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One thing can be said about the Chayka/Sundin combo, there are no leaks. No one saw the trade coming, yesterday. No one saw this coaching hire today either. I guess all of the turnover in the front office has sealed the leaks and now all of the press is in the dark about future moves. The draft is coming and I’m intrigued if they’re going to be proactive at the draft. The last number of years, you could mail it in because they had no draft capital to speak of. It’s starting to look like bodies will be moved and probably before free agency. Once the Marlies are done, some of those players may be traded or promoted. It appears that the Leafs are also after cap space, either for free agents, and, or taking on bad contracts for draft picks. That would make more sense, if you’re rebuilding on the fly. The next 4 weeks is going to tell the world which way the Leafs are going to be moving.
They could have got more for Woll, but I can see why they needed to move him. Artur Akhtyamov is ascending rapidly towards the NHL. He’s already passed Hildebly on the depth chart and the Leafs will need to add goaltending depth to the Marlies, hence Samuel Ersson. He could actually make the Leafs, if he gets an opportunity. We could also see Stolarz moving on if the deal is right. That cap space and opening a slot on the defense, appears to be the probability of at least 1 free agent defenseman. If the Rielly for Nurse trade comes to be, the Leafs defense will look quite different next year. Something tells me that Marlies coach John Gruden might be high on the list to be the next Head Coach. It’s about to get interesting, once the Marlies finish their playoff series with Chicago. Up 3 – 0, it looks like it’s getting to be soon over. Akhtyamov appears to be the real deal. Lets see if he can translate this into being an NHL caliber starter.
I think they could have gotten more for Woll, but maybe the market didn’t support that assumption. It could also mean that a free agent signing is imminent. $5M in cap space could allow the team to grab 2 free agent defensemen, once Rielly gets moved. Add another power forward and they’re in business. I don’t like small defensemen because they get demolished in the playoffs. I give this trade a C-. It all depends what they do with the Cap money.
It’s all Marlies. The only game in town. Seems weird having them as the last hockey series of the season. Hopefully done by the weekend. Then draft shmaft, as the late Cliff Fletcher used to opine. Time to get summer going.
The Knights are also sucking wind with draft picks. It’s going to be hard to get back to the finals with their aging core…..hummm, I wonder where I’ve heard that before. Marner can go lose himself in Justin Bieber’s dungeon somewhere. The best thing that the Leafs can do is just win!
The bully pulpit should be humming today. So much talk about the Stanley Cup final. Lots of talk about the UFC match, as well. Lots of Marlies talk and the draft approaching. June may be more fun, now the Leafs have something to build on. Early May was dismal. Our new lucky number is 12. Maybe McKenna, if drafted, should use that number for his Leaf jersey. It’s too bad that many of the younger prospects, in the NHL, like high numbers on their jersey’s. It would be grand to see a top prospect use a traditional number, that isn’t retired. I don’t think 12 is a retired number on the Leafs and it would be a good one for the 1st pick in the draft. I imagine Mitch is in a run down hotel room, with a light and ceiling fan rotating around and around over his bed. Just laying there in his wife beater shirt, wondering if, had he taken the trade to Carolina last year, he would be a Champion. But Mitch being Mitch, he wanted to turn the knife on his team, the fanbase and the press. Now he gets to hide away in his dank, dark little room that’s really in his head.
Topuria was too small to try and win that type of slugfest. He was better off trying to wrestle and submit Gaethje. Gaethje was in his head and Topuria fought a stupid fight.
Fantastic event, very entertaining, great fights, great finishes and a tremendous success despite everybody trying to stop it or talk shit about it.
I totally agree on that. It should have been stopped, but someone got to the doctor to keep it going. It also gave Topuria an opportunity to get his breath. He did come out for the first minute and made a fight out of it, but those rib shots crumpled him. Gaethje’s speech after the fight was epic! Pure Americana. I’m sure the kale eaters out there will whine and complain about the testosterone event. All I can say to them is: Fuck you and enjoy your favorite month, losers!
What a huge upset. That was amazing. Trump and Melania were very in to that fight. Rocky Balboa shit!
