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@jennmint Everytime with that fanbase 😔

They’re never beating the allegations

@TaraSlone Exactly. He took away any chance to get a real answer for anyone there by asking it how he did

I am all for asking the difficult questions when necessary. But there is a way to address hard topics without being so nasty and offensive. You want to spout off like that, save it for your column. Unconscionable behavior IMO.

@supernova_freak Gorgeous 🖤🤍

Monochrome Monday

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@JayOnLeafs @yyzsportsmedia I think it was a question that needed to be asked, but Steve ruined any chance of getting a real answer for anyone by how he approached it

@yyzsportsmedia The question Simmons asked wasn't genuine, it was filled with manipulative tactics and deception. He didn't even have the stones to tell his lies with confidence. And if you believe Simmons is telling the truth, you're an idiot. Respectfully.

respectfully, I say this is a pretty awful take.

@ChancoCat That’s just math tho 😜

Equivalent exchange girl math is getting a chicken salad for dinner because you’re not that hungry but then also ordering dessert

@cheygoulet I will celebrate by watching all Bea Arthur media all day long

If you must celebrate May the 4th and treat it like a holiday, you better celebrate it by watching the Star Wars Holiday Special and that alone. Unless you’re some kind of fake fan.

@mickey_canuck Steve made it easy for KP to give a non answer by phrasing the question in such a combative, insulting manner. If he asks it more professionally, he could have gotten a real answer

Love him or hate him, you gotta respect Steve Simmons for having the balls to ask the controversial, tough questions when needed. Pelley’s non-answer was notable, btw.

@royal__T19 @joeyferg It could have been, but it wasn’t. If he asks without being insulting, he could have got a real answer. Instead he just made KP defensive and dismissive of him, and made it impossible for anyone else to ask it another way. Ruined an opportunity by having to make it about himself

@BeardedResister @joeyferg Steve’s an asshat but that was a great question

zero questions from the media about the actual future of the team so far btw, makeup, playstyle, coaching, systems etc.

@tavkniesnythews Exactly. Fine to ask the question, but the way he went about it exposed his agenda and honestly didn’t deserve more of an answer than he got Wasted an opportunity to get a real answer to a tough but fair question by making it about himself

Steve Simmons is one of the most embarrassing, garbage human beings in hockey. Media privileges privilege to these availability’s should be revoked yesterday. He is by far, and it’s not close, the most toxic reporter in Toronto. Ask a question without being disrespectful for once, goof.

@thatguygriff88 @joeyferg Simmons makes up enough stuff tho that who even knows how true that is. Even if so? Thats where Sundin comes in. He’s got the respect of everyone

@BeardedResister @joeyferg i hate steve as much as anyone but nah, he killed that. having other managers hate you is probably bad when you have to work with those folks.

@joeyferg That was my impression too

maybe I'm trying to read between the lines too much, but I actually predict Chayka still relieves Berube of his duties at some point here based on that answer. That sounded like someone just giving someone their flowers on a human level before the professional level comes in.

@MoranaOnTheMic Why are we believing Frank of all people here?

Very important piece here. The Leafs had offered one of the other candidates a Senior Advisor role but they declined because they did not want to work for Chayka. Already a bad rep and challenge when it comes to external hiring.

@supernova_freak Damnnn 💀😂

@taj1944 Frank is on one about this. Did Chayka grey his hair for him or something?

Seravalli: Sources said the Maple Leafs expressed interest in offering a significant advisory role to one of the prominent candidates reported in the search, but that candidate declined because he did not want to work with Chayka. (Was it a certain ex Canucks GM? 🤣🤣)

May the Force be with us all. ❤️ #maythe4th youtu.be/lMXYxen0VMQ?si…

@Leafs1334 Exactly. Dreger doesn’t know a single thing and is honestly kinda bitter about it

Dreger has been wrong this entire process. I don’t believe a word from his mouth

@amato_mike That he still takes it makes this all more reassuring to me. He knows what this could do to his reputation, and he still has enough faith to do it anyway. He knows more here than any of us about what comes next. I’m willing to give him the chance

What surprises me most about the new Leafs front office is that Mats Sundin would take this job. There’s little room for error and a high possibility everything goes sideways in the next year, regardless of how good a job he does. (i.e. Matthews leaves, complete rebuild, in the darkness for 5-plus years, etc.) He’d be the face of that and what would that do to his legacy? Big leap of faith for sure.

@MapleMomEh Skinny fat Mark is a loser

I’m going to spare your eyes, but don’t be like Mark. Nobody wants to see that.