him but the root problems were there last year as well" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1989007761238077509) 2025-11-13T16:29Z 33.8K followers, [--] engagements "This does the Leafs a huge favour as this probably wasn't a contract they should've got out of for nothing. With that said Kampf probably realizes it's do this and take a paycut for the next two years or lose out on any NHL years that would come after that. Expect David Kampf to be placed on waivers today for purpose of termination of contract. So if he clears waivers tomorrow he can sign with another NHL club. Expect David Kampf to be placed on waivers today for purpose of termination of contract. So if he clears waivers tomorrow he can sign with another NHL club" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1989009717989900750) 2025-11-13T16:37Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "@chaosreigns111 Adjusting for inflation isn't moving goal posts. It's the opposite - it's holding the goalposts in place. By pretending $10M now is the same as $10M in previous years you're allowing the goalposts to gradually shrink" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1989010149575393552) 2025-11-13T16:39Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements "Also true as to why Kampf would opt for this. The Olympics can mean a lot for players who haven't had a chance to get there @JeffVeillette Fighting for the olympic spot is also the key here one would think. He is coach's favourite but needs to play regularly. @JeffVeillette Fighting for the olympic spot is also the key here one would think. He is coach's favourite but needs to play regularly" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1989011697302991011) 2025-11-13T16:45Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "@chaosreigns111 No you said there was a reason that teams don't win with players who make that much and that reason was because it limits depth. A salary's ability to impact depth can only exist in relation to its share of the ceiling so the inflation point is not just relevant but essential" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1989021868557291701) 2025-11-13T17:25Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "@Robotic_Yeti @chaosreigns111 The answer here will be that they made exactly $10M and that if they made a penny more it would've sent their teams into crippling depth catastrophe" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1989028777372913836) 2025-11-13T17:53Z 33.8K followers, [--] engagements "Selfishly this absolutely sucks. One of the reasons I love having my TFC season tickets is that as bad as the team is it's a fun night out that mostly covers the months where I have less hockey work to do Not sure how many games I can go to now if it's going to run in parallel BREAKING: MLS owners have voted and passed a schedule change. The league will run from the late summer months through May This is due to start in summer of [----]. MLS will take winter break in Jan/Feb More from @PaulTenorio on the ground at BOG meeting: https://t.co/ETTVnajFv2 BREAKING: MLS owners have voted and passed a" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1989084332934533609) 2025-11-13T21:33Z 33.8K followers, 12.8K engagements "@JeffVeillette They are Dubas players and they should play in a Dubas system and in a Dubas town of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Send them all over take all his 1sts and if he has any good young Chief-type players trade for more of those and lets go win Chiefs way. You should go with them @JeffVeillette They are Dubas players and they should play in a Dubas system and in a Dubas town of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Send them all over take all his 1sts and if he has any good young Chief-type players trade for more of those and lets go win Chiefs way. You should go with them" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1989192651007226076) 2025-11-14T04:44Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "I have to imagine anyone watching this who thinks "you know what the Leafs win more games if they got rid of 34/88/91/44 and kept bringing in whatever they've added over the past couple years" is trolling at this point. Probably silly of me to give oxygen to this tbh" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1989193718369501361) 2025-11-14T04:48Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "The fact that its still very difficult to criticize decisions from Tre (and to a lesser extent Berube) without starting an old boss / new boss war while many are viscerally blaming the PK coach that just got here for all their issues shows the power of media influence honestly @JeffVeillette If Tre had an approval rating Id be really curious to see it right now same with Berubes. I know Lalondes is at negative [-----]. @JeffVeillette If Tre had an approval rating Id be really curious to see it right now same with Berubes. I know Lalondes is at negative 10000" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1989196007129903361) 2025-11-14T04:57Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "Right. And while other top teams created waves of pressure Toronto set themselves up so opponents could game-plan and go full send to shut down the top guys then rest up against the punt teams beneath them. Easier to do in the playoffs too since you're not rotating opponents @JeffVeillette They go from a high power scoring team in the regular season to pumpkins in the playoffs and instead of adding a legit scorer at the deadline the narrative is they need more defense. @JeffVeillette They go from a high power scoring team in the regular season to pumpkins in the playoffs and instead of adding" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1989352299639247293) 2025-11-14T15:18Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "Canada's favourite tradition (doing Oligopoly) continues Vancouver: Rogers Arena Edmonton: Rogers Place Toronto: Scotiabank Arena Calgary: Scotia Place Ottawa: Canadian Tire Centre Montreal: Bell Centre Winnipeg: Canada Life Centre (formerly Bell MTS Place) Canada struggling to beat the "Six Companies in a Trenchcoat" allegations Vancouver: Rogers Arena Edmonton: Rogers Place Toronto: Scotiabank Arena Calgary: Scotia Place Ottawa: Canadian Tire Centre Montreal: Bell Centre Winnipeg: Canada Life Centre (formerly Bell MTS Place) Canada struggling to beat the "Six Companies in a Trenchcoat"" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1989362694928109570) 2025-11-14T16:00Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "@KPapetti Wavelengths At a certain point you gotta wonder if the bi-annual "the Leafs are trying to get someone from the Flames but they don't want to be reasonable with Treliving" efforts are even serious anymore or Toronto just knows this rumour cycle is an easy pressure-relief valve At a certain point you gotta wonder if the bi-annual "the Leafs are trying to get someone from the Flames but they don't want to be reasonable with Treliving" efforts are even serious anymore or Toronto just knows this rumour cycle is an easy pressure-relief valve" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1989496008271630723) 2025-11-15T00:49Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "On one hand Im not gong to pretend I was banging the Zegras drum personally. With that said they paid Philly significantly more for Laughton than Philly went on to pay for Zegras. Cap hit plays an impact obviously but wild to think about @JeffVeillette Did the Leafs have anything equivalent to trade for Zegras to entice the Ducks to trade him to Toronto @JeffVeillette Did the Leafs have anything equivalent to trade for Zegras to entice the Ducks to trade him to Toronto" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1989552336969064754) 2025-11-15T04:33Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "Negative spin is that Stetcher is another aging once-a-name who cant really make plays on a blue line full of them Positive spin is that this was a no-asset waiver claim for a league minimum player and you may as well see if he can outplay Benoit/Myers/Mermis Verdict: 🤷♂ 🤷 The Maple Leafs have claimed D Troy Stecher off waivers from Edmonton. G Anthony Stolarz has been placed on injured reserve retroactive to November [--] [----]. The Maple Leafs have claimed D Troy Stecher off waivers from Edmonton. G Anthony Stolarz has been placed on injured reserve retroactive to November [--] 2025" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1989772922525790409) 2025-11-15T19:10Z 33.8K followers, 12.4K engagements "Every d-pair balanced by having one NHLer on it Berube wants balance on the road moves Knies to Line [--]. Maple Leafs projected lineup in Chicago: Robertson Tavares Nylander Knies Roy Cowan Maccelli Domi McMann Joshua Lorentz Jrnkrok Rielly Myers Benoit McCabe Mermis Ekman-Larsson Woll starts Hildeby Berube wants balance on the road moves Knies to Line [--]. Maple Leafs projected lineup in Chicago: Robertson Tavares Nylander Knies Roy Cowan Maccelli Domi McMann Joshua Lorentz Jrnkrok Rielly Myers Benoit McCabe Mermis Ekman-Larsson Woll starts Hildeby" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1989822917673455729) 2025-11-15T22:28Z 33.8K followers, 93.1K engagements "I still don't know if it's more insane that the Maple Leafs are [--] games into the season and have only played four games against teams that made the playoffs last year or that the Maple Leafs are [--] games into the season and are four minutes away from falling below 0.500" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1989887784564171104) 2025-11-16T02:46Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "The moral of the story is if you sacrifice mobility and playmaking to build a big slow defence-first team while hoping 3-4 guys will score all the goals you'll mostly just end up unable to get out of your own zone followed by tired followed by fishing out pucks from your net The Leafs have now surrendered [--] or more goals in [--] of their past [--] games The Leafs have now surrendered [--] or more goals in [--] of their past [--] games" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1989890206896439499) 2025-11-16T02:56Z 33.8K followers, 16.9K engagements "The thing about "it's the players and it's always will be" that gives me pause is that they've replaced almost all of the players. The ones who have stuck around from the early days are more clearly their best than ever and everything surrounding them has gotten noticeably worse @JeffVeillette I'm in no way pro Leafs but we all know the problem stems from longer than Berube. A coaching would only give them a short term jolt. The players remain. They can't defend and don't play as a team. It's always been this. @JeffVeillette I'm in no way pro Leafs but we all know the problem stems from" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1990155091907924410) 2025-11-16T20:28Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "Here is the Toronto Maple Leafs list of skaters right now sorted by @EvolvingHockey's Goals Above Replacement. I've included the year the season they debuted with the team. "The long-term guys are the problem" has never made less sense. They're the ones holding this together" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1990157387450466385) 2025-11-16T20:37Z 33.8K followers, 20.8K engagements "They've been adjusting the roster in this mould for the last two and a half years "DNA change" was literally the catchphrase they used to sell it They've become measurably worse at everything What are we talking about anymore @JeffVeillette Yes but coaching change won't alter the DNA of this team - which is a flawed collection of top-heavy offensive talent that's hasn't proved anything in the playoffs. They need an extensive re-tool if the real goal is Stanley cup. @JeffVeillette Yes but coaching change won't alter the DNA of this team - which is a flawed collection of top-heavy offensive" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1990158446235369676) 2025-11-16T20:42Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "Put another way: There are nine skaters left on the Leafs from the front office changeover after 2022/23. Seven of them are among Toronto's eight most impactful players this year. Post-2022/23 skaters make up [--] of the Top [--] and [--] of the bottom [--]. Here is the Toronto Maple Leafs list of skaters right now sorted by @EvolvingHockey's Goals Above Replacement. I've included the year the season they debuted with the team. "The long-term guys are the problem" has never made less sense. They're the ones holding this together. https://t.co/iYTt9omZNM Here is the Toronto Maple Leafs list of skaters" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1990161843785236604) 2025-11-16T20:55Z 33.8K followers, 16.9K engagements "They're not built for playoff hockey. They're built for a cosplay of playoff hockey. Modern playoff hockey requires you to be able to keep opponents on their toes through fast play shifting strategy and waves of competitive matchups. Toronto has none of those. They're just big @JeffVeillette They built a team for playoff hockey but forgot the same players need to get them there first @JeffVeillette They built a team for playoff hockey but forgot the same players need to get them there first" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1990165007641059487) 2025-11-16T21:08Z 33.8K followers, 56.7K engagements "The Leafs and the Canucks are on a mission to ruin the NHL for me this year canucks are on pace for [--] shots this game. https://t.co/k3UYv0dfnG canucks are on pace for [--] shots this game. https://t.co/k3UYv0dfnG" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1990190782171455680) 2025-11-16T22:50Z 33.8K followers, 11.1K engagements "Good teams find cheap depth. The playoff TOI leader for the Panthers over the past three years (2 Cups and a Final) is a guy they claimed off waivers for $700000. Toronto has been adding more "Premium Depth" pieces than ever in the past 2-3 years and they're getting speedbagged @JeffVeillette Almost as if the core four holds management and ownership hostage with their percentage of the cap hit. Who would have thought @JeffVeillette Almost as if the core four holds management and ownership hostage with their percentage of the cap hit. Who would have thought" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1990194568071892998) 2025-11-16T23:05Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "The cap is exploding. Marner is gone. Tavares is playing for like 40% of his market value. They're only spending $6M in net. The excuse is gone. They had more flexibility than they've had in forever to make a "deep" roster and the result is their worst team since the tank year" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1990194987292582213) 2025-11-16T23:07Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "Being a second-third layer player on the Leafs is maybe the sweetest meal ticket in all of hockey. If you're just one of good personable or hard-working you're set for life. If you're scared of sharing some of the criticism along the way those probably aren't the guys you want @JeffVeillette Its easy for Florida to lure guys in. Its also easier to pay them less. What if FAs dont want to sign in TO bc they get all the blame when the core fails to deliver. Everyone & everything comes 2nd to the core. Thats not necessarily appealing. Leafs dont have a team dynamic @JeffVeillette Its easy for" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1990232652415205797) 2025-11-17T01:36Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "I'd also love to visit this parallel universe where the Maple Leafs' core guys have escaped criticism over the years. They've taken the brunt of the noise especially post-Covid" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1990232653971263962) 2025-11-17T01:36Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "One more point - being anything better than awful in Toronto is the easiest way to get a paid in the open market just by sheer eyeballs. That should make this an easy place to land project players. For a while it was. Now they just pay full ticket for low-ceiling guys" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1990233842620268632) 2025-11-17T01:41Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "The [----] Leafs had a blue line where four of the six d-men were automatic glass-and-outs and the other two had to bomb stretch passes because the forwards were prepared for the former. Boston adjusted quickly smothering 44-51 and letting the other four punt them free pucks. You ever think about how the Leafs had prime John Tavares and prime Nazem Kadri at the same time as a [--] yo Auston Matthews along with Nylander Hyman Marner and Marleau as wingers and still just found a way to lose in [--] games in the first round You ever think about how the Leafs had prime John Tavares and prime Nazem Kadri" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1990415545745699050) 2025-11-17T13:43Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "- GAR isn't an Offence-Only Metric - Plus/Minus isn't a Defensive Metric - Toronto's Plus/Minus Leaders are Matthews and Nylander and the Bottom [--] are Joshua Myers and Domi so we end up right back at the exact same point anyway Check your rebuttals before submitting them @JeffVeillette Jeff appreciate your takes on game. That said . If focus remains on 'O-only' levels of supposed 'productivity' then unfortunately U2 R failing [--] hit 'bulls-eye' when analyzing how it works. Suggest: Search [--] valid def stats [--] players. 