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Santo_44
Toronto Maple Leafs
Joined: 10.20.2014

Jan 21 @ 12:28 PM ET
I 100% agree with your Dermott assessment, and I'll still take him over Schenn.

Unless we then flip Schenn for JVR.

- Atomic Wedgie

The thought would be to take the lesser Dermott to accrue space the next few months.

And when healthy, Schenn would be the 7th d anyways. The Leafs get a mid round pick for their troubles.
Cush29
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Who Owzzzzz da' Chiefs?, ON
Joined: 12.22.2014

Jan 21 @ 12:36 PM ET
OMG 😆

Can you imagine a modern day version?

Fashion 101

- mr.sir


A modern day version would be some stupid thing with Drake writing it being all about the 6 probably. lol
MountAlbert
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Mount Albert, ON
Joined: 01.08.2013

Jan 21 @ 12:38 PM ET
Haven’t been around in a while……wanted to let you know that my wife has been battling breast cancer and heard the words we’ve been waiting on for over 1000 night’s !! Remission !

Shout out to Atomic for asking us to do a check on our lovely’s (.)(.)’s !!

Life saved…..god bless !!
21peter
Atlanta Thrashers
Location: Peter I Island
Joined: 11.18.2014

Jan 21 @ 12:42 PM ET
Haven’t been around in a while……wanted to let you know that my wife has been battling breast cancer and heard the words we’ve been waiting on for over 1000 night’s !! Remission !

Shout out to Atomic for asking us to do a check on our lovely’s (.)(.)’s !!

Life saved…..god bless !!

- MountAlbert

That's awesome
Atomic Wedgie
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: The centre of the hockey universe
Joined: 07.31.2006

Jan 21 @ 12:42 PM ET
Haven’t been around in a while……wanted to let you know that my wife has been battling breast cancer and heard the words we’ve been waiting on for over 1000 night’s !! Remission !

Shout out to Atomic for asking us to do a check on our lovely’s (.)(.)’s !!

Life saved…..god bless !!

- MountAlbert

Sending all my Leafy love to you and your wife.

I'll never forget the moment my wife walked out of Sunnybrook after her last chemo session, being declared cancer-free.

Atomic Wedgie
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: The centre of the hockey universe
Joined: 07.31.2006

Jan 21 @ 12:43 PM ET
It's definitely the pollen right now affecting my eyes.
mr.sir
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Vancouver Island, BC
Joined: 01.18.2015

Jan 21 @ 12:44 PM ET
Haven’t been around in a while……wanted to let you know that my wife has been battling breast cancer and heard the words we’ve been waiting on for over 1000 night’s !! Remission !

Shout out to Atomic for asking us to do a check on our lovely’s (.)(.)’s !!

Life saved…..god bless !!

- MountAlbert

Good to hear 👍
dozerD10
Anaheim Ducks
Location: long beach, CA
Joined: 01.29.2014

Jan 21 @ 12:46 PM ET
Haven’t been around in a while……wanted to let you know that my wife has been battling breast cancer and heard the words we’ve been waiting on for over 1000 night’s !! Remission !

Shout out to Atomic for asking us to do a check on our lovely’s (.)(.)’s !!

Life saved…..god bless !!

- MountAlbert



Excellent news
-

Fck Cancer -
Fakepartofme
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Living rent free... in your head, ON
Joined: 09.20.2010

Jan 21 @ 12:47 PM ET
Casket.
- bixll


I suppose so.
Nice reply
Fakepartofme
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Living rent free... in your head, ON
Joined: 09.20.2010

Jan 21 @ 12:48 PM ET
Haven’t been around in a while……wanted to let you know that my wife has been battling breast cancer and heard the words we’ve been waiting on for over 1000 night’s !! Remission !

Shout out to Atomic for asking us to do a check on our lovely’s (.)(.)’s !!

Life saved…..god bless !!

- MountAlbert

Congrats!
Very happy for you and your family.
bixll
Location: New Glasgow, NS
Joined: 09.04.2008

Jan 21 @ 12:54 PM ET
Haven’t been around in a while……wanted to let you know that my wife has been battling breast cancer and heard the words we’ve been waiting on for over 1000 night’s !! Remission !

Shout out to Atomic for asking us to do a check on our lovely’s (.)(.)’s !!

Life saved…..god bless !!

- MountAlbert



This is great news. I am 2 years cancer free as of yesterday.
bixll
Location: New Glasgow, NS
Joined: 09.04.2008

Jan 21 @ 12:54 PM ET

I suppose so.
Nice reply

- Fakepartofme

Adam French
Atlanta Thrashers
Location: Isn't Cooley 5"11? You know who else is 5"11? Sydney Crosby. - Scabeh
Joined: 04.06.2011

Jan 21 @ 12:58 PM ET
i think because they went up 3-1 in 4 games...and let the team come back to tie it.
although, iirc they are 2-1-1 in those games

Campbell has slide back down to normal'ish and below...had a few stinkers

- senstroll

That's my only worry. Campbell sliding to the mean. Need Mrazek to step up into the mean as well. Not saying Campbell is failing, but expecting him to be a top-5 goalie in the league was always a stretch.
senstroll
Location: Leafs AAV Champs, ON
Joined: 02.22.2008

Jan 21 @ 12:59 PM ET
So true story (not a Wedgie true story but a true story none the less).

