Co-author of Mats Sundin's memoir, HOME and AWAY, out 10/24. #1 bestseller A DEATH AT THE PARTY & STILL novels. Hockey Coach. Leafs fan. Mom of 3. She/her
Pretty sure the @GTHLHockey wouldn't allow the U16 team I coach to roster him, but we can pretend Mats is a @GTHL_TOREagles
now.
Sundin's memoir, Home & Away -- co-written by me! -- hit the shelves this week and is available in bookstores everywhere.
https://t.co/QWEvdo6tFV
@JeffVeillette At a wedding on Sat night, I had the Sportsnet app open (I know, lame) in the wee hours to track the TOR/COL game. A guy noticed & asked me if I had a bet on the game. Betting is what's ruining sports -- burying ppl $ wise, but also irreparably shifting why/how they watch & care.
If you live in, let's say Chesley, Ontario and have a medical emergency between the hours of 5PM and 7AM, or on the weekend, your ER is closed. Yet, Doug Ford's government is blowing $50 million on removing bike lanes in Toronto.
https://t.co/jQ00jyAMwA
@ItsDeanBlundell Her tenure has been far from perfect but facts easily found and reported on point to a term as mayor that moved the needle, however minorly, in the right direction for a lot of key municipal issues.
@ItsDeanBlundell Municipal issues yr over yr since 2023: Crime lower by almost every index, homelessness lower in TO despite increasing significantly in the province over same period, rents lower, deficit reduced, even TRAFFIC improved (a bit). She didn't close safe consumption sites, prov. did.
Not a conspiracy theorist but my feeling is BC was fired bc he wasn't playing CH and they knew Torts would play him, and now Torts is fired bc he wouldn't sit CH. Ah, Vegas. The devil's gifts come with devil's strings.
Vegas Golden Knights General Manager Kelly McCrimmon has announced John Tortorella will not return to the team's coaching staff following the 2025-26 season.
Press release ➡️ https://t.co/KRK6lB8ZZQ
I love this oddball tunnel. People keeping to the right, never too crowded, usually a busker halfway along. Sometimes I’d get off at Spadina vs St George just so I could walk this gem to switch lines.
@barbinpei Frank was my mom’s uncle. My grandma had 7 brothers! Keefes are all Kinkora… we have a family reunion on the Homestead there every five years and there were hundreds of us now. ❤️
Carter Hart is about to play in the Stanley Cup Final. He was acquitted of sexual assault charges this past summer, but there is a lot more to the story. With the brightest lights now shining on him, it is important to understand the nuance of the controversial case.
“We Believe E.M” does not mean we believe every detail of her testimony. It does not mean we believe she did not make any mistakes that night. It simply means we believe she was sexually assaulted. And the evidence supports that belief.
I will leave you with some facts. This is all available if you research (tw // sa):
- There is ZERO evidence or testimony that EM ever asked Michael McLeod to invite additional men to that hotel room. McLeod never testified, and all we have is a video interview with police where he never made that claim, meanwhile LYING when he denied sending a text invite to ALL his teammates. On the otherhand, there is text evidence the following day of EM telling McLeod she did not expect more partners, and it was not disputed by McLeod.
- There is ZERO evidence or testimony that EM ever asked (or was asked) for Cal Foote to do the splits over her. Even if you believe the men’s story that she was saying “have sex with me”, she never said “teabag me”. The judge actually agreed in her report there was no consent, instead she dismissed it saying it was non-sexual based on Carter Hart’s testimony that Foote was not naked.
- In 2022, Alex Formenton & Dillon Dube BOTH CONFESSED to Hockey Canada that Cal Foote was naked during the splits. This was ruled inadmissible on a technicality. Other than Hart, no other witness dared to say Foote was clothed; they all pretended to not remember.
With this information, at the very least, McLeod and Foote are guilty:
- Foote performed a sexual act without consent. It does not make him a rapist, but it is a crime
- McLeod is an accessory to that sexual assault
If these two men were given the guilty verdict I strongly believe they deserved (even if it was a proverbial slap on the wrist; i.e. a 6-month house arrest), it would have been an amazing teaching moment for our nation while setting a modern standard for consent.
The conduct of the others, including Hart, may not have been illegal. There was certainly not enough evidence to prove it was. But that does not mean what they did wasn’t morally reprehensible. The NHL and Hockey Canada both agreed.
The NHL kept the players out of the league for months PAST the ruling, citing their own private investigation. Hockey Canada stood in the House of Commons and said “harm was caused” after paying out a civil settlement.
But what Hart did was more than morally wrong. He lied under oath to protect his teammates. This is actually perjury. The judge by law is not privy to those 2022 confessions, but we as a public are. We are allowed to pass judgement in the court of public opinion.
Hart is not a conquering hero who overcame adversity. He is a liar who abused his privilege and legal protection to obstruct justice. He is allowed to continue his career, and we are allowed to remind him of his abhorrent behaviour.
I really believe that his ideas around what the team needs, and what type of player thrives in Toronto will hold up in 2026. I'll reserve judgment on Chayka for now, but I trust Mats. This should have happened a decade ago (read that as you will) & I'm glad it's happening now.
In writing his memoir Home & Away, I spent A LOT of time with Mats Sundin talking abt what makes a winning team, and specifically abt the ways management & management structures contribute to (or detract from) winning cultures. 1/
Watching Leafs social media & media in general melting down, I feel the need to give Mats a strong vote of confidence. He is an intensely smart, thoughtful & humble guy. He understands the Toronto market & player experience like NO OTHER MLSE exec ever has, ever. EVER. 2/
For every child in Toronto who believes s/he could one day play for the Leafs, there is at least one grown man who believes he could step in tomorrow as GM and pretty much instantly lead the Leafs to the Cup.