Congratulations.

You know how you could really fit in with the Canucks fans?

Get a Canucks Messier jersey.

They absolutely loved him out there. His leadership. His contributions to the team.

Trust me.
- Atomic Wedgie

His number choice was crazy popular, bringing in Keenan, demanding more money after he left… all truly lovable things lol

His number choice was crazy popular, bringing in Keenan, demanding more money after he left… all truly lovable things lol
- Dozzer

If you really want respect in riot town, you need to dust off the Gino Odjick jersey.

Weird stat:

Foligno named Chicago's 35th captain.

If I'm doing the math right, Matthews is the Leafs' 19th captain.
- Atomic Wedgie

26th actually

26th actually
- Dozzer

I put in the disclaimer after your responded.

I put in the disclaimer after your responded.
- Atomic Wedgie

Ok that makes sense.. I was just posting the entire list… I knew it went back a ways.

Is Chicago’s list cutoff at the same time?

Ok that makes sense.. I was just posting the entire list… I knew it went back a ways.

Is Chicago’s list cutoff at the same time?
- Dozzer

Franchise founded in 1926.

I’m not surprised one bit. Willing to bet TSN ends up saying goodbye to leaf games now.
- Dozzer

I did a quick skim of the comments and I don't see anyone that has responded to this, but sounds like there is a deal in place for TSN to broadcast up to 50% of the games regionally for 20 years.

Franchise founded in 1926.
- Atomic Wedgie

Ahhhh ok that makes perfect sense now… thank you for reminding me of that

Makes 19 a 100% answer as well.. altho, even tho it’s logical, I do feel a bit of shame not including Jack Adams

That may be true, but I think you are overlooking an even more important point:

Ek pulls everything out of his arse.
- Atomic Wedgie

Harsh, but fair

I did a quick skim of the comments and I don't see anyone that has responded to this, but sounds like there is a deal in place for TSN to broadcast up to 50% of the games regionally for 20 years.
- Whipper

They only have 26 games this upcoming year but you’re right and the 20 year agreement does seem to be part of the sale. Could be why they’re selling, no longer own MLSE but get to broadcast 41 games starting next year. The last current year of the tv deal is this season.

If you really want respect in riot town, you need to dust off the Gino Odjick jersey.
- GalacticStone

To be fair losing to The Bruins does suck

Yikes tough one for Minten. High ankle sprain...100% will be an AHL year for most of the year for him now.

Dewar still recovering from surgery. Tre sayys he is not ready for camp....not sure how much longer he will be.


Danforth concussion progressing well.

Yikes tough one for Minten. High ankle sprain...100% will be an AHL year for most of the year for him now.

Dewar still recovering from surgery. Tre sayys he is not ready for camp....not sure how much longer he will be.


Danforth concussion progressing well.
- Santo_44

Worst injury I've ever had, in terms of rehabbing. I think it took a half a year to be back to 100%, and that was with a full program from the Mount Sinai sprain clinic.

Is Ed Rogers as bad as everybody’s making him out to be. People are crushing this move.

People are calling him Ballard 2.0.😳😳😳🥴🥴🥴

Worst injury I've ever had, in terms of rehabbing. I think it took a half a year to be back to 100%, and that was with a full program from the Mount Sinai sprain clinic.
- Atomic Wedgie

I mean Minten is 19 and has the best medical staff possible...but yeah rough one for him.

Derails his chances of playing NHL games before chirstmas for sure.

Worst injury I've ever had, in terms of rehabbing. I think it took a half a year to be back to 100%, and that was with a full program from the Mount Sinai sprain clinic.
- Atomic Wedgie

yup same here.
probably why I never became a yuuuge superstar in the NHL

Here's every player at Maple Leafs camp compared to their listed height/weight last year. Asterisk indicates the listing came from a team/league site rather than a camp PDF.

Notables include:
• Knies 227, +10
• Benoit 211, +6
• Grebenkin 210, +18
• Chadwick 207, +8
• Liljegren 201, +11
• Holmberg 201, +13
• Dewar 192, +16
• McMann 215, +5
• Alex Nylander 205, +13
• Murray 220, +18
• Peksa 194, +13
• Voit 155, -2





Knies is going to be a beast this year.

Also Grebenkin, pretty intriguing player.