'Begin' w/ straight plus/minus. 💡 @JeffVeillette Jeff appreciate your takes" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1990442636059009424) 2025-11-17T15:31Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "He's not been great to say the least. Lots of these problems existed before him but they're speedrunning them now. Tbh I don't mention him by name very much because it always leads to bickering about the guy before him but at this point the results are speaking for themselves @JeffVeillette All this but you dont call out Treliving directly. Hes responsible. Hes got a brand but he has failed elsewhere too. Analytics would have argued against Maccelli and Joshua. And maybe Roy. Treliving needs to go. And go before he makes a Tkachuk level error. @JeffVeillette All this but you dont call out" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1990468744405975053) 2025-11-17T17:15Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "Having to eat the back end of the Babcock contract feels more and more like what killed the window of MLSE teams starting to win. Theyve been terrified of dead money and swinging big off the playing surface ever since. Its impacted the Leafs Raps TFC etc ever since Reading between the tea leaves if the Leafs have to fire Berube Im not sure ownership would green-light a hire like DeBoer Mirtle on the Leaf Report said he thinks Berube has $11M+ left on his deal and I dont think MLSE wants two expensive coaching contracts on the books Reading between the tea leaves if the Leafs have to fire" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1990571601545605422) 2025-11-18T00:03Z 33.8K followers, 22.6K engagements "I don't know that hopping from Berube to the first coach available helps but the fact that their barrier here is money should be alarming. Imagine going back to the start of the era and saying "By [----] you'll be watching Diet Carlylepuck with Pension Plan-era off-ice spending."" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1990575020587053508) 2025-11-18T00:17Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements "I just got PTSD Treliving on Craig Berube: Craig didnt become a bad coach overnight when you go through difficult times the easy thing is to pick off the coach the important thing is to not point fingers and dig in together I have all the faith in the world in him Treliving on Craig Berube: Craig didnt become a bad coach overnight when you go through difficult times the easy thing is to pick off the coach the important thing is to not point fingers and dig in together I have all the faith in the world in him" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1990804199844581417) 2025-11-18T15:28Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "This feels easy to say after you've traded almost every futures piece you had left in the cupboard for a grab bag of bottom-six forwards and third-pairing defencemen Treliving: "The reality in the business is you're not trading your way out of problems." #Leafs Treliving: "The reality in the business is you're not trading your way out of problems." #Leafs" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1990811087139151983) 2025-11-18T15:55Z 33.8K followers, 13.7K engagements "Piecing together the Treliving availability: - I take responsibility - But also it's not the coaches I hired's fault - And also it's not the players I added's fault - Basically we need to try harder and win like we did last year - Please do not dig into how we won last year" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1990814081230504150) 2025-11-18T16:07Z 33.8K followers, 18.9K engagements "Every GM in this era has been guilty of emptying the cupboard occasionally for needle-movers occasionally junk. Treliving has been a speed run though. Toronto's last two trade deadlines saw them trade two firsts Minten Grebenkin and six other picks for no meaningful value. @JeffVeillette Treliving did a little trading away futures but most was done by Dubas/Shanahan. They emptied the cupboard. @JeffVeillette Treliving did a little trading away futures but most was done by Dubas/Shanahan. They emptied the cupboard" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1990820416902824134) 2025-11-18T16:32Z 33.8K followers, 11.5K engagements "@Skoot9191 @Alchemist3444 It's kinda in the middle. I think they're still a better team with Marner than without him I also think most of Toronto's main issues right now still existed last year with him though" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1990827849377349957) 2025-11-18T17:02Z 33.8K followers, [--] engagements "A popular misconception is that Toronto has a tough hockey media presence. We have a loud and large media presence but not a tough one. A tough one would've pried more into things like this Would have been nice if someone asked Brad Treliving some pointed questions about the team rarely having the puck and whether he thinks that's a sustainable strategy to win games and how it has been trending that way for 100+ games now with the coach he fully supported today. Would have been nice if someone asked Brad Treliving some pointed questions about the team rarely having the puck and whether he" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1990829126953898153) 2025-11-18T17:07Z 33.8K followers, 32.4K engagements "So many of these in the replies today. I don't want to argue any more about how the last guy should've moved to bring the team from the top of the standings to the Stanley Cup. I would like to figure out how to steer the current guy away from the lottery @Matt_S_Britton @JeffVeillette Hes no worse than the fraud GM Dubas @Matt_S_Britton @JeffVeillette Hes no worse than the fraud GM Dubas" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1990890464505946468) 2025-11-18T21:10Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "Been saying this for years - JT Miller is an Amplifier. If your team is buzzing he's rocket fuel that adds a level. If your team is struggling he's an anvil that weighs them down even further. Having him lead a team through a rebuild/retool was always a big risk. From the guy that brought you "No BS" here's some BS. @NYRangersRadio #NYR https://t.co/1bPxOxMOif From the guy that brought you "No BS" here's some BS. @NYRangersRadio #NYR https://t.co/1bPxOxMOif" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1991143058360922447) 2025-11-19T13:54Z 33.8K followers, 207.5K engagements "@MartialGalay3 That was for an era when they were actually controlling games most nights. Now that theyre just getting their teeth kicked in on the regular its probably a legitimate stance to take lol" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1991187348206256254) 2025-11-19T16:50Z 33.8K followers, [--] engagements "Not doubling down on their strength has been a problem throughout the era but they at least remained real threats for a few years. Its just incredible how much this team has slipped to chase a idealized cosplay of winning hockey Leafs after [--] 📊📈📉 The Leafs have found their identity: They're sloooooooow 🐌 https://t.co/OLxqLpc7YY https://t.co/KeKFifqXsz Leafs after [--] 📊📈📉 The Leafs have found their identity: They're sloooooooow 🐌 https://t.co/OLxqLpc7YY https://t.co/KeKFifqXsz" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1991197414716285105) 2025-11-19T17:30Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "I wouldve liked to have kept Marner over having him walk because having high end talent is always good but it cannot be stressed enough that every problem they have this year besides the goalies forgot how to make saves was also evident last year with him here" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1991207960253722682) 2025-11-19T18:12Z 33.8K followers, 16K engagements "@drophockeyshow I mean both of these are what happened in Vancouver. When had that year and a half of everything going right he was a force when they started to slip he was basically a tantrum on skates for everyone to see until he was gone" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1991496519560904782) 2025-11-20T13:19Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements "Gotta give Craig Berube credit here. No one could know for sure whether Auston Matthews would be able to work together with William Nylander the current teammate he's played the most with in his career but he had the guts to take the leap of faith. (via https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/32-thoughts-bedard-celebrini-making-strong-cases-for-team-canada/ https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/32-thoughts-bedard-celebrini-making-strong-cases-for-team-canada/" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1991500591294738764) 2025-11-20T13:35Z 33.8K followers, 10.7K engagements "Matthews and Nylander have played [----] minutes together at 5v5 and [----] minutes together in all situations in their career the only forward he's played with more is Marner the idea that Berube stumbled on something new (which seems to start at CB himself) is just very odd to me" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1991501997363827155) 2025-11-20T13:40Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "The Maccielli bit seems odd too. I feel like if you want to rejuvenate a playmaker's career you'd want to pair him with guys with mobility & finishing upside not just your closest thing to "6'4 and 6'6". That said easier said than done if you don't see him on the 34/91 lines" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1991504471487312349) 2025-11-20T13:50Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "One last thing - always felt to me like 88+34 featured more give-and-go than 16+34 which often had Marner holding for Matthews to get open so the barrier to 88+34 now being "Willy likes to hold the puck" feels like someone who well wasn't here for years 1-7. Anyway" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1991505843230249365) 2025-11-20T13:56Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "This is on December 31st [----]. It gave Mario his 100th point of the season. On New Years Eve Five days later he played his last game before taking two months off to get radiation treatment for Hodgkin's lymphoma And then he scored [--] more points in his last [--] GP. Superhuman Mario Lemieux leaning on Dmitri Mironov like hes an inanimate light post will always be one of my favorite examples of Lemieuxs strength https://t.co/3tD1hMc0nS Mario Lemieux leaning on Dmitri Mironov like hes an inanimate light post will always be one of my favorite examples of Lemieuxs strength https://t.co/3tD1hMc0nS" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1991528769706946793) 2025-11-20T15:27Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "On one hand this is the right mindset. On the other hand it's incredibly funny that two and a half years into the Treliving era and with none of the old bosses here to say no anymore the only guys on the untouchables list are still the guys that were here before he got here From @FriedgeHNIC's latest [--] Thoughts column. very interesting note regarding Brad Treliving's calculus amidst the #Leafs' early-season woes. https://t.co/UP98gY8a8A From @FriedgeHNIC's latest [--] Thoughts column. very interesting note regarding Brad Treliving's calculus amidst the #Leafs' early-season woes." [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1991563955337326729) 2025-11-20T17:47Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "Surplus as in "more than they paid for him" or surplus as in "more than sum-zero" Chris Johnston on the Chris Johnston Show says there's definitely been chatter in the marketplace about Carlo and Rielly and adds that Carlo could bring the Leafs back some surplus value. Chris Johnston on the Chris Johnston Show says there's definitely been chatter in the marketplace about Carlo and Rielly and adds that Carlo could bring the Leafs back some surplus value" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1991585500394926182) 2025-11-20T19:12Z 33.8K followers, 18.8K engagements "John Tavares is the light of my life. The rest of this team is still borderline unwatchable but he deserves everything good in the world. Put up his statue and banner now force him onto the Olympic team give him the C back the works" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1991689944751042619) 2025-11-21T02:07Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "Knowing this kicking a guy while he's down but the Domi extension is looking more and more like a huge misfire. The first signing made sense decent value on a one-year but they got too emotionally attached to a guy who has never been able to sustain success with one team" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1991703687518122354) 2025-11-21T03:02Z 33.8K followers, 13.4K engagements "At the time it felt like the options were to either give Domi term at a big discount give him market at a short term or let him walk. Instead they gave him full ticket to a degree that no team ever has after a down production year It was never rational. And now we're here" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1991704382329827580) 2025-11-21T03:05Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "Duh for the rational but saying this in the moment was uh polarizing to say the least @JeffVeillette Can I say duh @JeffVeillette Can I say duh" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1991705114877521960) 