LEAF BREAKDOWN IN THE LAST 365 DAYS
What we gave up for Roy, Laughton, Carlo:
Mitch Marner
1st round pick
Nikita Grebenkin
1st round pick
Fraser Minten
What we got for Laughton, Roy, McMann:
3rd round pick (conditional)
1st round pick (conditional)
3rd round pick (conditional)
5th round pick (conditional)
2nd round pick
4th round pick
(Still have Carlo…)
That is fucking horrific.
Boston Pizza Brad Treliving last year traded a prospect and a 1st for Scott Laughton, a Toronto kid everyone loves… who never played a single second in the top six for the Leafs.
A year later he flipped him for a conditional 3rd.
Then traded arguably our top prospect Fraser Minten, a 1st and a 4th for Branden Carlo.
On top of that from what we know made no concerted effort to bring Mitch Marner back either.
And you want to tell me this guy should keep his job? #LeafsForever
The GUY
who is ACCUSED OF EXECUTING A STRANGER
in front of his 4 children
during a home invasion
WAS LET OUT OF PRISON 4 TIMES IN UNDER A YEAR!! ....ABSOLUTE LAWLESSNESS!! 😡😡
The weight of being a father we don't talk about a lot is you literally have to be ready to die to save your children at any given second.
Thank God for strong fathers.
Father jumps overboard to save his 5-year-old daughter, who fell off a Disney cruise ship 👇
Your grandparents:
smoked every day.
didn't count calories.
didn't have gym memberships.
Yet, obesity was almost zero, and they lived to 100.
ONE ingredient changed...
Here's the $47 billion industry making Americans sick, anxious and obess: 🧵
🚨 The Leafs attempted to sign Mitch Marner to a contract extension during the season. The organization chose not to wait and see how the postseason played out.
They wanted Marner to stay. If they had signed him to an eight-year deal, it would have marked the largest contract in franchise history.
He declined.
— @jonassiegel / @TheAthleticNHL
#LeafsForever
This whole narrative that’s being created that it’s the media and the fans fault for putting too much pressure on the team to win is quite comical.
Toronto has the most passionate fan base in the world and fans bleed blue and white for this team. I can tell you from someone that works in media that we absolutely want nothing more than to watch the Leafs win. We don’t put pressure on this team or players. If anything, some of us get criticized when we pump this teams tires for being as great as they’ve shown us they can be and wanting to believe that each year will be different. We react to the way they play. Is that what you call pressure?
So let’s be honest, pressure is built from within and from similar failure. I hate it and I believe every leafs fan hates it.
Toronto is undoubtedly one of the best hockey markets in the world to play because people care! The spotlight is huge and to me, that’s what playing sports is all about. Either you want it and find a way to thrive or you don’t. I would’ve loved to play in these playoff moments when I played for the Leafs. Unfortunately, the closest I got was being haunted by the name Wade Dubielewicz forever.
Is their pressure to play in it? Absolutely! But not because of the fans or media make it hard. It’s hard to play anywhere in the league when expectations aren’t met.
As far as what the future looks like for this team and players, there is no excuse for losing the way they did in game 5/7, BUT be careful what you wish for Leafs fans. Winning is hard in the NHL. This was a really good Leafs team that lost to an even better, really good FLA team.
I will share more of my thoughts tomorrow on @FirstUp1050 . Be sure to tune in.
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