Brandon

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[Brandon @b_wils]

Just got to meet and get a pic with my childhood hero, Wendel Clarke ! What a beauty he was !!! @MapleLeafs @wendelclark17 #couldbarleytalk

[Brandon @b_wils]

@Leggo86 Let’s goooo!

[Brandon @b_wils]

Holy fuck, we just won the Draft Lottery!!!!! Let’s fucking gooooooo

[Chris McCluskey @mcclusk]

Alright, on John Chayka’s exit from Arizona and the draft combine violation…

Here’s what I know.

1. On his resignation….

Chayka asks for permission to talk to another team, believe it’s NJ.

Arizona initially says no, then they let him.

He gets a massive offer. Too big to turn down.

Arizona is, despite giving him permission, upset. Won’t let him leave right away, want him to stay through playoffs.

Chayka agrees to stay through playoffs, but wants to put a succession plan in place so he can leave after.

Arizona say nah, we’ll deal with that later.

Relationship went sour immediately, John Chayka terminates his contract.

Arizona runs to the league demanding punishment. Bettman suspends him for a year and the whole fiasco cost him his opportunity.

A few years later they’re playing in Mullett Arena where John Chayka would have been running a trade deadline out of a janitor’s closet had he stuck around.

2. On the scouting violation…

The violation is framed everywhere as physical testing, like Arizona ran a private illegal camp. I’ve read several articles. Sounded like they ran a private prospect camp before the combine.

According to The Athletic, the violation was asking players to show up to their pre-combine interviews wearing shorts and a t-shirt, as well as the Coyotes bringing their head of fitness as part of their squad to ask prospects questions about their diet and exercise. Arizona took no measurements, conducted no tests. That’s it. That’s the violation.

I haven’t looked up the previous CBA to see how it’s worded, but some executives in the NHL felt it was open to interpretation and they revised the wording in the next CBA.

The rule states it’s a team fine, but Bettman didn’t want to fine the failing Coyotes because it would have been in the millions, so he charged them 2 picks (a 1st and a 2nd), which obviously hurts and looks worse to the fans.

Can’t absolve him of any responsibility whatsoever but the way he’s being talked about as some disgraced GM is, in my opinion, blown way out of proportion by people who don’t know what really happened.

Not that I claim to have the full picture either, but that’s what I know. Most of it’s from Friedge (on his resignation) or The Athletic (on the scouting violation).

[Brandon @b_wils]

Atta boy Domi. Atta boy.

@maxdomi
@MapleLeafs

[LateNighter @latenightercom]

SNL's Colin Jost on Iran: "This attack might be a bad idea, I don't know. I'm not really an expert on Iran. So let's hear from someone who can explain why we might have done it."

[Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump]

Remember that I predicted a long time ago that President Obama will attack Iran because of his inability to negotiate properly-not skilled!

[Brandon @b_wils]

@mama_na_banana @paqdaddy @AustonPowerz @ItsMeDagger @LeafSingh Easy now, Suzuki a London boy!

[Brandon @b_wils]

@Jackie_Redmond @thegoldenmuzzy And what a game it was! Go Canada Go !

[Brandon @b_wils]

@onair_blair You build a solid case. Let’s see how they deal with this adversity.

[Brandon @b_wils]

@onair_blair I think it’s easy to point the finger. I don’t think it falls on one guy, but when you wear the C, you wear the blame. Tough spot to be in, Papi definitely has his work cut out for him.

[Carlo Colaiacovo @CarloColaiacovo]

Leafs are playing Beast mode hockey. 4th straight games of 1 goal or less and now 2pts out of 1st in Atlantic 👀

[Brandon @b_wils]

@MeatChurch @lukedsimmons Follow @halfcutbbq on Instagram! He will show you the way

[Brandon @b_wils]

@sciencegirl Edible looking food.

[Rear Admiral @RearAdBsBlog]

Standing there in the bottom of the 9th inning of Game 6 of the World Series staring at the baseball, waiting for the umpires to bail your ass out.

Pathetic.

[Brandon @b_wils]

@onair_blair You’re a great friend, father and husband Blair! We miss you guys big time! Let’s go Jays!!! Hopefully you have the opportunity to see them win the World Series together tonight!

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

Brad Marchand is taking a leave from the Panthers to spend time in Halifax helping out a friend whose 10 year old daughter died of cancer

He’s coaching a U18 team tonight in his friend’s place

All-Time Human Being

[Brandon @b_wils]

@gunsnrosesgirl3 Perfect cook.

[Brandon @b_wils]

@spittinchiclets So Reavo doesn’t drop the mitts ever when playing for the Leafs yet he’s fighting every other night in SJ. Interesting stuff.

[Brandon @b_wils]

@onair_blair I think it’s more like “you have two years to get some people who can play with me so we can bring you a Stanley Cup and then I’m on my way back home to bring another Stanley Cup to Toronto”. Source - trust me bro.