2025-11-21T03:07Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "@JohnnyGiunta_ Thats not a fair comparison at all That popcorn guy is the McDavid of popcorn guys" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1991957296256254437) 2025-11-21T19:50Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements "I think the Toronto market turned Marner at the wrong time and that it would've been preferable to keep him. With that said Toronto's struggles right now are almost all the same as they were last year with him. Putting this on missing him is an easy way out. I keep receipts 👀 sure looks like the Leafs are missing Marner right about now #nhl #hockey #toronto #leafs #marner https://t.co/hkNrTg3tBF I keep receipts 👀 sure looks like the Leafs are missing Marner right about now #nhl #hockey #toronto #leafs #marner https://t.co/hkNrTg3tBF" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1992263017531392241) 2025-11-22T16:04Z 33.8K followers, 32.4K engagements "Toronto's metrics have declined throughout their transition into the Treliving/Berube era. They were already bottom [--] in shot attempt/quality share last year in the midst of Marner's most productive season. It got masked by a 117pt pace in 1-goal games and Stolarz's [-----] SV%" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1992263743997399464) 2025-11-22T16:07Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "By putting Toronto's freefall on Marner walking you can say "what can you do they ran him out of town" instead of focusing on the moves that have made them old unskilled and slow a system incompatible with that and a goalie platoon that trusts too much in low-workload guys" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1992264547156238390) 2025-11-22T16:10Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "This all just shifts the blame to the fans for being meanies instead of addressing the poor decisions made to appease a rosy retrospection of how they think playoff games used to be won as an overcorrection to past losses. Having Marner would be great but it misses the point" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1992265514018910626) 2025-11-22T16:14Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "Even when I was one of the early Marner critics I never really loved this angle from people. It gets used as a "wilts under pressure" point when the stronger point is that Toronto's evolution towards "top guys score everyone else chews clock" makes them more solvable over time. @JeffVeillette Show me playoffs stats games [---] please @JeffVeillette Show me playoffs stats games [---] please" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1992269733203451915) 2025-11-22T16:31Z 33.8K followers, 11.4K engagements "Recent Leafs teams have gone into the playoffs effectively hoping one of the core lines will score the other core line will shut down the opponent and maybe get a goal and everyone else will just survive. Opponents can and do adjust to that dull out the weapons and cruise" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1992270325149761841) 2025-11-22T16:33Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "Not brought up in the Marner 5-6-7 thing is that the Leafs on the whole have scored 35% fewer goals in Games 5-6-7 and see their goal share drop 10%. Their lack of depth creativity and scoring pace of play and inability to exit the zone make them easier to adjust to" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1992271069269671964) 2025-11-22T16:36Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "Now I do think Marner had a problem with trying to heropuck his way through this in his first few years (something I took a lot of heat for saying when he was still liked) but from [----] on I thought he'd been more solution than problem in the playoffs" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1992271663271170510) 2025-11-22T16:39Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements "@Cacti65_ Pastrnak has a smaller but still sizable 5-7 dip MacKinnon craters in Game [--] the Avs are as bad at the Leafs at G7's McDavid is McDavid and even he's gone pointless in [--] of his [--] game 7s This was a stat invented for one guy but never really checked against anyone else lol" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1992278354276294979) 2025-11-22T17:05Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements "@TheOMeara All three of those guys *do* see their production crater in those games though. Marner's is the worst but none are good. The four of them combined have three goals in six Game 7s Nylander's the most productive 5-7 player of the four and even he's only at like a 60-point pace" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1992280592571080832) 2025-11-22T17:14Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements "@Cacti65_ You're the one slicing seasons Full career Pastrnak goes from [----] pt/GP 1-4 to [----] pt/GP 5-7. Again better than Marner but still a 20% dip [--] points in [--] game 7s (again you trimmed out his first one) is a big dip for Mack who seems to feast on [--] and [--] historically" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1992287830920347666) 2025-11-22T17:43Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements "@Cacti65_ The slicing also takes away a point from Marner from his first game [--] which I recognize is just shifting him from bad to still bad but slightly less but I'll note it just for the sake of completion here" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1992288298153173360) 2025-11-22T17:45Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements "@TheOMeara Marner's is the worst of the four for sure. Point being that all four are getting suffocated as the series goes on which goes back to the original point of playoff opponents being able to gameplan around shutting them down over time and seeing the rest go with them" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1992289000774664304) 2025-11-22T17:48Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements "@TheOMeara Like if you just want to shit on MM then sure parade that he is the most impacted of the four by that strategy but if you want to diagnose the team problem looking at the bigger picture is probably more important" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1992289289326268716) 2025-11-22T17:49Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements "@TheOMeara I think the cap space thing is a bit of a cop out. Marner in particular is the one who got above market but other top teams have found ways to find cheap depth guys to round out their rosters. Toronto has increasingly gone safer and more defence/checking focused with their picks" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1992292234746560948) 2025-11-22T18:00Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements "@Cacti65_ Not for the reasons you're trying to infer but I'd consider that one of their top teams from this era yeah. I think if they had even one guy on the right side of the blue line who wasn't allergic to the puck they win that Boston series and go on a bit of a run" [X Link](https://x.com/JeffVeillette/status/1992293735372136936) 2025-11-22T18:06Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements Limited data mode. Full metrics available with subscription: lunarcrush.com/pricing
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"@LewisForMN Update: The police have arrested the bear and also shot him for resisting"
X Link 2020-06-20T02:49Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Nearly every single "algorithm/science-based" version of these charts is inaccurate to the point of dangerous. They all normalize far-right disinformation & propaganda and make centrist/neo-liberal outlets seem far-left. Newsweek and Breitbart as equal opposites Come on now. Do you have a balanced information diet https://t.co/ZzlSjOguBQ Do you have a balanced information diet https://t.co/ZzlSjOguBQ"
X Link 2021-01-02T16:50Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Look I'm not replacing Keefe with him and having been a head for so long he probably wouldn't make a great modern assistant. But can't the Leafs just give him one of those advisory jobs where he sits around and plays checkers with Cliff Fletcher or something Bruce Boudreau on OverDrive: Once im not working for somebody im a Leafs fan when im a Canuck oh yeah go Canucks but im not with the Canucks now so Leafs play them Saturday I guess I know who im cheering for. 😂😂😂 #LeafsForever Bruce Boudreau on OverDrive: Once im not working for somebody im a Leafs fan when im a Canuck oh yeah go"
X Link 2023-03-02T23:08Z 33.8K followers, 37.5K engagements
"@monicroqueta @alchemistmuffin @MC_of_A I use Control Panel for Twitter which has the differentiating emojis but also has feature adds that either reverse changes or add quality of life features. It's quite nice"
X Link 2023-04-02T21:05Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements
"I try to stay out of stuff like this these days but this is honestly crazy. SNET+ was already a technically flawed service with too many unrelated items lumped together to justify cost when it launched at $180. The jump to $250 was worse. Now to $325 Hard to not call it greedy. WTF @Sportsnet https://t.co/4MIY6G0Sto WTF @Sportsnet https://t.co/4MIY6G0Sto"
X Link 2025-07-10T18:37Z 33.8K followers, 160.7K engagements
"Dont care what Noel says this is my favourite album of theirs. Not their best collection of songs on the average and the cocaine excess is real but its also the whole point. For all its technical criticisms the perfect sunny summer day adrenaline rush record Be Here Now was released #OnThisDay in [----] How many copies were sold on the first day Be Here Now was released #OnThisDay in [----] How many copies were sold on the first day"
X Link 2025-08-21T15:56Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"And the live shows from that era Electric. We need an official release of GMEX [--] some day https://youtu.be/bxd20zLRes4 https://youtu.be/bxd20zLRes4"
X Link 2025-08-21T15:58Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Mine wasn't as steep but I also got a price increase - The team hasn't won a game in two and a half months - They've won [--] of [--] games this season (2 at home) - [--] multi-goal wins at home in the last [--] seasons - Team cut huge salary this year What are we paying for #TFCLive Now Im not great with numbers but it appears my Day One (2007) Seasons Seats with #TFCLive have just gone through a 25% PRICE HIKE after the fifth consecutive season of failure. Have I got that math right @TorontoFC https://t.co/tDzxSrdnRT Now Im not great with numbers but it appears my Day One (2007) Seasons Seats with"
X Link 2025-10-01T20:41Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"The Jays playoff game taking over regular Sportsnet is completely understandable but I'm flabbergasted that there's no Plan B for the TOR/MTL season opener other than putting it on SN1. Couldn't throw a bonus night to CBC Offer SN1 on free trial while the Jays are going Wild"
X Link 2025-10-08T22:31Z 33.8K followers, 19.6K engagements
"Maple Leafs win season opener 5-2 Blue Jays win series clincher 5-2 Toronto FC's up next tonight and I'm looking forward to finding out how they manage to tie a game 5-2 #TFCLive"
X Link 2025-10-09T02:40Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"How much did Calgary pay to be included in this Tourists: Ive been to Canada Canada: https://t.co/sNbPpf3zu9 Tourists: Ive been to Canada Canada: https://t.co/sNbPpf3zu9"
X Link 2025-10-16T19:04Z 33.8K followers, 31.6K engagements
"Still can't believe what we saw yesterday. He looked like an adult deciding to try when playing against their child relatives except it was against a team with the best record in the majors in a do-or-die game for them. The best game anyone's ever played Shohei Ohtani's [--] strikeouts and three home runs in chronological order https://t.co/z51rA0zAx5 Shohei Ohtani's [--] strikeouts and three home runs in chronological order https://t.co/z51rA0zAx5"
X Link 2025-10-18T16:35Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"As backwards as it sounds "can't retaliate because we want the PP" will get worse with the Leafs as they try to solve their "grit problem" with more players. The fewer skill guys they have the more they need the PP Unit on for goals. Slower they get the harder to draw calls. Brandon Carlo's perspective on this play: https://t.co/I3cNGERNoj Brandon Carlo's perspective on this play: https://t.co/I3cNGERNoj"
X Link 2025-10-19T17:51Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Keefe's family is still here so not a huge surprise seeing him take advantage of the chance to see some of his former co-workers and future call-ups at the same time on an NJD off-day #NJDevils Sheldon Keefe shown on the broadcast of the Marlies-Comets game Sunday in Toronto. https://t.co/PirjwojZdt #NJDevils Sheldon Keefe shown on the broadcast of the Marlies-Comets game Sunday in Toronto. https://t.co/PirjwojZdt"
X Link 2025-10-19T22:24Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Who the hell let him wear a Leafs jersey ahead of a Game [--] Are they out of their mind Vladimir Guerrero Jr. arrives for Game [--] in an Auston Matthews jersey 🤝🍁 https://t.co/Pkhz1Gtyau Vladimir Guerrero Jr. arrives for Game [--] in an Auston Matthews jersey 🤝🍁 https://t.co/Pkhz1Gtyau"
X Link 2025-10-20T20:11Z 33.8K followers, 114.2K engagements
"@theDYNAMICS Theres tons"
X Link 2025-10-21T20:48Z 33.8K followers, [--] engagements
"An easy solution would be to bring back a markup cap (make it even lower than the old one like 10-25% mostly to cover fees) and make it so you can't sell on digital venues immediately after buying them (I was already getting resale offers by the time I got through the queue)"
X Link 2025-10-22T16:55Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements
"For the latter point make it so you can't resell tickets until either two weeks after recieving them (this would be aimed at like season ticket holders selling days they can't go) or [--] hours before the event (aimed at short-notice events like this WS) whichever comes first"
X Link 2025-10-22T16:57Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"They are the end result of spending years trying to mimic the superficial elements of past winners. Of focusing too much on balance rather than identifying a strength making it their identity and establishing waves of it. Now depleted from the damage they are just Good Enough What are the #Leafs though What is this team What are the #Leafs though What is this team"
X Link 2025-10-22T21:55Z 33.8K followers, 16.5K engagements
"@tozmoon911 @FaizalKhamisa Theyll be on clearance. They make tons of these by design every time. The only time there is difficulty getting any of these sorts of championship/playoff items is if you want them first or if you want them years later"
X Link 2025-10-22T23:07Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@burner694 They'll likely still be a playoff team I'm not convinced that anyone in the Atlantic is poised to rip up the league so there should still be an opening for them. I think they'll run into the same problems as always once they get there though"
X Link 2025-10-23T00:15Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@BichetteIsKing @tozmoon911 @FaizalKhamisa This one you mean https://www.neweracap.com/products/toronto-blue-jays-2025-regular-season-division-champions-locker-room-9seventy-stretch-snap https://www.neweracap.com/products/toronto-blue-jays-2025-regular-season-division-champions-locker-room-9seventy-stretch-snap"
