Recent content by Joe S.

Manoah will not be pitching for the jays this season and I wouldn’t be at all surprised if he never makes it back to the majors. At his best he was throwing at about 93mph, and he’s completely lost his command. I’m not wishing that he doesn’t make it back, I just feel that the odds are not in...

Robertson to me is nothing more than the current version of Wellwood with a better shot.

https://www.bluebirdbanter.com/2025/6/11/24445552/taking-wing-khal-stephen He looks like a good prospect, but at a guess he’s 3 years away. He could be the next Nate Pearson or he could be the next bonafide starter, or could be nothing at all. It’s the right move to make.

Antropov, colaiacovo and a first. Sorry couldn’t help myself.

If you haven’t seen the latest South Park episode yet do yourself a favour and watch it asap.

I was more taken with seeing Yushkevich’s and Svehla’s names again. I loved both those guys.

I remember Quinn not being happy with the line and I thought he had a funny quote about it, but I can’t find it. I did find this article which provides quite a few blasts from the past: https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/struggling-leafs-considering-changes-1.334120

That domi line kinda reminds me of the short lived tucker-sundin-mogilny line that was a complete defensive disaster.

That’s still a year away though. You can still Tampa and Florida you’re way to a cup this season.

Did Mike Grier owe Treliving a favour or something?

Yup. Agree with both of you.

Thx - and I think this is kind of making my point. With nylander and Matthews, Treliving’s messaging was that the priority was to get them extended. But have a read here: https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/how-aggressive-do-maple-leafs-want-to-push-mitch-marner-trade/ The tone was...

In fairness though, I think what is being said was that when Matthews and Nylander were both eligible for extensions, Treliving pretty much said that it’s a priority to get these contracts done. When Marner was up for renewal, he did not have the same attitude. It very much felt like ‘meh...