Hockey is Awesome | The Steve Dangle Podcast

[@wilseph1]

"It was a framework of sugar, and it's melted in the rain." - Steven Dangle, poet.

[@Garbox80]

Yeah, that was nice wording. But I don't think it fits this situation. The framework itself is still there, but it would need some handy craftman to build something of it. Maybe some pieces missing (still), but for the most part there's a good framework.

[@alexmercer674]

When doea steve say this?

[@josh8811]

Simpsons when homer finds a broken down sugar truck.. makes a pile in his backyard and melts in the rain..

[@4chrois]

Does Adam think that when a soccer goal is scored they show the distance? (39' for example) That's the minute they scored, not the distance they scored from.

[@jarrodrasberry3430]

Came here looking for this 😅

[@PoopdeckPatty]

He’s definitely not joking, none of them have ever said anything accurate or intelligent about football. Love the show but their knowledge of sports outside of hockey is pitiful.

[@jonasmcm5]

Adam im so sorry but the numbers next to the goal in soccer is the minute it was scored in not the distance😭 108’ would be unreal though

[@dslwoodworks]

he had to be joking about that part right

[@StonedSpagooter]

Adams point about goals meaning more than assist is put to bed with the smile on Zach Hymans face evry time he taps in the puck

[@rodchallis8031]

I can't believe you guys didn't talk about the Oilers.

[@aidandunne5978]

For real, they never even mentioned 'em

[@karmyndomning8474]

Jesse: The Oilers have struggled against the Predators in the past. The Oilers record vs the Preds since 2019-20? 10-2. lol. That's the kind of struggle I can get behind. 😂

[@johanstinson]

These dudes are morons that do zero research on any team that's not the Leafs

[@nicholasdabruzzo1662]

didnt those 2 losses come this year?

[@thetank5642]

@@nicholasdabruzzo1662No only 1. They beat them 6-1 then lost 5-2 and then beat them 4-1 in the most recent matchup so 2-1 against the Preds this season

[@bakwalker40]

Keep them coming!!! Busy week for you gents

[@zach9848]

Corey Perry has been using Josh Anderson's stick since the 2021 habs run to the finals. I'd argue he's using it more effectively than Anderson too

[@zach9848]

@@richardtherichard26 I pretty much posted this and immediately after they said it LOL

[@evanstewart5040]

As someone who hails from the greater Albany, Ny area. The amount of times it gets a shoutout on this podcast is unfathomable

[@aaronbecotte]

Hey as a resident of Edmonton and a huge oilers homer, I love how much coverage you give us being leaf homers, you guys are better than most Edmonton media.

[@Wapakalypze]

Completely agree.

[@739jep]

Yeh another oilers fan here. I agree , I get a lot of my oilers content here . But I do also recommend the cult of hockey’s oilers podcast by David Staples, Bruce McCurdy and Kurt Leavins 👍

[@ReviewyCA]

I think you put the league office in Regina, SK - no team bias, central-ish location so you can work both the late and early games, and cheaper to run than a Toronto location.

[@people3865]

Toronto isn't just video review. It's a large city, near the border, hours from all big hockey markets, etc

[@Dummunky]

Is it classed as a good thing that more and more players are using the player assistance program? Meaning it's tough that you got in a space to need it but it's also great that they're able to admit that they need help

[@kurtwpg]

At some point, as this program is used again and again it will be in the back of players' minds that it's there for them. That it itself might lend them some strength.

[@daltonking6956]

As long as it genuinely helping guys, not the best track record for guys after the program. But if more guys try it and there are more positive storylines coming out of it it will change the negative stigma about it.

[@geoffrust6787]

Oilers fans are upset because on Hockey Night in Canada after winning the 16th Game they had to sit for 30 minutes of Toronto coverage without the Hockey Night crew mentioning the just finished game. Then they went on the TSN and SN websites and saw the top story on both webpages was a Leafs game story about Austin Matthews.