In a past work life one of the parts of the organization I worked for required me to be at the Prize Centre in downtown Toronto where the OLG makes people go to claim big prizes (over 10K I believe).

That process includes an interview to ensure they are the rightful owner of the ticket etc. but it also includes the big cheque presentation up on stage with the media present etc.

I watched so many people, groups of people get interviewed after winning millions of dollars I lost count.

Then I'd leave work and go home and make myself a bologna sandwich and a bowl of cheerios for dinner and watch whatever my TV could pick up on rabbit ears with tin foil on them.

Good times.

Ok it was all true except the dinner and TV exaggeration but man some days it stung to see that and think "why couldn't I have won that" - especially when the winner was either some schmuck who clearly didn't need it or a garbage person in general.

Now on the upside one of the checks they do when someone claims a prize is they run the winner through the Family Responsibility Office database to see if they have outstanding child support payments. If they do the outstanding debt is deducted from the payout. Seeing a scumbag who was thousands of dollars in arrears on child support payments think they were getting a big cheque and then be told in some cases the entire winning amount was credited to their debt and they now "only owned X amount" was very satisfying to watch!

- Cush29


id watch a TV show about that
MountAlbert
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Mount Albert, ON
Joined: 01.08.2013

Jan 21 @ 1:01 PM ET
This is great news. I am 2 years cancer free as of yesterday.
- bixll

(frank) Ya !!! So happy to hear that Bix !!
Mike Augello
Commissioner
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Buffalo, NY
Joined: 06.25.2006

Jan 21 @ 1:02 PM ET
new blog everyone
bixll
Location: New Glasgow, NS
Joined: 09.04.2008

Jan 21 @ 1:06 PM ET
(frank) Ya !!! So happy to hear that Bix !!
- MountAlbert



It is a terrible thing to hear your doctor say,,,, " You have cancer" .... terrible.

Such an awesome thing to hear, " You are cancer free ".. Congrats to you guys.
PatC80
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: I would never let my children play hockey. The risk of getting drafted by Edmonton is too high", ON
Joined: 08.11.2011

Jan 21 @ 1:07 PM ET
That's my only worry. Campbell sliding to the mean. Need Mrazek to step up into the mean as well. Not saying Campbell is failing, but expecting him to be a top-5 goalie in the league was always a stretch.
- AdamFrench



So expect less from Campbell while also expecting more from Mrazek?
PatC80
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: I would never let my children play hockey. The risk of getting drafted by Edmonton is too high", ON
Joined: 08.11.2011

Jan 21 @ 1:07 PM ET
This is great news. I am 2 years cancer free as of yesterday.
- bixll

great news
Cush29
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Who Owzzzzz da' Chiefs?, ON
Joined: 12.22.2014

Jan 21 @ 1:08 PM ET
Haven’t been around in a while……wanted to let you know that my wife has been battling breast cancer and heard the words we’ve been waiting on for over 1000 night’s !! Remission !

Shout out to Atomic for asking us to do a check on our lovely’s (.)(.)’s !!

Life saved…..god bless !!

- MountAlbert


Amazing - congrats!
bixll
Location: New Glasgow, NS
Joined: 09.04.2008

Jan 21 @ 1:08 PM ET
great news
- PatC80



Thanks Patty.
Monkeypunk
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Whenever, wherever, ON
Joined: 06.27.2013

Jan 21 @ 1:08 PM ET
I 100% agree with your Dermott assessment, and I'll still take him over Schenn.

Unless we then flip Schenn for JVR.

- Atomic Wedgie


C'mon. No one in he history of ever would make that deal.
Cush29
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Who Owzzzzz da' Chiefs?, ON
Joined: 12.22.2014

Jan 21 @ 1:10 PM ET
id watch a TV show about that
- senstroll


There were some fairly epic meltdowns and on occasion a requirement for police to attend. Those ones were extra delicious to watch - the denial of funds to deadbeat, the freak out and then them being arrested!
The Looper
Detroit Red Wings
Location: London, ON
Joined: 12.03.2006

Jan 21 @ 1:11 PM ET
Acquiring 1 or 2 defensive minded d-man is one thing .... but if the style of play is to continue attacking and pinching regardless of whether the opportunity is there means that things won't change. All you're doing is putting more players into a system that doesn't fit their skillset.

Muzzin got into the league by being defensive-minded and minimizing risk. In TO they've got him pinching, and in on forecheck when he doesn't have the foot speed or skillset. Put him back in the same style as they played in LA and you'll see his effectiveness return - and not floundering like he is now.

Couple this with forwards who are solely thinking of offense instead of covering for a pinching d-man only compounds the problem.

But, there's no way Dubas wants to stop with the attacking style because he 'believes' in it and his analytics say it'll work. So, nothing will change with the Leafs performance and results ..... and Dubas will be out of job by late spring.
GreatGigInTheSky
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: "Yeah, Garth is a tool"- Garf, ON
Joined: 06.12.2017

Jan 21 @ 1:27 PM ET
how many years and how many dollars on lottery tickets and this is all I had to do?
- TheMussel


That's unfortunate. You're welcome, though.
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