X Link 2025-10-23T00:17Z 33.8K followers, [--] engagements
"@BichetteIsKing @tozmoon911 @FaizalKhamisa Neither of those things means that they're gone though I wouldn't be surprised if what's left ends up back in the Jays shop and/or at places like SVP/Winners/Marshalls by Winter. Would be far from the first time that's happened for now the shelf focus will be on what's next"
X Link 2025-10-23T01:48Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@ConnorTheLeafs @DarcySelke Yeah seriously. Marchment/Malgin was an offensive downgrade Kadri deal was them deciding Naz had to go and they needed a defenceman and a lesser shutdown forward back. The original trade was for Brodie and Jankowski which was even more defence-focused"
X Link 2025-10-23T18:35Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements
"I am literally just a guy these days. I never owed anyone a personalized explanation for anything to begin with but I especially dont now lol #Canucks When you firmly position yourself as a know it all fuck-head contrarianyou probably should engage in those back and forths. Show some goddamned humility. Just bc youre mediadoesnt mean everyone else knows Jack shit about hockey you fkn muppet #Canucks When you firmly position yourself as a know it all fuck-head contrarianyou probably should engage in those back and forths. Show some goddamned humility. Just bc youre mediadoesnt mean everyone"
X Link 2025-10-23T19:33Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Unless he's retiring or wants to leave declining the option on Sean Johnson seems insane to me. He's been the only player who's consistently kept this team somewhat watchable over the past couple of seasons. With that said he deserves better so I'm happy for him. #TFCLive Toronto FC Announce Year-End Roster Moves Ahead of [----] Season. 🖊 Read More 📰: https://t.co/k3Wq904vAg https://t.co/wk9TmKH1dI Toronto FC Announce Year-End Roster Moves Ahead of [----] Season. 🖊 Read More 📰: https://t.co/k3Wq904vAg https://t.co/wk9TmKH1dI"
X Link 2025-10-24T14:35Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Lotta are you sure youre in Toronto in the replies/QTs from those who dont realize how good we have it Theres an epidemic of people convinced they live in hellscapes thanks to cherry picked social media ragebait but most cities are better than advertised - especially here Toronto clean AF Toronto clean AF"
X Link 2025-10-24T20:40Z 33.8K followers, 165.3K engagements
"@KPapetti The [--] that cashed was worth about 99.55% and were rounding up tonight"
X Link 2025-10-25T03:32Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Toronto was much grimier and more dangerous in those decades than it is today. If youre saying stuff like this its a combination of being nostalgic for your youth and not having 24/7 news and algorithmic social media telling you that everything is on fire around you back then @JeffVeillette The level of how good we have/had it is known by people who were young in the 60s 70s and 80s. Life was amazing those years. Not the same anymore. @JeffVeillette The level of how good we have/had it is known by people who were young in the 60s 70s and 80s. Life was amazing those years. Not the same anymore"
X Link 2025-10-25T17:40Z 33.8K followers, 22K engagements
""I don't know if there was intent or not" They were returning back to the US though Asked about the trip from Toronto to LA Dave Roberts said: "I don't want to get too far into it. I just arrived about [--] minutes ago. So there was some delays. I don't know if there was intent or not. But man the international stuff was a bear. But we made it. We made it." Asked about the trip from Toronto to LA Dave Roberts said: "I don't want to get too far into it. I just arrived about [--] minutes ago. So there was some delays. I don't know if there was intent or not. But man the international stuff was a"
X Link 2025-10-27T01:19Z 33.8K followers, 14.7K engagements
"Narrative arc on this from the Toronto POV is going to be clowning on Marner when it should be that a divisional rival seems to have found yet another tenacious NHL-useful guy for a can of beans something the Leafs have failed to do much of in recent years Dominic James just BULLYING Marner https://t.co/Jv5pRKuBIm Dominic James just BULLYING Marner https://t.co/Jv5pRKuBIm"
X Link 2025-10-27T02:44Z 33.8K followers, 16.7K engagements
"The fact that Benoit is a Top 2-3 found wallet for the Leafs in the 2020s should be an alarm bell not a gotcha https://x.com/MyGOATLiljegren/status/1982653708916965464 Same guy that bitches about Simon Benoit on an hourly basis btw https://x.com/MyGOATLiljegren/status/1982653708916965464 Same guy that bitches about Simon Benoit on an hourly basis btw"
X Link 2025-10-27T03:52Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"@kokisuren Hes [--] had a solid college career prior had [--] points in his first [--] AHL games out of the gate and has been a serviceable energy player in the NHL right away too. Well see where he lands but he seems on track to being A Guy and he was a freebie for them"
X Link 2025-10-27T13:45Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Loving it At the Nat. @vancanadians #WantItAll #WorldSeries https://t.co/3JGBkUkoNd Loving it At the Nat. @vancanadians #WantItAll #WorldSeries https://t.co/3JGBkUkoNd"
X Link 2025-10-28T02:49Z 33.8K followers, 10.8K engagements
"I'm okay with choosing to face him head-on. Fortune favours the brave and all that I do not understand going from a mound meeting to a Home Run Derby-level meatball Why would you pitch to arguably the best player ever Why would you pitch to arguably the best player ever"
X Link 2025-10-28T03:01Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Okay [--] and [--] are crapshoots with how the calls have come this game but [--] man. https://x.com/JohnnyGiunta_/status/1983031912806387841 That was never in the strike zone. https://t.co/uE9Vnzl57Z https://x.com/JohnnyGiunta_/status/1983031912806387841 That was never in the strike zone. https://t.co/uE9Vnzl57Z"
X Link 2025-10-28T04:45Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"@FaizalKhamisa I haven't had a caffeinated drink in [--] months and today is the first true test of my patience"
X Link 2025-10-28T17:45Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Switching over to baseball now but the whole Frozen Frenzy thing feels already cooked. Don't understand the point of having all [--] teams playing if the broadcast is just going to overflow with ads interviews and segments instead of well the [--] hockey games"
X Link 2025-10-28T23:51Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"When I played in the @BuffaloSabres ball hockey tournament in September we got vouchers for tickets to a regular-season game. Our team chose Sabres/Caps this Saturday. We did not expect that the Blue Jays could be playing in Game [--] of the World Series that night"
X Link 2025-10-29T03:17Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Some pictures are worth a thousand words this one is worth $1.2 billion Best Poster of the World Series so far. https://t.co/hDYwGq4nCx Best Poster of the World Series so far. https://t.co/hDYwGq4nCx"
X Link 2025-10-29T15:14Z 33.8K followers, 1.5M engagements
"Didn't think this had to be explained but $1.2B = Ohtani ($700M) + Vlad ($500M)'s contracts put together https://x.com/SportsD24733772/status/1983682264023364070 @JeffVeillette Freemans worth [--] billion in that case lol https://x.com/SportsD24733772/status/1983682264023364070 @JeffVeillette Freemans worth [--] billion in that case lol"
X Link 2025-10-29T23:59Z 33.8K followers, 24K engagements
"I don't know why everyone's complaining about the Canadian anthem at the World Series Game. That was a once-in-a-lifetime moment. How often do you get to see someone opt to do the bilingual version and then butcher both the English and French parts"
X Link 2025-10-30T00:05Z 33.8K followers, 22.3K engagements
"The Leafs never actually attempted to be spreadsheets-first. This might be the biggest myth in the book. They started caving towards older-school demands almost immediately progressively going further and further towards that well with each year until they got to Diet [----] @JeffVeillette Spreadsheets-first didnt exactly produce results either @JeffVeillette Spreadsheets-first didnt exactly produce results either"
X Link 2025-10-30T00:49Z 33.8K followers, 13.4K engagements
"Closest thing you can argue to the Leafs being a spreadsheet team is maybe their drafts Which makes sense there's no value in drafting floor guys better to swing for impact and hope for the best. But the main roster turned into balance-chasing almost as soon as the era started"
X Link 2025-10-30T00:55Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"@jakebeleafs From my IRL friend circle discord"
X Link 2025-10-30T01:57Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@MaheshNYCTO Instantly off the dome the longer I sit on a line the worse they get"
X Link 2025-10-30T02:42Z 33.8K followers, [--] engagements
"The most absurd stat in this game is the fact that the Blue Jays could've put their bats in a box and started sending them to Toronto after the third pitch of the game and still won"
X Link 2025-10-30T03:27Z 33.8K followers, 31.5K engagements
"Every team in the league says some version of that. What actual evidence is there of the Leafs backing those words up to build an all-analytics all-skill team at any point from [----] to now @JeffVeillette Dubai himself said they were using analytics to build a skill team. @JeffVeillette Dubai himself said they were using analytics to build a skill team"
X Link 2025-10-30T19:47Z 33.8K followers, 15.1K engagements
"From my POV Toronto until recently did a good job of avoiding obvious anvil deals but still chased balance. Everyone talks about them trying and failing to do something radically different but they mostly just tried to be a slightly more cost-effective traditional team"
X Link 2025-10-30T19:47Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Never a bad idea to pre-scout your opponents Jesus at a Devils game 🤔 https://t.co/a6IeXVte6l Jesus at a Devils game 🤔 https://t.co/a6IeXVte6l"
X Link 2025-10-31T03:21Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"@BringBackBabs So is pretending that those two series have been the only ones when they've played Boston three times Tampa twice Florida twice the Presidents Trophy Caps etc"
X Link 2025-10-31T14:57Z 33.8K followers, [--] engagements
"@DarcySelke @BringBackBabs Barrie would probably be the answer given here though worth noting the first attempt at an acquisition when they made that trade was Brodie and Barrie was the "we've already committed and this is the best we can get" fallback"
X Link 2025-10-31T16:51Z 33.8K followers, [--] engagements
"@DarcySelke @BringBackBabs With that said on the last note I'm not here to have an old boss / new boss fight. I think LL/KD/BT all have culpability in this spin cycle to the middle"
X Link 2025-10-31T17:11Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@ConnorTheLeafs We wandered around during Fan Fest (I got the tickets for tomorrow from the Ball Hockey tourney) and it seemed nice enough. Wanted to catch a game. Had a jersey ready and everything"
X Link 2025-11-01T03:41Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Ive seen enough Jays by a million Vladimir Guerrero Jr. arrives for Game [--] in a Marie-Philip Poulin Team Canada jersey https://t.co/HqRWmSSDhQ Vladimir Guerrero Jr. arrives for Game [--] in a Marie-Philip Poulin Team Canada jersey https://t.co/HqRWmSSDhQ"
X Link 2025-11-01T19:50Z 33.8K followers, 25.2K engagements
"@BhoyWonder_ @BlueJays @NHL @NHLMedia @EASPORTSNHL @MLB @MLBONFOX @pou29 @HockeyCanada @IIHFHockey @thepwhlofficial @HockeyHallFame Lindros is one of my favourite players of all time and I think he's underrated by the younger generation but MPP is pretty clearly the most clutch big game player man or woman to ever wear the Canada sweater. Eric god love him doesn't have that same aura around him"
X Link 2025-11-01T21:08Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Ed Sheeran warming up for the Dodgers"
X Link 2025-11-02T02:22Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Yamamoto the MVP for sure. God this sucks"
X Link 2025-11-02T04:20Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"I just took the saddest bike ride home ever walked in this was the first thing I saw when I opened my screen and now I'm wondering why I didn't ride into Lake Ontario instead The Dodgers batted .203 in the World Series got outscored 34-26 and won it all. The Dodgers batted .203 in the World Series got outscored 34-26 and won it all"
X Link 2025-11-02T05:07Z 33.8K followers, 68.8K engagements
"Ive done my share of defending IKF and I really dont think it does us any good to make him a public enemy so I hope people dont make this personal with him but man this is gonna haunt for a long time. A better lead off or he just runs through and its Torontos. Tragic MIGUEL ROJAS GETS HIM AT THE PLATE https://t.co/lAW2GEcdDh MIGUEL ROJAS GETS HIM AT THE PLATE https://t.co/lAW2GEcdDh"
X Link 2025-11-02T05:44Z 33.8K followers, 17.8K engagements
"Slept on it. Feel no better. Just a brutal haunting way for this to end. So close in so many different ways. Who knows if they find their way back in this spot again any time soon. I hope so but I fear a lightning in a bottle scenario too"
X Link 2025-11-02T14:47Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Seen a lot of stuff like this and its so stupid. Hoffman had some bad regular season moments but came through all playoffs. Got rocked at the wrong time. Jays left a million guys on base last night. Wish he had just a bit more juice in him but a thoroughly undeserving fall guy. Jeff Hoffman we will always remember you as the fucking loser that you are. Jeff Hoffman we will always remember you as the fucking loser that you are"
X Link 2025-11-02T15:02Z 33.8K followers, 42.1K engagements
"Shohei rules. He has the right to put himself in the best position to succeed. The Dodgers putting their infinite revenue into getting the best players possible is better than them hoarding the money. Other fans can be frustrated with having to go up against them. All can be true Shohei Ohtani is a likeable guy. He is respectful. He is a fantastic teammate. He plays the game hard and fair. He is modest despite his generational talent. I cannot stand the many many fans of other teams who wish for him to fail. It's toxic. These aren't real baseball fans. Shohei Ohtani is a likeable guy. He is"
X Link 2025-11-02T15:27Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"@Kayla_Grey They're probably sick of it too tbh One half for sure but I bet even Kendrick doesn't want this to become too much of his legacy just a quick moment"
X Link 2025-11-02T17:10Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"As an aside stuff like this is Canada-wide right now. Which ones you find will be region-dependent but pretty much every Marshalls/Winners has some form of throwbacks for $99/$129. Pretty sure Fanatics is making them directly for these sorts of locations for gifting season. Local Marshalls store had these. The orange Oilers looks great. Canucks is just weird with that bright red instead of the correct darker shade. https://t.co/xLbpRya4DK Local Marshalls store had these. The orange Oilers looks great. Canucks is just weird with that bright red instead of the correct darker shade."