[@BlackMasakari]

oilers fans got a well justified minority complex. Just see, how arrogant the sdpn guys are for throwing them a bone last few weeks ^^ Kidding, haha - well not, but it's a complex situation :)

[@BabyBowDingBall]

Every fanbase having a good season demands this and it’s very funny. Maybe the team they root for should win… the thing they compete for at the end of the season. I honestly don’t understand how anyone could care. I never think-not for a single second-about the coverage of the team I watch. People really need to log off, go outside, have an existential crisis, etc.

[@mossly9785]

I think Oilers fans were actually out celebrating because their team won 16 straight lmfao you're telling me your team wins 16 straight and you're looking at the news??? Okayyyyy😂

[@taitfraser8727]

So much of Jacques Martin's job is about undoing all the bad habits from the previous coach. It's taken them a while, but the results are showing in the play. They're clearly on the path to becoming a more structured team. It's not Jacques fault that he's getting .865 sv% goaltending. Suggesting he's worse than DJ Smith is ridiculous and a sign that you're just not paying any actual attention (which is fine, but makes you look stupid when you have strong takes). 5-3-2 in the last ten, and the numbers show they're significantly better than they've been all season. Can't buy a save. Not on Jacques

[@cheddarandsourcream]

The issue Jiricek is having is he’s been sent down multiple times this year, maybe 3 times now? Yet he has played a grand total of 4 games in the AHL. The team calls him back up too quickly and when they do they give him 3rd pairing minutes mixed in with far too many healthy scratches. If you don’t think he’s ready for big minutes in the NHL then keep him in the minors and stop jerking him around. They are mismanaging him by not even allowing him to get into a rhythm at all. The team is dog water and they needed to start selling pieces yesterday. The front office in Columbus is a joke to put it lightly and the faster they admit the Jarmo era is over the faster guys like Jiricek, Fantilli, Johnson etc. can finally breath some fresh air into a devoted fanbase that deserves something to look forward to.

[@bryanwouters443]

the hate Adam has for playmakers is unreal🤣

[@dangshnizzle6929]

Your brain on Matthews

[@mikecampbell2998]

Lol funny part is take away the play maker and Mathews has 5 goals a year 🤣🤣

[@people3865]

​@@mikecampbell2998That's why he had 40 (50goal pace), with Kapanen and Johnson I guess lmao.

[@FR-099]

Probably hates Gretzky and P Forsberg too

[@kevintaylor4109]

Nah, people hate goal scorers when the best pure goal scorer in the league is a Toronto Maple Leaf

[@Frosty_47]

The sens problem right now is goaltending, Jacques has them playing alot better defensively but the goalie can't stop a shot from the blue line

[@markiv2942]

This is nonsense. Korpisalo and Forsberg are good enough goaltenders. Sorry, Jacquest has DONE NOTHING. He's useless. Blaming goaltenders just like Shark Jose Sharks and Edmonton Oilers. Real reason is the defence and horrible coaching. And for your information blue line shots can be the most difficult to stop if defence isn't doing enough so Goaltender can see it all the way and do the save.

[@people3865]

​@@markiv2942What says korpisalo is goof historically?

[@dakotaperrin5009]

With the sens, Jacque had a uphill battle to try and fix the team. Our structure been horrendous under DJ and its starting to show. Unfortunately goaltending hasn't help a lot. Not all on them but some of those goals they want back. I like the job Jacque doing and i hope the hockey tendencies he instilled, will stay with the core for the next season

[@kolebowyer3837]

That comeback win last night against the preds was a massive showing of what their play can look like. I agree it's a been a slow process and all it takes is one bad period of regression to lose a game. 2 periods of structure and a spirited OT got them a massive win. I was proud of them!!

