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NHL DoPS head George Parros responding to Connor McDavid's call for an examination of the suspension process: “We sweat over these decisions and pour over these decisions every night, all season long. We have a process in place that’s consistent, and we have a team that works for me, and together with me, that evaluates all these plays. A very experienced team, a veteran team. Guys that have been there since the beginning of the department. Not to mention all the former players that have a large set of experiences playing NHL games, accolades. Some of the best guys that have played the game work for this department help make decisions. So, our process, I feel very confident in. We’ve got great guys who make these decisions, and I think the players should be confident in this team to do so.”

Pezzetta gets an ovation one second into his Leafs debut Tough market

Roman Polak once told me he felt way more pressure playing in St. Louis than he did in Toronto because of the daily expectations put on the team from management and ownership to win. Said players aren’t pressured by newspapers and talk radio as those can easily be ignored. Says the internal pressure that comes from the inside is far more demanding than media pressure.

One more thing: Completely and utterly done with the absolute garbage that are ‘hometown passion players’ I don’t give a fucking shit if you repped the Leafs when you were 5. Stop giving these shitters money/trading for them because they ‘bleed blue’. Bunch of buzzwords.