X Link 2025-11-03T02:42Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"@adamhuras I've already got a pro authentic from back in the day so I held off but it was suprisingly nice for the price yeah. If the turn of the century ones with the logo-font numbering hit the stores (Mats hopefully but I'd settle for Cujo) I'd probably pull the trigger"
X Link 2025-11-03T03:05Z 33.8K followers, [--] engagements
"Absolutely not. Would be nice for the fanbase to come up with some sort of cool gesture for the team to show our appreciation for the run but the parade comes with the trophy. I guarantee it wouldn't sit well with the players either for it to happen this way. Dear Mayor Chow: The Blue Jays deserve a parade. The fans need a parade. ALCS Champions is worth celebrating. #BlueJays Dear Mayor Chow: The Blue Jays deserve a parade. The fans need a parade. ALCS Champions is worth celebrating. #BlueJays"
X Link 2025-11-03T15:44Z 33.8K followers, 21.8K engagements
"Still have the original mug found one of the original long sleeve tees while pulling out one of my "for when I'm back to this size" bags last summer. (Unfortunately the original hoodie is gone) Shame things landed the way they have. @JeffVeillette I remember the "actually good" mugs Can't me back those times. This is an utter mess and just going to get worse @JeffVeillette I remember the "actually good" mugs Can't me back those times. This is an utter mess and just going to get worse"
X Link 2025-11-04T01:35Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"I do not think it's a coincidence that the best that the Blues were on a day-in day-out basis was when Berube had a roster that required a focus on puck movement rather than one designed to appease the idea of him Really starting to wonder about Berubepuck Really starting to wonder about Berubepuck"
X Link 2025-11-04T01:50Z 33.8K followers, 11.2K engagements
"@e_presement With enough work the Ryder Cup is in their sights"
X Link 2025-11-04T02:03Z 33.8K followers, [--] engagements
"The most annoying part is that you know that every person who asked for this Leafs team is going to see this and say that the problem is that this group doesn't care/want it enough and that the solution is to burn the last remaining assets to acquire clones of the same guys"
X Link 2025-11-04T02:09Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"@domluszczyszyn @KwnStorm @e_presement After Babcock we're never getting an early-contract firing by a Rogers-owned team again"
X Link 2025-11-04T02:24Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements
"They still mean everything. If you're a Jays fan you'll remember this run for decades. "Anything less than a championship is a failure" is one of sports' biggest pitfalls I hate that these iconic photos now mean nothing https://t.co/q5XrD4859Z I hate that these iconic photos now mean nothing https://t.co/q5XrD4859Z"
X Link 2025-11-04T17:45Z 33.8K followers, 145.4K engagements
"I think if you can't enjoy sports at all unless your team wins the last game of the season there's very little point to this whole thing. In general being able to take nothing positive from setbacks/failure/defeat is a miserable and generally unproductive way to live life. @JeffVeillette Anything other than a championship is a consolation prize and means nothing @JeffVeillette Anything other than a championship is a consolation prize and means nothing"
X Link 2025-11-04T21:26Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"This sounds like an absolutely miserable way to enjoy life 99% of the time but if it works for you I can't argue with that @JeffVeillette If you dont win then you lose. Those photos should fill fans with agony and despair. Not channeled negatively but it should make them come back and hope harder next season the same as what happened to us Dodgers fans in 2017-18. But yes the [----] Blue Jays season WAS a failure. @JeffVeillette If you dont win then you lose. Those photos should fill fans with agony and despair. Not channeled negatively but it should make them come back and hope harder next"
X Link 2025-11-04T22:06Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"So will the American baseball media admit that the whole "good players going to Toronto would be bad for baseball" thing they've been doing for years was a gigantic misfire or Game [--] of the WS averaged [----] million viewers combined across the United States Canada and Japan making it the most-watched MLB game in [--] years. Game [--] of the WS averaged [----] million viewers combined across the United States Canada and Japan making it the most-watched MLB game in [--] years"
X Link 2025-11-05T17:41Z 33.8K followers, 50.9K engagements
"@MaheshNYCTO 27M average 33M peak highest ratings since G7 [----] https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6780686/2025/11/05/mlb-world-series-tv-ratings-fox-dodgers/ https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6780686/2025/11/05/mlb-world-series-tv-ratings-fox-dodgers/"
X Link 2025-11-05T17:43Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"@sportsarenicce I mean I dont really mind fanbase chirping or whatever. Not saying opposing fans need to respect the Jays or whatever. Im saying that people within the fanbase are allowed to appreciate the ride amongst each other"
X Link 2025-11-05T21:57Z 33.8K followers, [--] engagements
"Cure your post-World Series depression by going to a Leafs game they said"
X Link 2025-11-05T23:36Z 33.8K followers, 255.8K engagements
"Dont love most fake jerseys but I love seeing old ones of guys that barely made sense to buy legit ones of in the first place Theres a guy in my section at the Leafs game wearing a fake Kris Versteeg jersey and Im pretty sure him and my dad were the only ones to ever get one"
X Link 2025-11-06T00:31Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"A closer to 100% Matthews is a huge saving grace for this team if it holds Matthews is just flat out moving better and its amazing how everything works better when youre skating. https://t.co/G9bZgLFW5f Matthews is just flat out moving better and its amazing how everything works better when youre skating. https://t.co/G9bZgLFW5f"
X Link 2025-11-06T01:40Z 33.8K followers, 16K engagements
"@CarCrashIngg They spent open-market star player money on a guy who gave them star player results for seven years when most seven-year signings usually crater by the end of it Their mistake was taking the lineup beneath him and the other stars and building it around time-killing/defending"
X Link 2025-11-06T20:57Z 33.8K followers, [--] engagements
"@WhyBother119756 @_matt_hammer No it's a reflection of open market value (UFA) vs mostly closed market value (RFA). Elite players get elite money when [--] teams are on the board with no asset capital involved. Just for fun - pretend we don't know about Covid what do you think his "fair" value was in 2018"
X Link 2025-11-06T21:51Z 33.8K followers, [--] engagements
"Most under-appreciated Leaf of my lifetime. Humming along like this in his eighth season post-UFA team change is almost unprecedented What an absolutely ridiculous season from Tavares so far https://t.co/7XAmyQBH7G What an absolutely ridiculous season from Tavares so far https://t.co/7XAmyQBH7G"
X Link 2025-11-07T19:31Z 33.8K followers, 19.9K engagements
"A good biopic actor understands the underlying purpose isnt necessarily the best cosplayer. Good scripts help too. The two Steve Jobs movies are a good example. Kutcher looked and sounded more like Steve but the Fassbender movie captured his spirit way better. The problem with biopics like this is that a part of your brain will always be judging how good the likeness/voice is instead of experiencing the actual story. They ought to find a way to depict pop stars a little less conventionally perhaps as a CGI monkey The problem with biopics like this is that a part of your brain will always be"
X Link 2025-11-08T04:09Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Tying goal hits both posts then a minute later a prospect you traded away scores an insurance marker on a play where the stay-at-home defenceman you traded him for gets pulled [--] feet from the net. Scriptwriters working overtime Fraser Minten 5-3 https://t.co/T7IzqzJOSs Fraser Minten 5-3 https://t.co/T7IzqzJOSs"
X Link 2025-11-09T03:03Z 33.8K followers, 56.7K engagements
"@03jassi Where can I download one of those"
X Link 2025-11-09T03:14Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements
"This is triple the production of both their deadline guys combined this year so not the best gotcha. And hes [--]. And Grebenkin (22) has outscored them combined too. And thats before factoring in the draft picks and the fact they very well might do this again in three months I love when a former leaf scores against them and they act like hes the next coming of Christ lmao 😂 https://t.co/E3VlRayHCF I love when a former leaf scores against them and they act like hes the next coming of Christ lmao 😂 https://t.co/E3VlRayHCF"
X Link 2025-11-09T13:54Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"@Cheeko905 Whyd you post his boxcars then Mintens also notoriously considered a two-way guy. Hes outhitting and out blocking the guys they brought in too his on-ice shot metrics are better. What are the others doing better besides being older and more expensive"
X Link 2025-11-09T14:00Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements
"When it's said in the moment it's too early to have an opinion. When it's repeated after it proves to be true it's hindsight. Every time @NeedlesOnNews @JeffVeillette Sure and Id even agree with you in that regard. Those guys were probably the best guys on the market at the time Jeff is just getting caught up in hindsight like he always does. @NeedlesOnNews @JeffVeillette Sure and Id even agree with you in that regard. Those guys were probably the best guys on the market at the time Jeff is just getting caught up in hindsight like he always does"
X Link 2025-11-09T14:33Z 33.8K followers, 22.3K engagements
"@Cheeko905 @NeedlesOnNews Has the possibility that he is one of the players in the "useless" tier occurred to you or"
X Link 2025-11-09T14:38Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@Cheeko905 @NeedlesOnNews They absolutely could afford to do that there were a lot of warning signs that last year's team wasn't going to be a force in the spring barring Stolarz stealing a deep run they just chose to settle anyway"
X Link 2025-11-09T14:43Z 33.8K followers, [--] engagements
"@Cheeko905 @NeedlesOnNews The Leafs would probably have done a lot better with themselves over the past eight or so years if they weren't trying to appease people's expectations at every turn. Trying to win the Intermission Broadcast Panel is what's incrementally curled them back towards the middle"
X Link 2025-11-09T14:47Z 33.8K followers, [--] engagements
"Did Reaves ever come to a teammates defence in Toronto Basically of his fights were show bouts against his shortlist Against Boston in 23/24 we saw Marchand injure Liljegren followed by Reaves doing nothing and then lying about not getting a chance to get on the ice with him This is when you miss Reaves. Sucks not have someone that can beat the shit out of Zadorov. Hate the guy. This is when you miss Reaves. Sucks not have someone that can beat the shit out of Zadorov. Hate the guy"
X Link 2025-11-09T22:41Z 33.8K followers, 14.8K engagements
"Always love listening to Wendel talk about players past and present. He gets caricaturized by the "everything must be grit" crowd but when you hand him the microphone he's always had such an appreciation for talent. Likely why he was able to bring both ends to his own game. Wendel Clark speaks to how talented Alexander Mogilny was (not so much @maydayhockey 💀) https://t.co/peSx7GL3qw Wendel Clark speaks to how talented Alexander Mogilny was (not so much @maydayhockey 💀) https://t.co/peSx7GL3qw"
X Link 2025-11-09T23:43Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Everyone who either built this blue line or encouraged it as a good idea along the way should be subject to a class-action lawsuit The Leafs dont have [--] defenseman you trust with the puck on their stick. Not one. Absolute disaster every game. The Leafs dont have [--] defenseman you trust with the puck on their stick. Not one. Absolute disaster every game"
X Link 2025-11-10T02:53Z 33.8K followers, 21.6K engagements
"Anyway some will say "they lost two after winning [--] of [--] relax" but it's hard to actually watch this Leafsteam and feel confident in the long view. Currently pacing to their worst record in a decade and that's with three of their core guys having career-best starts. Worrisome"
X Link 2025-11-10T03:31Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"They're scoring enough "goals" because Nylander Tavares and Knies are blowing the lid off of their career bests out of the gate and shooting at approximately 6000%. They've taken [--] or fewer shots in three of the last four games. "Most of the team can't make plays" is the issue Craig Berube post-game: We're scoring enough goals every game but we're letting in too many goals. Pretty much the season is we don't value the defensive side of the puck enough. Craig Berube post-game: We're scoring enough goals every game but we're letting in too many goals. Pretty much the season is we don't value"
X Link 2025-11-10T03:53Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"I'm not exactly here to say Lalonde is great but the sheer speed at which the discourse went from "no one in Toronto knows his name or remembers that he's here" to "everyone thinks he's the problem" kinda shows how influenced everyone is by media consumption. @JeffVeillette I wonder what is different from last year hmm I didn't like the hire when it was announced this summer he needs to go @JeffVeillette I wonder what is different from last year hmm I didn't like the hire when it was announced this summer he needs to go"