[@MarkMech]

These guys clearly don't watch Sens game, which is totally fine, I'm not expecting them to. But to even suggest DJ Smith is a better coach than Martin, or that the team is playing worse, is utterly ridiculous. Look at last night! The last time the Sens pulled the goalie and then won a game while trailing (before last night), was 2017!! They are playing so much better now, but they still have a ways to go of course

[@austincleaver6655]

Disclaimer he’s been using andersons stick since the Habs finals run lol

[@reidarrant1127]

Jesse's point about goaltending during the Ottawa segement is spot on. Some perspective from a stars fan. Jake Ottenger, was injured on Dec 15th (and shortly after their number 1 D-man), and the stars rode their backup Wedgewood for 11 straight games and they played the 3rd string goalie once while jake was out. and while there were some bad nights, wedge performed pretty well overall his numbers weren't pretty but he kept them in games and gave the guys a chance to win. It takes more than goaltending to win or lose a hockey game.

[@kevinpendergast5818]

I don't know where Toronto came in, but Oilers fans and Canucks fans have been in a giant pissing match online for weeks.

[@johanstinson]

Not really. It's mostly just Canucks fans coming into posts abiut the Oilers to tell everyone that winning 16 in a row isn't that big of a deal

[@tronnoadam]

Edmonton and Vancouver have to involve Toronto and the Leafs in everything

[@stephenellsworth964]

Guys, the Sens had a stinker on Saturday, no question. But they had points in 5 straight games before said stinker. And they forced a pair of Top 10 teams into OT within a week. The results aren't coming as fast as people want. They probably won't be delivered in time to save the season. It's better than what they were in December and early-January. If they beat Nashville and Detroit, that's a small win streak and points in 7 of the last 8 games going into the All-Star Break. To me, they are starting to get the swagger back. But I get why people talk about the losses more than the wins - because Ottawa shouldn't be in this position. But they are. And now they have to get out of it.

[@slipperynodd578]

As a Montreal fam, I really hope they do get out of it but honestly it might be in your best interest to not. Because if they’re able to pick one of the offensive weapons in the draft. Their prospect pool is refilled quite a bit.

[@stephenellsworth964]

@@slipperynodd578 You're not wrong. They could get some solid assets in the draft, even moreso with a bit of lottery luck. I just don't want them to lose their way in the midst of all that losing. If they play good enough to win, and they lose, I'm happy. They are not going to learn unless they start winning. The Canucks are the main example I circle back to.

[@stephenellsworth964]

And boom, just like that. Down 3-0, Ottawa comes back and beats Nashville in OT. They just need to do more of that.

[@tjmcdonald1463]

Not loving the Ottawa takes on this episode. First, Martin was originally hired as an advisor to DJ's staff as an attempt to address the obvious lack of defensive structure in the team. He was promoted to interim head coach because he was already in the building and is a specialist in the area that needed the biggest improvement. The team has played noticably better since Martin has taken over (the impact wasn't immediate but he also didn't get a practice with the team until a few games in to his tenure, plus a western road trip). Had a 5 game point streak leading up to the Rangers game. Traditional & advanced goaltending stats tell a very clear story and until that position is steadied, conversations about a lack of overall improvement in the team will be pointless.

[@dolandarkxgrandayy6953]

Steve's "No He is Not." Made me laugh so hard.

[@BlackMasakari]

many things, that Steve said do :D

[@dankauffman3456]

Yeah, assists are a reasonably big deal in both basketball and soccer. Not as big as goals (soccer) or points (basketball), but Adam went a little too far on that argument.

[@johnnycoladrums]

Spike Lee and Drake insert themselves in games: *crickets* Taylor Swift watches the game from the box: *Total MELTDOWN*

[@alexanderstark5192]

Oilers fans have more beef with nucks fans this year over leafs fans lol

[@davin1287]

Nucks fans can't live without mentioning the Oilers everyday. They're obsessed.

[@BlackMasakari]

canucks had lots of hard years - i understand it @@davin1287

[@johanstinson]

Nah. We weren't even thinking abiut them until they started swarming every post about the Oilers during the wining streak.

