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I agree, and not all of that groupthink is correct. For example, there used to be a consensus here that Hyman was a dime a dozen third liner, and that Kapi and Johnsson were better options for the top six. Now it's tough to dispute that Hyman is the best player of the three.

Yeah, he doesn't have that Kessel-like sneakiness which would allow him to be a 30+ goal scorer despite being butter soft. Nice little player though.

My point being...it may be time for a coaching change, but let's not pretend that Babcock isn't a good coach or that there are more qualified candidates out there. Some of the criticism here is downright unfair. For example, many posters are blaming Babcock for stifling Barrie even though Babs...

On February 4, 2016, Babcock coached his 1,000 NHL game against the New Jersey Devils.[13] The Maple Leafs finished last in the entire league during Babcock's first year, compiling a record of 29–42–11 and 69 points. Despite this, praise was given to Babcock's coaching and patience with a team...

2016 World Cup. As of November 2019, he is the only coach to gain entry to the Triple Gold Club, having guided the Red Wings to the Stanley Cup in 2008, as well as leading Team Canada to gold at the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships in 2004, the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and the 2014...

"But if there’s a mutiny inside the room — always difficult to tell from the outside — it hasn’t yet reached irreversible crisis levels. Not like when the Leafs sent a cake to Pat Burns’ hotel room with this icing message: WE HATE YOU." 🤣...

Dubas on Ceci: Dubas: Cody is an interesting one. Frankly speaking, I think it goes back to the war between data and subjective scouting. He seems to be a really polarizing player. I think it has been interesting — even when everything underlying about him has been relatively solid, especially...

Babcock on Barrie: A guy like Tyson Barrie hasn’t had the first 20 games he expected and he has said to us he’s lost that confidence now. What do you to get that back? Babcock: He and I have talked a lot about that. Number one, Barrs is all in all the time. He is a competitive guy. He wants to...

Yes, the communities that are not pulling their weight in terms of poppy-buying. Heh.

I agree with that; it is irresponsible to make such a comment in a public forum (internet message boards excepted). I do think he was right, and am hopeful that his comments will be a wake-up call to certain communities.

Yeah, it's pathetic really. For our own self-respect, we need to stop fawning over someone who is indifferent to us. Kawhi only played for the Raptors because he had to, and then he bolted at the first opportunity. There's nothing to thank him for. I suppose you could thank him for not not...

Cherry had a point though. By my eye test, it's visible minorities who are disproportionately not wearing their poppies. If Cherry was incorrect, he should be censured with facts instead of PC nonsense.

Peter Ing

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And people were saying Matthews should be captain. If the off-ice stuff wasn't enough to convince you otherwise, the lazy play definitely should.

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2019/09/25/auston-matthews-episode-shows-harassment-isnt-a-game.html

Thankfully all of the media understands the gravity of Auston's behaviour. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/article-want-to-know-what-the-leafs-core-values-are-see-who-they-name/

Some people seem to disagree. I see a lot of posters trivializing Matthews' behaviour, which is wrong. Who said that? Women do have more reason to feel unsafe while out alone at night, and Auston should have been conscious of that. And yes he knew that it was a female security guard he was...

https://torontosun.com/sports/hockey/nhl/toronto-maple-leafs/simmons-will-matthews-stupidity-and-entitlement-cost-him-leafs-captaincy Impossible to argue with anything Simmons wrote there. Of course, the fact that Matthews actually victimized someone makes his actions even more egregious.

The response here to Matthews' actions is disturbing, especially in 2019. Is there no empathy for the victim? Matthews intentionally made her feel unsafe and then did something bordering on sexual harassment. To dismiss his behaviour as "nothing" after the victim was shaken enough to file a...