X Link 2025-11-10T16:57Z 33.8K followers, 19.9K engagements
"Toronto has pretty consistently spent decent money on their bluelines "The Core [--] got in the way" has always been a bad excuse. Leafs offsetted their cost by not having much bad money on the table. Plenty of affordable mobile d-men were available across the era. They chose this @JeffVeillette Couldnt afford better because of the core [--] and now its too late with no more assets to trade @JeffVeillette Couldnt afford better because of the core [--] and now its too late with no more assets to trade"
X Link 2025-11-10T17:55Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"@MichaelGibwej6 Even with Sandin I understood replenishing their assets but not keeping Gustafsson for pennies on the dollar after was a noodle scratcher"
X Link 2025-11-10T18:56Z 33.8K followers, [--] engagements
"I wouldve kept Marner if it were possible. Not having Marner certainly doesnt help them but it isnt why theyre struggling this year. Their overall game was struggling for most of last year too with him as their most used forward. Stolarz [-----] masked it. @JeffVeillette re: "Most of the team can't make plays is the issue" is the issue This is not the main prob this team has right now. What is Goal Diff Col +22 (1) Tor [---] (T-15) Best Def F was kicked out the door. Rest of Fs are too weak Def to keep puck out of own net.🤢 @JeffVeillette re: "Most of the team can't make plays is the issue" is"
X Link 2025-11-10T23:24Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"@zoltanxvamos @simonleafs They showed a ton of these warts last year in some senses even worse with Marner still here and Lambert instead of Lalonde The biggest difference right now is that Stolarz isn't putting up Vezina numbers anymore so close wins are flipping to losses now"
X Link 2025-11-11T15:35Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Getting hard to look at the year-over-year of Toronto's shot/goal metrics at 5v5 and not see this trending the wrong direction in a hurry. Not just this year either. Started in 2023/24 really picked up last year but Stolarz hid the underlying damage and now we're at today"
X Link 2025-11-11T16:24Z 33.8K followers, 18.2K engagements
"One-goal games were another quiet mask for the Maple Leafs last year. Not counting empty netters they had just [--] wins last year by more than two goals. Their record in games decided by one non-EN goal was 33-12-4 something described as scrappy in the moment but hard to repeat @tj96111030 Yes but Stolarz's numbers were much better and they had a better record by PTS% with him in Woll's thing was more about being in an abnormal amount of close wins. His record in games that were won by [--] (or [--] with an ENG) was 17-6-1 which is another hard-to-repeat thing @tj96111030 Yes but Stolarz's numbers"
X Link 2025-11-11T17:46Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"One example of one-goal wins being deceiving is the 16/17 Ottawa Senators. They brought in a new defence-first coach got outplayed but won a bunch of close games had a surprise playoff run got praised for breaking analytics then missed the playoffs for seven years in a row"
X Link 2025-11-11T17:50Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"So uhh how are we feeling about the Leafs after tonights game"
X Link 2025-11-12T03:23Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"How quickly can you build me a Time Machine What would YOU do to fix the Toronto Maple Leafs What would YOU do to fix the Toronto Maple Leafs"
X Link 2025-11-12T04:53Z 33.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Obviously this isn't universal (and if you're following me for reasons other than spite probably an even lower percentage of you) but it's alarming how many people are watching things in Toronto and still think the way out is to try to chase grittiness even further"
X Link 2025-11-12T05:16Z 33.8K followers, 22.8K engagements
"Toronto are 29th in shot attempt share and 25th in xG share dating back to the start of last season That's [--] games now. Not counting playoffs where they were 16th and 15th of [--] respectively We're past "it's a streak". It's a pattern. They can't control play as constructed @JeffVeillette [--] games in and ALL of Leafs nation is surrendering. Leaf fan base is the problem. Absolutely pathetic 😂😂 @JeffVeillette [--] games in and ALL of Leafs nation is surrendering. Leaf fan base is the problem. Absolutely pathetic 😂😂"
X Link 2025-11-12T05:36Z 33.8K followers, 12.4K engagements
"@DuilleogGhorm Florida chased good and effective players who often happened to be gritty. Toronto keeps chasing big or gritty as the priority often at the sacrifice of good"
X Link 2025-11-12T14:27Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Buddy is kinda right though tbh. I don't outright have an issue with this (also missed the game last night so didn't know it happened til just now) but clearing the benches for [---] feels like moving the bar lower no Especially for a guy that's all but guaranteed to hit 500+ Dont think @gmoneyslic cares about your opinions of the empty-the-bench-celly for Pastas 400th 😅 https://t.co/1qut4H9h7e Dont think @gmoneyslic cares about your opinions of the empty-the-bench-celly for Pastas 400th 😅 https://t.co/1qut4H9h7e"
X Link 2025-11-12T15:12Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"I'd get doing it for a 400th goal if it was a beloved vet scoring it in his potential last year. Pastrnak's [--] he's likely getting to [---] let alone [---]. I love big celebrations but since the clear-outs are "ask permission from the NHL" deals just feels like this cheapens it"
X Link 2025-11-12T15:16Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"@RadioBrent Hey could be worse. Either he bounces back and you can claim you bought the dip or he doesn't and a seam ripper and a replacement nameplate turns it into a Kulemin alumni jersey real quick"
X Link 2025-11-12T16:34Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@CorsiHL @DavidJambo @jakebeleafs He was on pace for [--] going into yesterday and was one of the only players on the team with good underlyings. This obviously isnt peak Matthews but this isnt a pumpkin either"
X Link 2025-11-12T17:07Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@Leafer1984 @ejmichele Right. Earlier this year I had someone send me the WOM to say they cruised to a win and the only reason they were above water was because of an empty net goal that was worth like [---] because the net was empty lol"
X Link 2025-11-12T18:58Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@Leafer1984 @ejmichele Or there was that one game from the Boston series two years ago where people were like "they crushed them on xG" and it just turned out that 4v3s broke the MP model and basically half their game was counted on like four attempts"
X Link 2025-11-12T18:59Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements
"2017 trade deadline. Convince them that theyre trading for the wrong Tampa centre and get the little guy in the minors instead Or [----] before the playoffs and force Holl into the lineup so at least one right-side guy can escape the zone @JeffVeillette How far would you go back @JeffVeillette How far would you go back"
X Link 2025-11-12T21:22Z 33.8K followers, 10.8K engagements
"@KyleSoobas Only [--] NHL games at that point they called him up a week after Toronto traded for Boyle"
X Link 2025-11-12T22:03Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements
"If anyone has any Leafs/hockey/personal/whatever questions that I can answer I'm all ears for the next couple of hours May save some of the ones that can be expanded on further for some blog posts since I've been lagging on that lately. But will reply to the shorter ones"
X Link 2025-11-12T22:25Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"@TallCanAudio It's the #1 song I think of when thinking of NHL soundtrack songs. The standout on the best year. The whole album is great too. Shame about Jesse Lacey being well himself though"
X Link 2025-11-13T00:00Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements
""Before you fire Craig Berube I think it's time to fire Auston Matthews or Willy Nylander" Maple Leafs at 5-on-5 this season with. Auston Matthews on the ice: 16-6 Toronto William Nylander on the ice: 17-12 Toronto Neither on the ice: 33-18 Opponent Stop blaming the coaches #LeafsForever. Time to point fingers elsewhere. @DailyFaceoff @JLazzy23 Presented by@sportsonprimeca https://t.co/02SEaWocko Stop blaming the coaches #LeafsForever. Time to point fingers elsewhere. @DailyFaceoff @JLazzy23 Presented by@sportsonprimeca https://t.co/02SEaWocko"
X Link 2025-11-13T03:19Z 33.8K followers, 82K engagements
"The [--] million thing is an arbitrary number. Lots of teams have won with players making more than the equivalent of $10M in today's AAV. Toronto's depth issue is that they fill their depth with low-ceiling guys. Other contenders have built pipelines of low-cost project players. @JeffVeillette There is a reason teams don't win cups with players making over [--] mil a season let alone two. It makes it hard to have some depth. @JeffVeillette There is a reason teams don't win cups with players making over [--] mil a season let alone two. It makes it hard to have some depth"
X Link 2025-11-13T15:34Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Also this is the least top-heavy the Leafs' salary has been in this decade and by far the worst they've looked since the tank year. At a certain point this excuse has to go away"
X Link 2025-11-13T15:41Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"@SDB1542721 I wouldve kept him but the root problems were there last year as well"
X Link 2025-11-13T16:29Z 33.8K followers, [--] engagements
"This does the Leafs a huge favour as this probably wasn't a contract they should've got out of for nothing. With that said Kampf probably realizes it's do this and take a paycut for the next two years or lose out on any NHL years that would come after that. Expect David Kampf to be placed on waivers today for purpose of termination of contract. So if he clears waivers tomorrow he can sign with another NHL club. Expect David Kampf to be placed on waivers today for purpose of termination of contract. So if he clears waivers tomorrow he can sign with another NHL club"
X Link 2025-11-13T16:37Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"@chaosreigns111 Adjusting for inflation isn't moving goal posts. It's the opposite - it's holding the goalposts in place. By pretending $10M now is the same as $10M in previous years you're allowing the goalposts to gradually shrink"
X Link 2025-11-13T16:39Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Also true as to why Kampf would opt for this. The Olympics can mean a lot for players who haven't had a chance to get there @JeffVeillette Fighting for the olympic spot is also the key here one would think. He is coach's favourite but needs to play regularly. @JeffVeillette Fighting for the olympic spot is also the key here one would think. He is coach's favourite but needs to play regularly"
X Link 2025-11-13T16:45Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"@chaosreigns111 No you said there was a reason that teams don't win with players who make that much and that reason was because it limits depth. A salary's ability to impact depth can only exist in relation to its share of the ceiling so the inflation point is not just relevant but essential"
X Link 2025-11-13T17:25Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"@Robotic_Yeti @chaosreigns111 The answer here will be that they made exactly $10M and that if they made a penny more it would've sent their teams into crippling depth catastrophe"
X Link 2025-11-13T17:53Z 33.8K followers, [--] engagements
"Selfishly this absolutely sucks. One of the reasons I love having my TFC season tickets is that as bad as the team is it's a fun night out that mostly covers the months where I have less hockey work to do Not sure how many games I can go to now if it's going to run in parallel BREAKING: MLS owners have voted and passed a schedule change. The league will run from the late summer months through May This is due to start in summer of [----]. MLS will take winter break in Jan/Feb More from @PaulTenorio on the ground at BOG meeting: https://t.co/ETTVnajFv2 BREAKING: MLS owners have voted and passed a"
X Link 2025-11-13T21:33Z 33.8K followers, 12.8K engagements
"@JeffVeillette They are Dubas players and they should play in a Dubas system and in a Dubas town of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Send them all over take all his 1sts and if he has any good young Chief-type players trade for more of those and lets go win Chiefs way. You should go with them @JeffVeillette They are Dubas players and they should play in a Dubas system and in a Dubas town of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Send them all over take all his 1sts and if he has any good young Chief-type players trade for more of those and lets go win Chiefs way. You should go with them"
X Link 2025-11-14T04:44Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"I have to imagine anyone watching this who thinks "you know what the Leafs win more games if they got rid of 34/88/91/44 and kept bringing in whatever they've added over the past couple years" is trolling at this point. Probably silly of me to give oxygen to this tbh"