[@chasekirby3787]

I’m so pumped for back2back2back podcasts let’s goooo

[@stevenmertes]

I watch every sens game. They are playing a lot better under JM. But somehow the goalies have gotten worse. The goalies are absolutely terrible. I’m not blaming the goalies because blaming goalies is easy. But holy sh*t man. These goalies can’t stop shots from the outside, they’re out of position. Besides the rangers game, the sens defense has been phenomenal, allowing 20 outside shots but still allowing 4+

[@gordonmacdowell8117]

Being the GM of the Columbus Blue Jackets is always your last job as GM, but not necessarily your last job in hockey. The Blue Jackets spent big on a bunch of key players and hoped that everything would just work out and there wouldn't be any chemistry issues and everyone would play awesome. It's an all right way to add to an existing core of players, but a bad way to build a team core.

[@D0styy]

I absolutely cannot fathom that you guys didn't talk about the oilers

[@HeWhoRoamsAimlessly]

Big content week! LETS GO!

[@jobemi2422]

Sens goaltending ranked, via MoneyPuck GSAx Korpisalo - 91/91 Forsberg - 85/91 Søgaard - 83/91 GSAx/60 Søgaard - 88/91 Forsberg - 80/91 Korpisalo - 78/91 The biggest issue with the Sens is goaltending and it has been for most of the year. Early on, under DJ, the goaltenders were given a lot of leeway since the team was not playing good defensively in front of them most nights. Even when the goalies had objectively bad games fans would often brush it off as not their fault. Under Martin the team has turned it around defensively, but the goaltending continues to be the worst in the league. Over the past 10 games, the Sens have allowed 3 or less xG worth of chances against in each game (expected goals against around 21 or 22). The team/goalies have given up 41. Take out the EN goals and it’s still almost double of the xG value. This can also be seen with the PK. It’s been ranked near or at the bottom all year in raw PK% and has been an issue. Last year they were an above average PK team, so it was shocking how much worse it’s been this year. But their actual play and underlying numbers on the PK are solid (rank around 12th in xGA/60 on the PK). The main reason it’s so bad is league worse goaltending on the PK (sv% is around .818) This is why it’s so frustrating to talk about the Sens right now. There’s very little a team can do to help out their goalies when they are struggling so much. TLDR: the Sens under DJ were not a good team and we’re getting the results they deserved. Under Martin, especially lately, the team is playing much better but is getting sewered by league worse goaltending.

[@markiv2942]

Sorry, Biggest problem for Sens is DEFENCE. Jacques Martin has DONE NOTHING. ". Under Martin, especially lately, the team is playing much better but is getting sewered by league worse goaltending." Sorry you are f joke.

[@jobemi2422]

@@markiv2942 last 10 games under Martin they are 2nd in xGF%, 2nd in xGF/60, 4th in xGA/60 and 30th in SV% (at 5v5). Seems like a team that has turned the corner to me and is playing much better overall, but especially on the defensive end. If you have actual data and info to back up that defensive play is still the issue, then go for it. Otherwise, you’re the effing joke and just repeating lazy narratives instead.

[@solomonyanuck9798]

Would love for you guys to share your thoughts on the Bedard/Wemby video at some point. Wemby is so interesting and emotive and Connor is just so reserved, feels like a little microcosm of the NBA/NHL dichotomy right now. Would've loved to see more from Connor in that video if it was a way folks at the NHL were trying to pull NBA fans into the league.

[@deltagolavista1]

36:30 Chychrun has already has came out and said that he wants to be a Senator and all the talk otherwise is made up BS. That doesn't mean he'll remain a Senator. It's between him and Chabot being shown the door as their left side on defense is too stacked and trading one of those two would fill in holes elsewhere in the line-up.

[@user-il8rc4md6n]

The “glowed” discussion had me dying 😂 the past tense of glow is definitely glowed but it seems weird for sure. I’ve always loved how the English language can put its speakers into a blender at any moment lmao

[@krackpot8724]

Perry have josh Anderson stick since the final cup

[@ryanm9257]

I'm an oilers fan. Your guy coverage been good. I have no complaints about lack of coverage. The only thing that annoyed me was the people that 1x wins in a row was nothing because of who we faced.

