HOCKEYGD

NHL hockey + sports analysis. True historian of the game. Maple Leafs fan first and foremost 💙

[HOCKEYGD @THEHOCKEYGD]

… and yet we haven’t seen Russia compete in the Olympics in years.

Make it make sense. Because I’m completely lost.

[HOCKEYGD @THEHOCKEYGD]

@joeyferg @BlueAndWhiteHQ Joey you fucking kill me bud never change🤣

[HOCKEYGD @THEHOCKEYGD]

@JoshYohe_PGH absolutely ridiculous and embarrassing indictment on modern society. and i love sports. but this is a mockery of the difficult economic reality most are facing right now.

[Josh Yohe @JoshYohe_PGH]

I love sports as much as anyone, but if you don’t think there is something seriously wrong with this, I don’t know what to tell you.

[FlowBuds @joeyferg]

One thing I'll give Vegas credit for is nothing increases interest in any kind of sporting matchup more than an unlikeable heel that you want to see lose and they've certainly become one on multiple organizational levels

[HOCKEYGD @THEHOCKEYGD]

@projectxhockey @HFTVSports @yyzsportsmedia Canadiens are definitely showing themselves to be a quality organization that’s for sure. the future is very bright for you guys.

[HOCKEYGD @THEHOCKEYGD]

@projectxhockey @HFTVSports @yyzsportsmedia you seem levelheaded and logical. dare I give a Habs fan a follow lol? 😉

[HOCKEYGD @THEHOCKEYGD]

@projectxhockey @HFTVSports @yyzsportsmedia cool i guess we’re all happy because we love Knies and he looks better in blue & white. would have been awfully dispiriting to see him in a Habs uniform at 23 years old. i can’t believe this almost happened what heresy.

[HOCKEYGD @THEHOCKEYGD]

i’m still shaking with rage about how close this deal was to reality omg

[HFTV @HFTVSports]

According to @yyzsportsmedia, Kent Hughes was quite angry with Brad Treliving after the Knies trade was submitted at 3:01PM at the trade deadline 😳

[HOCKEYGD @THEHOCKEYGD]

RIP FLETCHIE 💔

[Edna Garrett @WatchMyReview]

So Habs add Dobson at age 25 and wanted to add 23 year-old Knies not long after making the playoffs. Yes, cost would be big, but you get young, really good players that can stay with you for years and be apart of your core.
Why were Leafs never doing this? Our 2nd year in the playoffs we paid a 2nd for Tomas Plekanec..Before that Boyle, after that Foligno, Lybushkin, Edmondson.
WTF were we doing?
THAT is a massive issue with the Leafs that quite franckly, is rarely spoken about.

[HOCKEYGD @THEHOCKEYGD]

LFG!!!!

[Sportsnet @Sportsnet]

"The probability is we take the pick."

John Chayka reveals that the Leafs are more likely to use the No. 1 overall pick at the NHL Draft than to trade it.

[HOCKEYGD @THEHOCKEYGD]

the world is healing

[Mark Masters @markhmasters]

John Chayka on Auston Matthews:

"We’ve had several conversations with him & his representatives & what I saw was a happy captain. Someone who’s got a lot of pride to be the captain of the Leafs. Someone who wants to win in Toronto, which aligns with how we’re thinking about it"

[FlowBuds @joeyferg]

Imagine living in the timeline where Knies is a Hab and the Bruins have the 6th overall pick cause we came very close to being in it

[Leafs Papi @LeafsPapi_]

THIS IS WHO YOU WANTED TO TRADE? TO THE MONTREAL CANADIENS?? TRELIVING IS A FKN DIPSHIT

[Banksy @Banx_Leaf]

The Knies trade is great context for why Matthews was questioning his future. Your season gets ended by a knee on knee where no one stands up for you and the GM is trading one of the best young players to your rival for futures.

No wonder he was asking for new direction

[Coach Dman @LifeofaDman]

Today’s news has me thinking 2 things.

1. Brad Treliving is a fucking idiot.

2. Brendan Shanahan is a fucking idiot for hiring him.

3. I legitimately wonder what the team would look like had Dubas been allowed to actually do what he wanted to.

[Mike Stephens @mikeystephens81]

Brad Treliving should be fired again oh my god

[HOCKEYGD @THEHOCKEYGD]

it was BRENDAN SHANAHAN this whole time

clear now that Shanahan is an obtuse power hungry moron

dude was blocking Sundin from joining the brain trust for years

and then threw a hissy and fired Dubas when he asked for more autonomy, and hired Treliving to be his yes man

[HOCKEYGD @THEHOCKEYGD]

KEITH PELLEY IS THE MAN

fired Shanahan, fired Treliving, stepped into stop this stupid deal …

forgive me for being so critical, Keith

you’re a real Leafs fan, you do care about this team and i severely misjudged you, sweet prince

also clear that Dubas was not the issue …

[David Orr @DavidJOrr]

@mikeystephens81 Maturing is realizing that Pelley suddenly being “too involved” at the deadline was actually just delaying this shit deal until it was too late. He was never the issue, he was the saviour 🫡