X Link 2025-11-14T04:48Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"The fact that its still very difficult to criticize decisions from Tre (and to a lesser extent Berube) without starting an old boss / new boss war while many are viscerally blaming the PK coach that just got here for all their issues shows the power of media influence honestly @JeffVeillette If Tre had an approval rating Id be really curious to see it right now same with Berubes. I know Lalondes is at negative [-----]. @JeffVeillette If Tre had an approval rating Id be really curious to see it right now same with Berubes. I know Lalondes is at negative 10000"
X Link 2025-11-14T04:57Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Right. And while other top teams created waves of pressure Toronto set themselves up so opponents could game-plan and go full send to shut down the top guys then rest up against the punt teams beneath them. Easier to do in the playoffs too since you're not rotating opponents @JeffVeillette They go from a high power scoring team in the regular season to pumpkins in the playoffs and instead of adding a legit scorer at the deadline the narrative is they need more defense. @JeffVeillette They go from a high power scoring team in the regular season to pumpkins in the playoffs and instead of adding"
X Link 2025-11-14T15:18Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Canada's favourite tradition (doing Oligopoly) continues Vancouver: Rogers Arena Edmonton: Rogers Place Toronto: Scotiabank Arena Calgary: Scotia Place Ottawa: Canadian Tire Centre Montreal: Bell Centre Winnipeg: Canada Life Centre (formerly Bell MTS Place) Canada struggling to beat the "Six Companies in a Trenchcoat" allegations Vancouver: Rogers Arena Edmonton: Rogers Place Toronto: Scotiabank Arena Calgary: Scotia Place Ottawa: Canadian Tire Centre Montreal: Bell Centre Winnipeg: Canada Life Centre (formerly Bell MTS Place) Canada struggling to beat the "Six Companies in a Trenchcoat""
X Link 2025-11-14T16:00Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"@KPapetti Wavelengths At a certain point you gotta wonder if the bi-annual "the Leafs are trying to get someone from the Flames but they don't want to be reasonable with Treliving" efforts are even serious anymore or Toronto just knows this rumour cycle is an easy pressure-relief valve At a certain point you gotta wonder if the bi-annual "the Leafs are trying to get someone from the Flames but they don't want to be reasonable with Treliving" efforts are even serious anymore or Toronto just knows this rumour cycle is an easy pressure-relief valve"
X Link 2025-11-15T00:49Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"On one hand Im not gong to pretend I was banging the Zegras drum personally. With that said they paid Philly significantly more for Laughton than Philly went on to pay for Zegras. Cap hit plays an impact obviously but wild to think about @JeffVeillette Did the Leafs have anything equivalent to trade for Zegras to entice the Ducks to trade him to Toronto @JeffVeillette Did the Leafs have anything equivalent to trade for Zegras to entice the Ducks to trade him to Toronto"
X Link 2025-11-15T04:33Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Negative spin is that Stetcher is another aging once-a-name who cant really make plays on a blue line full of them Positive spin is that this was a no-asset waiver claim for a league minimum player and you may as well see if he can outplay Benoit/Myers/Mermis Verdict: 🤷♂ 🤷 The Maple Leafs have claimed D Troy Stecher off waivers from Edmonton. G Anthony Stolarz has been placed on injured reserve retroactive to November [--] [----]. The Maple Leafs have claimed D Troy Stecher off waivers from Edmonton. G Anthony Stolarz has been placed on injured reserve retroactive to November [--] 2025"
X Link 2025-11-15T19:10Z 33.8K followers, 12.4K engagements
"Every d-pair balanced by having one NHLer on it Berube wants balance on the road moves Knies to Line [--]. Maple Leafs projected lineup in Chicago: Robertson Tavares Nylander Knies Roy Cowan Maccelli Domi McMann Joshua Lorentz Jrnkrok Rielly Myers Benoit McCabe Mermis Ekman-Larsson Woll starts Hildeby Berube wants balance on the road moves Knies to Line [--]. Maple Leafs projected lineup in Chicago: Robertson Tavares Nylander Knies Roy Cowan Maccelli Domi McMann Joshua Lorentz Jrnkrok Rielly Myers Benoit McCabe Mermis Ekman-Larsson Woll starts Hildeby"
X Link 2025-11-15T22:28Z 33.8K followers, 93.1K engagements
"I still don't know if it's more insane that the Maple Leafs are [--] games into the season and have only played four games against teams that made the playoffs last year or that the Maple Leafs are [--] games into the season and are four minutes away from falling below 0.500"
X Link 2025-11-16T02:46Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"The moral of the story is if you sacrifice mobility and playmaking to build a big slow defence-first team while hoping 3-4 guys will score all the goals you'll mostly just end up unable to get out of your own zone followed by tired followed by fishing out pucks from your net The Leafs have now surrendered [--] or more goals in [--] of their past [--] games The Leafs have now surrendered [--] or more goals in [--] of their past [--] games"
X Link 2025-11-16T02:56Z 33.8K followers, 16.9K engagements
"The thing about "it's the players and it's always will be" that gives me pause is that they've replaced almost all of the players. The ones who have stuck around from the early days are more clearly their best than ever and everything surrounding them has gotten noticeably worse @JeffVeillette I'm in no way pro Leafs but we all know the problem stems from longer than Berube. A coaching would only give them a short term jolt. The players remain. They can't defend and don't play as a team. It's always been this. @JeffVeillette I'm in no way pro Leafs but we all know the problem stems from"
X Link 2025-11-16T20:28Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Here is the Toronto Maple Leafs list of skaters right now sorted by @EvolvingHockey's Goals Above Replacement. I've included the year the season they debuted with the team. "The long-term guys are the problem" has never made less sense. They're the ones holding this together"
X Link 2025-11-16T20:37Z 33.8K followers, 20.8K engagements
"They've been adjusting the roster in this mould for the last two and a half years "DNA change" was literally the catchphrase they used to sell it They've become measurably worse at everything What are we talking about anymore @JeffVeillette Yes but coaching change won't alter the DNA of this team - which is a flawed collection of top-heavy offensive talent that's hasn't proved anything in the playoffs. They need an extensive re-tool if the real goal is Stanley cup. @JeffVeillette Yes but coaching change won't alter the DNA of this team - which is a flawed collection of top-heavy offensive"
X Link 2025-11-16T20:42Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Put another way: There are nine skaters left on the Leafs from the front office changeover after 2022/23. Seven of them are among Toronto's eight most impactful players this year. Post-2022/23 skaters make up [--] of the Top [--] and [--] of the bottom [--]. Here is the Toronto Maple Leafs list of skaters right now sorted by @EvolvingHockey's Goals Above Replacement. I've included the year the season they debuted with the team. "The long-term guys are the problem" has never made less sense. They're the ones holding this together. https://t.co/iYTt9omZNM Here is the Toronto Maple Leafs list of skaters"
X Link 2025-11-16T20:55Z 33.8K followers, 16.9K engagements
"They're not built for playoff hockey. They're built for a cosplay of playoff hockey. Modern playoff hockey requires you to be able to keep opponents on their toes through fast play shifting strategy and waves of competitive matchups. Toronto has none of those. They're just big @JeffVeillette They built a team for playoff hockey but forgot the same players need to get them there first @JeffVeillette They built a team for playoff hockey but forgot the same players need to get them there first"
X Link 2025-11-16T21:08Z 33.8K followers, 56.7K engagements
"The Leafs and the Canucks are on a mission to ruin the NHL for me this year canucks are on pace for [--] shots this game. https://t.co/k3UYv0dfnG canucks are on pace for [--] shots this game. https://t.co/k3UYv0dfnG"
X Link 2025-11-16T22:50Z 33.8K followers, 11.1K engagements
"Good teams find cheap depth. The playoff TOI leader for the Panthers over the past three years (2 Cups and a Final) is a guy they claimed off waivers for $700000. Toronto has been adding more "Premium Depth" pieces than ever in the past 2-3 years and they're getting speedbagged @JeffVeillette Almost as if the core four holds management and ownership hostage with their percentage of the cap hit. Who would have thought @JeffVeillette Almost as if the core four holds management and ownership hostage with their percentage of the cap hit. Who would have thought"
X Link 2025-11-16T23:05Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"The cap is exploding. Marner is gone. Tavares is playing for like 40% of his market value. They're only spending $6M in net. The excuse is gone. They had more flexibility than they've had in forever to make a "deep" roster and the result is their worst team since the tank year"
X Link 2025-11-16T23:07Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Being a second-third layer player on the Leafs is maybe the sweetest meal ticket in all of hockey. If you're just one of good personable or hard-working you're set for life. If you're scared of sharing some of the criticism along the way those probably aren't the guys you want @JeffVeillette Its easy for Florida to lure guys in. Its also easier to pay them less. What if FAs dont want to sign in TO bc they get all the blame when the core fails to deliver. Everyone & everything comes 2nd to the core. Thats not necessarily appealing. Leafs dont have a team dynamic @JeffVeillette Its easy for"
X Link 2025-11-17T01:36Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"I'd also love to visit this parallel universe where the Maple Leafs' core guys have escaped criticism over the years. They've taken the brunt of the noise especially post-Covid"
X Link 2025-11-17T01:36Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"One more point - being anything better than awful in Toronto is the easiest way to get a paid in the open market just by sheer eyeballs. That should make this an easy place to land project players. For a while it was. Now they just pay full ticket for low-ceiling guys"
X Link 2025-11-17T01:41Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"The [----] Leafs had a blue line where four of the six d-men were automatic glass-and-outs and the other two had to bomb stretch passes because the forwards were prepared for the former. Boston adjusted quickly smothering 44-51 and letting the other four punt them free pucks. You ever think about how the Leafs had prime John Tavares and prime Nazem Kadri at the same time as a [--] yo Auston Matthews along with Nylander Hyman Marner and Marleau as wingers and still just found a way to lose in [--] games in the first round You ever think about how the Leafs had prime John Tavares and prime Nazem Kadri"
X Link 2025-11-17T13:43Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"- GAR isn't an Offence-Only Metric - Plus/Minus isn't a Defensive Metric - Toronto's Plus/Minus Leaders are Matthews and Nylander and the Bottom [--] are Joshua Myers and Domi so we end up right back at the exact same point anyway Check your rebuttals before submitting them @JeffVeillette Jeff appreciate your takes on game. That said . If focus remains on 'O-only' levels of supposed 'productivity' then unfortunately U2 R failing [--] hit 'bulls-eye' when analyzing how it works. Suggest: Search [--] valid def stats [--] players. 'Begin' w/ straight plus/minus. 💡 @JeffVeillette Jeff appreciate your takes"
X Link 2025-11-17T15:31Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"He's not been great to say the least. Lots of these problems existed before him but they're speedrunning them now. Tbh I don't mention him by name very much because it always leads to bickering about the guy before him but at this point the results are speaking for themselves @JeffVeillette All this but you dont call out Treliving directly. Hes responsible. Hes got a brand but he has failed elsewhere too. Analytics would have argued against Maccelli and Joshua. And maybe Roy. Treliving needs to go. And go before he makes a Tkachuk level error. @JeffVeillette All this but you dont call out"
X Link 2025-11-17T17:15Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Having to eat the back end of the Babcock contract feels more and more like what killed the window of MLSE teams starting to win. Theyve been terrified of dead money and swinging big off the playing surface ever since. Its impacted the Leafs Raps TFC etc ever since Reading between the tea leaves if the Leafs have to fire Berube Im not sure ownership would green-light a hire like DeBoer Mirtle on the Leaf Report said he thinks Berube has $11M+ left on his deal and I dont think MLSE wants two expensive coaching contracts on the books Reading between the tea leaves if the Leafs have to fire"
X Link 2025-11-18T00:03Z 33.8K followers, 22.6K engagements
"I don't know that hopping from Berube to the first coach available helps but the fact that their barrier here is money should be alarming. Imagine going back to the start of the era and saying "By [----] you'll be watching Diet Carlylepuck with Pension Plan-era off-ice spending.""