[@kempnercanucks]

Wait, you can’t compare the SB prices to the NHL ASG prices. You got to compare the NHL ASG prices to the pro bowl.

[@GrogyYT]

As a sharks fan, thank GOODNESS we at least have the niners

[@johanstinson]

Lol. Don't cry too much when the Chiefs crush them again KC isn't going to hand them the game like GB and DET did

[@maisierogers6020]

just to add to the netflix conversation - they've also just a couple days ago done one with the Six Nations rugby tournament!

[@nikolaistripay3315]

42:04 adam’s supervillain laugh is great

[@icandivebyzero]

Guys. Jacque Martin was only signed as an interim head coach. Also, people were dogging on Cam Talbot while he was with the Sens and is now killing it with the Kings.

[@scottwill19]

Adam seems to forget that Mackinnon exists when he says this ridiculous “McDavid should win the Hart every year”.

[@Bneumanns124]

Cry

[@scottwill19]

@@Bneumanns124 I don’t have to because he’s wrong.

[@bryanwouters443]

@@Bneumanns124 how may cups does mcdavid have?🤣

[@northy4119]

Steve are the Calgary Flames in the room with you right now

[@2Jim2u]

Jesse, remember Gaudreau's old contract that Treliving signed, the 21-22 season was the final year in that "5 team trade list" contract. For the Flames, Gaudreau had to be traded prior to July1st of 21-22 season if they were going to get something for Gaudreau. That's Treliving's baby, he should have known to have traded him prior to that year.

[@HandsomeDanVacationRentals]

A Toronto Maple Leafs Fan getting upset about coverage and speculation of another team is…..interesting? Is interesting the word?

[@lululov619]

Oh damn Marilyn coming is unreal. She’s a Toronto Icon.

[@gudtimes6363]

one tweet and takes the opportunity to make the oilers segment about the leafs ;P

[@killerpancakes7069]

ALLSTAR WEEK!⭐️

[@billk516]

I can’t believe Adam’s mom is going to be a guest at the event. 😂

[@jeffe2267]

As an American, I have no idea who she is other than Adam's mom.

[@rickyma3189]

​@jeffe2267 she had her own day time talk show in Canada for a very long time.

[@johanstinson]

His mom has been the Special Guest at lots of events.😂😂

[@billk516]

A national wise famous talk show hostess @@jeffe2267

[@SuperMooselight]

Corey Perry has used a Josh Anderson stick since the playoff run in Montreal, he switched to it because it felt better then his old style

[@MrPhaley87]

Getting kind of used to every, and I mean EVERY, take from Adam being the single worst take on any given subject.

[@mr.potter7280]

Steve....I think Morgan Reilly's positioning on that first goal threw Sammy off. Not the best goal, but not totally on Sammy as MR needs to be better aware of his positioning in relation to the goalie.

[@GTorTor]

Adam AHH Adam UMM!!!! Keep them coming!!!

[@bgone8854]

Jackets goaltender against Vancouver played pretty well even being frustrated with his team

[@Leafsdude]

Steve makes the Flames sound like Leaf fans on the HFBoards trade rumour forum. They're going to trade for everyone, trade away everyone and sign everyone. All at the same time!

[@ericwilliams1845]

The Avs routinely allow 3 on like 25 shots but win anyway

[@KennethMoyer-t3y]

I need a Corey Perry content warning. In the sams way programs warn about explicit or triggering content. I am now rooting against any Oiler success in the playoffs!

[@BurlingtonBulls00]

These guys HATTTEEEEE having to talk abt the oilers. Not to mention they both mess up game winning goals and call the wrong players (Foegele and McLeod) and THEN they mention Michael McLeod as a part of the WJC 5, but they call him RYAN McLeod come on boys, either a distain and bias, or some weak ass research... if you don't want to talk abt other teams then don't. If you wish to cover the league, be better.

[@slipperynodd578]

46:20, Respectfully, that is bs and you know it, it would get covered 200x as hard if Toronto was the team on the 16 game winstreak, Campbells goalie record was covered way more then the Oilers are right now.

