Ryan
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I used AI today to try and figure out if the leafs could be contenders next year and how to do it as Pelley told us… turns out AI still thinks Marner plays for the #leafs #leafsforever
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I’m calling on all #Leafs fans to boycott #BostonPizza forever for the damage the owners son has done to this organization. #leafsforever
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“Men could never” is a meme. I apologize to all the men in my mentions, my DMs, my text messages who are offended. I know all of you could do what Cassie and Cheryl could do if given the opportunity.
Julie Stewart-Binks@JSB_TV
Shoutout to two of the best analysts in the game - @CassieCampbell and @cherylpounder - both have worked the women’s and men’s Olympic tournaments. Men could never.
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Brad Treliving constructed a terrible roster. Idk what you’re supposed to do with a bunch of 4th liners. #LeafsForever #FireBrad
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Sad thing here is the people making ignorant comments to me & about Mitch are clueless to the fact that they are part of the reason Free Agents don’t want to sign here & guys like ROR run for the hills after 2 months in the city … being a decent human is free… try it some time
DartGuy@LeafsMaz20
I sincerely hope @Marner93 is shown the respect he deserves from this fan base tonight. I may not agree w/ things he said when he left but he earned the right to make that decision for himself & family He’s one of the greatest #LeafsForever all time & should be treated as such
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@Sid_Seixeiro And as passionate fans who celebrate this team and where we live we have every right to boo him into the middle of next week.
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@citchmook Leafs fan here. In every way possible yes was it ever even a debate? MacKinnon and McDavid on different levels
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Thoughts on Team Canada at World Juniors:
There's been a lot of discourse today about Canada's performance after bowing out to Czechia again. I've read a lot about roster construction, team toughness, how players were used during the tournament, and other things related to the team's inability to get the job done.
These things may have been an issue, but reality is the problem runs way deeper.
Here is the biggest thing that people aren't talking about:
Canada has WAY fewer youth boys playing hockey than it did a decade ago.
Looking at Hockey Canada registration and membership data, it's mind-boggling to see the numbers.
And the numbers in the biggest provinces (Ontario and Quebec) are especially egregious.
So why is this happening? Hockey is Canada's sport. It shouldn't be like this.
It's what we hear every day from families all over North America:
Costs are too high. It's professionalized at too young of an age. The stress of the youth hockey experience is too much for kids and families.
Community programs have been replaced by for-profit entities leading to higher costs and more pressure. Development has been replaced by super teams and rogue/outlaw leagues outside of Hockey Canada even before kids are 8 years old. At the older ages, hockey academies have become what families believe is the only way their kids will make it - shelling out INSANE amounts of money to send their kids to do so.
Ontario just got rid of residency rules which will only lead to less accountability and more club-hopping than there already was in the nation's craziest and biggest youth hockey market.
The reason why Canada was the hockey superpower for so long is because it was part of the fabric of the country. There was such a pride and passion for the game and what the game meant to the flag. There was such a sense of playing the game for something bigger than yourself.
Now rather than playing for the love of the game, hockey in Canada is like a job for many of these kids in the environment they're being put in. It's less about pride and passion and more about the path to making it. When in all honesty, it's the pride and passion for the game that is the biggest consistency in the kids that do end up making it.
If Canada wants to restore its hockey dominance, it better take a long look in the mirror at the grassroots and what is going on in youth hockey. If you have tens of thousands of fewer boys playing the game, you should probably look at that first. The bigger your pool of athletes, the more elite athletes you can develop.
"As many as possible, for as long as possible, in the best environment possible". That has to be the guiding principle.
There's a lot of great people in Canada doing incredible things for the game, but the system itself is fundamentally broken. If Hockey Canada is serious about getting back to the top, it has to start at the bottom.
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Hockey Canada is broken. Not the kids fault it’s on the coaches and people running hockey Canada. You teach no discipline no heart. #hockeycanada
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