X Link 2025-11-18T00:17Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements
"I just got PTSD Treliving on Craig Berube: Craig didnt become a bad coach overnight when you go through difficult times the easy thing is to pick off the coach the important thing is to not point fingers and dig in together I have all the faith in the world in him Treliving on Craig Berube: Craig didnt become a bad coach overnight when you go through difficult times the easy thing is to pick off the coach the important thing is to not point fingers and dig in together I have all the faith in the world in him"
X Link 2025-11-18T15:28Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"This feels easy to say after you've traded almost every futures piece you had left in the cupboard for a grab bag of bottom-six forwards and third-pairing defencemen Treliving: "The reality in the business is you're not trading your way out of problems." #Leafs Treliving: "The reality in the business is you're not trading your way out of problems." #Leafs"
X Link 2025-11-18T15:55Z 33.8K followers, 13.7K engagements
"Piecing together the Treliving availability: - I take responsibility - But also it's not the coaches I hired's fault - And also it's not the players I added's fault - Basically we need to try harder and win like we did last year - Please do not dig into how we won last year"
X Link 2025-11-18T16:07Z 33.8K followers, 18.9K engagements
"Every GM in this era has been guilty of emptying the cupboard occasionally for needle-movers occasionally junk. Treliving has been a speed run though. Toronto's last two trade deadlines saw them trade two firsts Minten Grebenkin and six other picks for no meaningful value. @JeffVeillette Treliving did a little trading away futures but most was done by Dubas/Shanahan. They emptied the cupboard. @JeffVeillette Treliving did a little trading away futures but most was done by Dubas/Shanahan. They emptied the cupboard"
X Link 2025-11-18T16:32Z 33.8K followers, 11.5K engagements
"@Skoot9191 @Alchemist3444 It's kinda in the middle. I think they're still a better team with Marner than without him I also think most of Toronto's main issues right now still existed last year with him though"
X Link 2025-11-18T17:02Z 33.8K followers, [--] engagements
"A popular misconception is that Toronto has a tough hockey media presence. We have a loud and large media presence but not a tough one. A tough one would've pried more into things like this Would have been nice if someone asked Brad Treliving some pointed questions about the team rarely having the puck and whether he thinks that's a sustainable strategy to win games and how it has been trending that way for 100+ games now with the coach he fully supported today. Would have been nice if someone asked Brad Treliving some pointed questions about the team rarely having the puck and whether he"
X Link 2025-11-18T17:07Z 33.8K followers, 32.4K engagements
"So many of these in the replies today. I don't want to argue any more about how the last guy should've moved to bring the team from the top of the standings to the Stanley Cup. I would like to figure out how to steer the current guy away from the lottery @Matt_S_Britton @JeffVeillette Hes no worse than the fraud GM Dubas @Matt_S_Britton @JeffVeillette Hes no worse than the fraud GM Dubas"
X Link 2025-11-18T21:10Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Been saying this for years - JT Miller is an Amplifier. If your team is buzzing he's rocket fuel that adds a level. If your team is struggling he's an anvil that weighs them down even further. Having him lead a team through a rebuild/retool was always a big risk. From the guy that brought you "No BS" here's some BS. @NYRangersRadio #NYR https://t.co/1bPxOxMOif From the guy that brought you "No BS" here's some BS. @NYRangersRadio #NYR https://t.co/1bPxOxMOif"
X Link 2025-11-19T13:54Z 33.8K followers, 207.5K engagements
"@MartialGalay3 That was for an era when they were actually controlling games most nights. Now that theyre just getting their teeth kicked in on the regular its probably a legitimate stance to take lol"
X Link 2025-11-19T16:50Z 33.8K followers, [--] engagements
"Not doubling down on their strength has been a problem throughout the era but they at least remained real threats for a few years. Its just incredible how much this team has slipped to chase a idealized cosplay of winning hockey Leafs after [--] 📊📈📉 The Leafs have found their identity: They're sloooooooow 🐌 https://t.co/OLxqLpc7YY https://t.co/KeKFifqXsz Leafs after [--] 📊📈📉 The Leafs have found their identity: They're sloooooooow 🐌 https://t.co/OLxqLpc7YY https://t.co/KeKFifqXsz"
X Link 2025-11-19T17:30Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"I wouldve liked to have kept Marner over having him walk because having high end talent is always good but it cannot be stressed enough that every problem they have this year besides the goalies forgot how to make saves was also evident last year with him here"
X Link 2025-11-19T18:12Z 33.8K followers, 16K engagements
"@drophockeyshow I mean both of these are what happened in Vancouver. When had that year and a half of everything going right he was a force when they started to slip he was basically a tantrum on skates for everyone to see until he was gone"
X Link 2025-11-20T13:19Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Gotta give Craig Berube credit here. No one could know for sure whether Auston Matthews would be able to work together with William Nylander the current teammate he's played the most with in his career but he had the guts to take the leap of faith. (via https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/32-thoughts-bedard-celebrini-making-strong-cases-for-team-canada/ https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/32-thoughts-bedard-celebrini-making-strong-cases-for-team-canada/"
X Link 2025-11-20T13:35Z 33.8K followers, 10.7K engagements
"Matthews and Nylander have played [----] minutes together at 5v5 and [----] minutes together in all situations in their career the only forward he's played with more is Marner the idea that Berube stumbled on something new (which seems to start at CB himself) is just very odd to me"
X Link 2025-11-20T13:40Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"The Maccielli bit seems odd too. I feel like if you want to rejuvenate a playmaker's career you'd want to pair him with guys with mobility & finishing upside not just your closest thing to "6'4 and 6'6". That said easier said than done if you don't see him on the 34/91 lines"
X Link 2025-11-20T13:50Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"One last thing - always felt to me like 88+34 featured more give-and-go than 16+34 which often had Marner holding for Matthews to get open so the barrier to 88+34 now being "Willy likes to hold the puck" feels like someone who well wasn't here for years 1-7. Anyway"
X Link 2025-11-20T13:56Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"This is on December 31st [----]. It gave Mario his 100th point of the season. On New Years Eve Five days later he played his last game before taking two months off to get radiation treatment for Hodgkin's lymphoma And then he scored [--] more points in his last [--] GP. Superhuman Mario Lemieux leaning on Dmitri Mironov like hes an inanimate light post will always be one of my favorite examples of Lemieuxs strength https://t.co/3tD1hMc0nS Mario Lemieux leaning on Dmitri Mironov like hes an inanimate light post will always be one of my favorite examples of Lemieuxs strength https://t.co/3tD1hMc0nS"
X Link 2025-11-20T15:27Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"On one hand this is the right mindset. On the other hand it's incredibly funny that two and a half years into the Treliving era and with none of the old bosses here to say no anymore the only guys on the untouchables list are still the guys that were here before he got here From @FriedgeHNIC's latest [--] Thoughts column. very interesting note regarding Brad Treliving's calculus amidst the #Leafs' early-season woes. https://t.co/UP98gY8a8A From @FriedgeHNIC's latest [--] Thoughts column. very interesting note regarding Brad Treliving's calculus amidst the #Leafs' early-season woes."
X Link 2025-11-20T17:47Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Surplus as in "more than they paid for him" or surplus as in "more than sum-zero" Chris Johnston on the Chris Johnston Show says there's definitely been chatter in the marketplace about Carlo and Rielly and adds that Carlo could bring the Leafs back some surplus value. Chris Johnston on the Chris Johnston Show says there's definitely been chatter in the marketplace about Carlo and Rielly and adds that Carlo could bring the Leafs back some surplus value"
X Link 2025-11-20T19:12Z 33.8K followers, 18.8K engagements
"John Tavares is the light of my life. The rest of this team is still borderline unwatchable but he deserves everything good in the world. Put up his statue and banner now force him onto the Olympic team give him the C back the works"
X Link 2025-11-21T02:07Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Knowing this kicking a guy while he's down but the Domi extension is looking more and more like a huge misfire. The first signing made sense decent value on a one-year but they got too emotionally attached to a guy who has never been able to sustain success with one team"
X Link 2025-11-21T03:02Z 33.8K followers, 13.4K engagements
"At the time it felt like the options were to either give Domi term at a big discount give him market at a short term or let him walk. Instead they gave him full ticket to a degree that no team ever has after a down production year It was never rational. And now we're here"
X Link 2025-11-21T03:05Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Duh for the rational but saying this in the moment was uh polarizing to say the least @JeffVeillette Can I say duh @JeffVeillette Can I say duh"
X Link 2025-11-21T03:07Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"@JohnnyGiunta_ Thats not a fair comparison at all That popcorn guy is the McDavid of popcorn guys"
X Link 2025-11-21T19:50Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements
"I think the Toronto market turned Marner at the wrong time and that it would've been preferable to keep him. With that said Toronto's struggles right now are almost all the same as they were last year with him. Putting this on missing him is an easy way out. I keep receipts 👀 sure looks like the Leafs are missing Marner right about now #nhl #hockey #toronto #leafs #marner https://t.co/hkNrTg3tBF I keep receipts 👀 sure looks like the Leafs are missing Marner right about now #nhl #hockey #toronto #leafs #marner https://t.co/hkNrTg3tBF"
X Link 2025-11-22T16:04Z 33.8K followers, 32.4K engagements
"Toronto's metrics have declined throughout their transition into the Treliving/Berube era. They were already bottom [--] in shot attempt/quality share last year in the midst of Marner's most productive season. It got masked by a 117pt pace in 1-goal games and Stolarz's [-----] SV%"
X Link 2025-11-22T16:07Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"By putting Toronto's freefall on Marner walking you can say "what can you do they ran him out of town" instead of focusing on the moves that have made them old unskilled and slow a system incompatible with that and a goalie platoon that trusts too much in low-workload guys"
X Link 2025-11-22T16:10Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"This all just shifts the blame to the fans for being meanies instead of addressing the poor decisions made to appease a rosy retrospection of how they think playoff games used to be won as an overcorrection to past losses. Having Marner would be great but it misses the point"
X Link 2025-11-22T16:14Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Even when I was one of the early Marner critics I never really loved this angle from people. It gets used as a "wilts under pressure" point when the stronger point is that Toronto's evolution towards "top guys score everyone else chews clock" makes them more solvable over time. @JeffVeillette Show me playoffs stats games [---] please @JeffVeillette Show me playoffs stats games [---] please"
X Link 2025-11-22T16:31Z 33.8K followers, 11.4K engagements
"Recent Leafs teams have gone into the playoffs effectively hoping one of the core lines will score the other core line will shut down the opponent and maybe get a goal and everyone else will just survive. Opponents can and do adjust to that dull out the weapons and cruise"
X Link 2025-11-22T16:33Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Not brought up in the Marner 5-6-7 thing is that the Leafs on the whole have scored 35% fewer goals in Games 5-6-7 and see their goal share drop 10%. Their lack of depth creativity and scoring pace of play and inability to exit the zone make them easier to adjust to"
X Link 2025-11-22T16:36Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Now I do think Marner had a problem with trying to heropuck his way through this in his first few years (something I took a lot of heat for saying when he was still liked) but from [----] on I thought he'd been more solution than problem in the playoffs"
X Link 2025-11-22T16:39Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements
"@Cacti65_ Pastrnak has a smaller but still sizable 5-7 dip MacKinnon craters in Game [--] the Avs are as bad at the Leafs at G7's McDavid is McDavid and even he's gone pointless in [--] of his [--] game 7s This was a stat invented for one guy but never really checked against anyone else lol"
X Link 2025-11-22T17:05Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@TheOMeara All three of those guys do see their production crater in those games though. Marner's is the worst but none are good. The four of them combined have three goals in six Game 7s Nylander's the most productive 5-7 player of the four and even he's only at like a 60-point pace"
X Link 2025-11-22T17:14Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@Cacti65_ You're the one slicing seasons Full career Pastrnak goes from [----] pt/GP 1-4 to [----] pt/GP 5-7. Again better than Marner but still a 20% dip [--] points in [--] game 7s (again you trimmed out his first one) is a big dip for Mack who seems to feast on [--] and [--] historically"
X Link 2025-11-22T17:43Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@Cacti65_ The slicing also takes away a point from Marner from his first game [--] which I recognize is just shifting him from bad to still bad but slightly less but I'll note it just for the sake of completion here"
X Link 2025-11-22T17:45Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@TheOMeara Marner's is the worst of the four for sure. Point being that all four are getting suffocated as the series goes on which goes back to the original point of playoff opponents being able to gameplan around shutting them down over time and seeing the rest go with them"
X Link 2025-11-22T17:48Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@TheOMeara Like if you just want to shit on MM then sure parade that he is the most impacted of the four by that strategy but if you want to diagnose the team problem looking at the bigger picture is probably more important"
X Link 2025-11-22T17:49Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@TheOMeara I think the cap space thing is a bit of a cop out. Marner in particular is the one who got above market but other top teams have found ways to find cheap depth guys to round out their rosters. Toronto has increasingly gone safer and more defence/checking focused with their picks"
X Link 2025-11-22T18:00Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@Cacti65_ Not for the reasons you're trying to infer but I'd consider that one of their top teams from this era yeah. I think if they had even one guy on the right side of the blue line who wasn't allergic to the puck they win that Boston series and go on a bit of a run"
X Link 2025-11-22T18:06Z 33.8K followers, [---] engagements
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