[@ChadsThrillAdventures]

I cant believe you guys haven't been talking about the Oilers.......like come on guys ;)

[@brockcorry3122]

Martin was brought in to finish out the year before looking for their coach in the summer. The sales process really hampered them so andlauer and staois couldn’t get their guys. Martin is also there to break them of their bad habits caused under DJ and they are starting to figure it out lately. Rangers game was an outlier from even the past 2 weeks

[@MrChristopho]

I love the sass that Drew provides

[@tronnoadam]

Drew sucks

[@MrChristopho]

@@tronnoadam You know what, you're right. Consider my whole world view changed. Thanks for saving me.

[@Krokodilius]

adam must be real mad about the 4 times jagr won the art ross and didn't get the hart.

[@sharxor]

I can't believe you guys didn't talk about NOT TALKING ABOUT the Oilers.

[@owen_som]

The nascar show was great watched the whole 5 episodes in one night. My biggest complaint with it however though was it was mainly focused a lot on one team because they gave them the most access over other teams lol

[@CoolsBreeze]

Are we allowed to step foot into the Rec Room on Friday even if we don't have tickets?

[@schmapps1]

Have to give the Leafs credit for showing some moxie lately. Their season was really teetering on going off the rails

[@Hockeyhobo89]

34:14 always love a Survivor mention

[@Mengha]

Was waiting for the Drew meltdown when they said "McDavid" should have won over Hall for the Hart that year.

[@rachelhasthemic]

The guys have McDavid blinders on most of the time, tbh. Is he great? Yes. Is he the greatest and no other shall be considered? No.

[@Boredofcrafting]

Steve is right. They made an amendment to rescind 5 minute majors all together.

[@alislefthand]

How many times would a shot go in on it's own but someone barely redirects it with their stick? This is why assists have to hold more weight in hockey than other sports

[@davebigman240]

Calling a Canucks win over Edmonton in round 1 is a bit silly, Vancouver are so far out in front they’ll get to absolutely stomp St Louis or LA. Jets, Canucks and Oilers though, great chance of at the very least, a Canadian Stanley cup participant with them stacking the deck in the West

[@johanstinson]

Maybe. The Canucks haven't had a slump yet, pretty rare for a team to go an entire season without any sort of slump Oilers and Van won't be playing in the 1st round. Oilers will be taking 2nd jn the Pacific

[@cujo2099xbox]

Wow so I showed some evidence of Sportsnet bias towards Toronto how there is barely any article about the oilers, only Mark Spector talks about them, while on TSN there are videos and articles from multiple TSN commentators and my comment was deleted. Just goes to show you how fragile of an ego you must have to be shown the truth and instead decide to erase the comment instead of realizing that there is some bias.

[@Striker256]

Love the Stone Cold reference!

[@marksaraceno3838]

What!?

[@TheElabon]

Does anyone at this point believe a single word of the Corey Perry was fired by Chicago because of alcohol? He didn't go into the player assistance program, and it seems all of the players that have gone into the player assistance program, for various reasons, recently haven't had to have a special meeting with Buttman to play in the league again.

[@moneydynamicmatanya9541]

1:28:02 LMAO WHAT!!!

[@geebster.]

They can't call the Myers penalty. That's like saying... it's OK for the police to plant evidence and lie under oath to put a bad guy behind bars. Not how it works. The process matters. You can't make up rules if your entire job is to enforce the rules.

[@2Jim2u]

Guys what do you think Philly's goaltending is going to be like, without Hart ???

[@omfg322]

The tyler myers call was so dumb. Hes so tall (6'8 btw) that he turns around while hitting the boards that his elbow is at eveyone elses head level by nature. It was not intentional in the slightest since he didnt even see him when hitting him

[@bgone8854]

Yeh likd a high stick penalty you have to be responsible for your elbows lol

[@omfg322]

@bgone8854 the man had several inference calls because players skated into him from outside field of view and fell over. I suppose thats his fault as well?

