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@L69fs @simonleafs It's so annoying to be a Leafs fan, because there's so many reasons to give the team the benefit of the doubt, but after giving the benefit so many times, you're bound to go crazy

Makes me sick that up-and-coming teams like the Ducks, Flyers, and Habs were instantly rewarded with joke matchups against washed-up husks of teams while the Leafs' young core were essentially condemned to a seven-year gauntlet of cup finalists right off the bat every damn year

@tavkniesnythews I'd rather him stay in the MLSE org than enter the Leafs org in any capacity to be quite honest. I think he's just an ownership puppet

@thewsTML The business side of things? I mean that would be Pelley. There’s nothing wrong with that. He does that anyway lol. You want Pelley away from the hockey stuff. He’s there for the business/ dealing with the board.

Elliotte Friedman on 32TP this morning. Says it’s very clear that when you look at Sundin it’s clear he’s proud to be a Maple Leaf, he loves the team, the organization, he’s come back several times and spoken up in defence of the players and has talked about how much of a privilege it is to wear that jersey and represent the organization. The organization felt that the mindset had slipped this year and the pride in wearing the jersey had fallen. They wanted to find someone at the top that lived and breathes that pride (Mats Sundin). Says he believes the role will be Vice President of Hockey Operations. EF said it took some time, but he thinks the Leafs are now negotiating with him to do it. Says that Scott White and John Chayka were finalists but says that if Sundin is in - he believes it’ll be John Chayka as GM. #LeafsForever

@tavkniesnythews like who fills those responsibilities then? please dear god not Pelley

@tavkniesnythews but how can you have him as Vice President without a President? doesn't that just make him the President?

@GreenMcCabe @JeffVeillette Provides ownership (and MLSE execs) a shield bc they know the fans love Mats so any blame will go to him

@JeffVeillette Like honestly this all just sounds to me like Shanahan 2.0 except with a former Leaf and without Shannys previous experience in the league(DoPS, etc)

I don't really know what to think anymore, leaning towards the last few days of reports being misdirection. Because if they aren't, it feels like they're taking the wildest possible path here

@nylanderthews Jim Nill protege with Gillis to take care of Pelley is the best combo possible for us

I will say Jim Nill was easily my favourite candidate to replace Treliving as GM, but that was probably never going to happen. Tapping his right hand man as a replacement instead is definitely the next best option.

@clahanna I think jailbreak works better for the PWHL than the NHL. The NHL's seen some pretty gruesome, violent assaults that were given just penalties. It needs to be punished more in the NHL, not less. I think the behaviour of players in the PWHL allows for jailbreak to be successful

NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman was asked if the NHL has considered adopting the #PWHL jailbreak rule: “I like what we have. I’m not going to search for a problem just so we can fix it. Our system works very well for us.”

@nylanderthews Gillis POHO Chayka GM Sundin AGM is such a weird mix I wouldn't expect. I'd have no idea what to think until they start making actual moves

Really interested to see where the Leafs go at GM. I don’t think either Gillis or Sundin want to be a GM, so does that mean the Leafs are going to hire three people? Would give them much more confidence to hire a first time GM though with Gillis as POHO and Sundin as VPOHO

@_knilanderthews can't wait for the day The Phil comes back to save the Leafs 🙌

This must be so chills for those whose childhood was the Sundin years instead of the Kessel years

@laffalytics I just want the Leafs to outperform their expectations once man. only time recently was 16-17.

@laffalytics we've so rarely had the feeling of watching the team play and being like "holy shit they got us" but this felt like one of them. one of the very top best moments of this era easily

@WatchMyReview They're gonna be all over Tuch. Will be interesting to see if Buffalo can keep him and how much teams are willing to offer.

Dreger mentioned Leafs are targeting forwards with "Size and Bite" this offseason. Sounds like they are ready to target their main issues...

@tmlfaninvan Shut down Matthew Knies instead of grinding him into the ground and you guarantee a top 5 pick. It was so simple, yet these bozos bungled it. To be fair though, the Leafs down the stretch were near perfect: 0-6-1. It looked like at one point they weren't gonna get near bottom 5

PSA: the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2025-2026 lost 30 games by 1 goal or by 1 goal + EN

@JohnnyGiunta_ @icenineleafs he's coddled by the media

Didn’t nylander get like one less point in 65 games looooool

@joeyferg for the first time in a decade, we can enjoy a blissful stress-free Toronto summer (right?!)

If you're a Leafs fan making Playoff brackets it's time to stop. Have some respect for yourself. The NHL season is effectively over.

@LeafsUpdates21 @simonleafs may God help us

OFFICIAL: Leafs will have 5th best lottery odds 1st overall: 8.5% 2nd overall: 8.6% 3rd overall: 0.3% 5th overall: 24.5% 6th/7th overall (BOS gets pick): 58.2 Draft Lottery May 5th Odds courtesy of Tankathon

@Account4hockey @nylanderthews Better way to put it: the Avalanche, the Lightning, the Panthers, the Hurricanes, etc, etc, every "well run" organization does this

Pelley using AI to summarize trade ideas when he has no hockey experience is a nothing burger. Every high level business is using AI to optimize workflows. AI is used to make internal tools that make tasks more efficient. The Leafs data team is almost certainly using AI coding tools to build models. Pelley isn't suggesting the next GM should ask chat gpt for free agent recommendations and any sources alluding to anything like this are just dinosaurs who dont understand modern technology.

@NotLeafsNeedGod and Buffalo went on to win the division 💀

Damn man we're finally at the end tomorrow.

@joeyferg @tmlfaninvan I totally get it. If you get 20 calls from the Leafs and all they do is ask if a player is available, and for what price, when you're busy and trying to focus on making deals, I'd be pissed. Like stop wasting my time and trying to shop around, are you interested or not?

We have a lot of evidence to suggest that a significant portion of other teams' GMs seemed like they simply hated talking to Treliving, so it'll be a nice for that to not be the case with the eventual new guy.