Kamphwagen-

https://x.com/Leafslatest...tatus/1836218893821440319

Here's every player at Maple Leafs camp compared to their listed height/weight last year. Asterisk indicates the listing came from a team/league site rather than a camp PDF.

Notables include:
• Knies 227, +10
• Benoit 211, +6
• Grebenkin 210, +18
• Chadwick 207, +8
• Liljegren 201, +11
• Holmberg 201, +13
• Dewar 192, +16
• McMann 215, +5
• Alex Nylander 205, +13
• Murray 220, +18
• Peksa 194, +13
• Voit 155, -2





Knies is going to be a beast this year.

Also Grebenkin, pretty intriguing player.
- Santo_44

Lily with +11 sounds like he's gonna be less of a softSwede this season...

Is Ed Rogers as bad as everybody’s making him out to be. People are crushing this move.

People are calling him Ballard 2.0.😳😳😳🥴🥴🥴
- dozerD10

Everyone in Toronto is going to complain about ownership until the Leafs win again.

The reality is that all owner groups since the death of Ballard have more or less done a good job, but have come up short (Stavro being the biggest asterisk by not signing Gretzky - but his Knob Hill Farms business was going bankrupt at the time).

Toronto fans have a really weird hate-on for when the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan owned the Leafs - but every year, they were consistently at the top of the league for player salaries (some will make a strange argument that they cared more about money than winning - which ignores the simple fact that winning produces a helluva lot more money). The biggest fair criticism you could make of the OTPP was that they always put short-term solutions ahead of long-term planning.

By and large, Rogers and Bell have done a good job. They did what should have been done 40 years ago - deliberately tanked and built the team through high draft picks.

I can't really point to a single thing Ed Rogers has done (maybe someone else can?), but I'm guessing this is more just Toronto fans "proving their vast hockey knowledge" by criticizing everything.

I can't imagine a major shift in organizational direction once Rogers because majority shareholder.

Berube says Nylander starts camp at C with Domi on his wing.

We'll call it the Ozone start line

Nylander-Nylander-Domi

edit:he said max so could be patches.

Lily with +11 sounds like he's gonna be less of a softSwede this season...
- 21peter

Should help.

25 is when those potential top 4 guys finally do it so we will see.

Hopeful for him.

Here's every player at Maple Leafs camp compared to their listed height/weight last year. Asterisk indicates the listing came from a team/league site rather than a camp PDF.

Notables include:
• Knies 227, +10
• Benoit 211, +6
• Grebenkin 210, +18
• Chadwick 207, +8
• Liljegren 201, +11
• Holmberg 201, +13
• Dewar 192, +16
• McMann 215, +5
• Alex Nylander 205, +13
• Murray 220, +18
• Peksa 194, +13
• Voit 155, -2





Knies is going to be a beast this year.

Also Grebenkin, pretty intriguing player.
- Santo_44

So weird aside:

I remembered that Matthews decided a few years ago to actually come into camp a little lighter than his normal playing weight:

https://www.nytimes.com/a...-matthews-weight-trainer/

Gist of the article: Matthews went with Patrick Kane's trainer, and they decided he would go from 225 to 210 lbs.

Anyhoo, in searching for the article, there's a number of google hits to crappy Leafs websites that are all talking about how Matthews in very recent pictures looks even slimmer - like below 200 lbs.

Anyone seen poop on this?

So weird aside:

I remembered that Matthews decided a few years ago to actually come into camp a little lighter than his normal playing weight:

https://www.nytimes.com/a...-matthews-weight-trainer/

Gist of the article: Matthews went with Patrick Kane's trainer, and they decided he would go from 225 to 210 lbs.

Anyhoo, in searching for the article, there's a number of google hits to crappy Leafs websites that are all talking about how Matthews in very recent pictures looks even slimmer - like below 200 lbs.

Anyone seen poop on this?
- Atomic Wedgie

I did see those pictures.

Well….judging off stats alone it did work

He doesn’t play a power forward game, he digs pucks and steals pucks but that’s with his stick and positioning. A faster, agile Matthews is better than a heavier one imo.

Berube says Nylander starts camp at C with Domi on his wing.

We'll call it the Ozone start line

Nylander-Nylander-Domi

edit:he said max so could be patches.
- Santo_44

I stopped reading after the LW