[@BlackMasakari]

MCDavid is not lighting it up this regular season. That is reserved for the playoffs this year.

[@chrisnelson3046]

Brass rail is a great experience

[@anthonyricher]

Adam, as always, is exactly right. Pick a topic, I don't care. Don't @ me.

[@oldthumbs81]

Adam....the number in brackets is NOT for distance! Yikes.

[@CraftsWithCrafts]

GLOWED

[@hierath17]

Hey somebody should remind Drew, that in order for what he calls a teddy bear contender team (Oilers) to lose in the first round to the Vancouver Canucks they would have to be In the last wild card position... and it seems to me as of today the oil are 5 points ahead of the 2nd spot with 3 games in hand... Maybe it's time you brush up on how NHL playoff seeding works before you throw bombs 🤦🏽🤣

[@johanstinson]

You're expecting Leafs fans to be knowledgeable? Really?

[@johanstinson]

I love how rhe Oilers are a teddy bear contender despite having decent playoff runs...but this clown thinks the Canucks are lock for contender despite making the playoffs once in 7 years. Morons like this are going to be shocked when the Canucks get blown out in the 1st round

[@Blades500]

​@@johanstinson Drew is an...Avalanche fan. 😂

[@johanstinson]

@@Blades500 ah, the only other fanbase that's close to Leafs fans in retardation

[@Powerpuffgirls4lyfe]

Damn I can’t believe I’m missing a live show with Alannis

[@kasdjkfghalksjdhg]

Glowed.

[@dantran9962]

The amount of stupid that comes from Adam's mouth makes me question how he remembers to breath.

[@DW-fl3ee]

As far as the Myers call, and I don't think it was really clearly commented on. Is it okay for the league to violate it's rulebook to 'get it right' on Myers?

[@hart7668]

I mean, if you think about it, the only thing a QB does is make assists and it's the most celebrated position in American football. PS. I would also like to point out that Matthews is damn near a goal a game player and the Leafs are barely over .500

[@maladjustedmalcontent1532]

The New Jersey Devils, the Ottawa Senators, the Calgary Flames and the Philadelphia Flyers ALL HIRED PLAYERS THEY KNEW HAD SEXUALLY ASSAULTED a young woman and let them play FOR FIVE YEARS. Why has there been no scrutiny of their willingness to overlook those players history? All the Hockey Canada press releases have started scrubbing the names of the teams who hired the players that Hockey Canada paid out settlements on. Clearly they are still trying to limit damage on this story. Let's have some talk about that.

[@Vansker24]

"Faces that glowed red with the cold"

[@flynnster]

My God Adam sure whines a lot about boo hoo Toronto ,oh how we’re mistreated, everyone hates us…we’ll win in the freaking playoffs. It’s more about you than your followers.

[@Wapakalypze]

Honestly right now it feels like Vancouver is the current enemy lol. I don't care I'm just enjoying watching my team win.

[@kurtwpg]

Jiricek probably isn't going to see NHL ice again this season. This is Jarmo trying to make him a UFA in 2031 instead of 2030.

[@thetank5642]

What? His first year is already burnt. Jiricek played like 30 games this season. They’re only sending him down because they can’t do it to anyone else apprently

[@kurtwpg]

@@thetank5642 Not ELC. The benchmark for early free agency is 40 games.

[@robertholston4708]

Turns out Lamar Jackson wasn't quarterbacky enough after all.

[@josephfitzgard6277]

William Nylander foot was in the crease. You feel inches don't matter, time don't matter. It does. Nylander foot was in the crease. I accept that Nylander broke the crease rule. However the push should by the Jets players is clearly cross check. Both calls should had been made. How is that not a cross check call? Is it not a call because the call was already being called on Nylander? If that is true, shouldn't the whistle been blown once Bertuzi touched the puck? If Bertuzi was allowed to play the puck, there was no Toronto infraction and thus the goal counts. As for the slash on Tavares, instead of breaking his stick, could Tavares request a video replay on the slash?

[@mobmaniac]

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