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UNREAL🤩 This haircut designed as the official 2026 #FIFAWorldCup ball is incredible! 👏 H/T IG/matii.freestyle

@stoolpresidente Beacause Americans cant agree on anything

Why can’t the U.S. have cool songs like every other team in the World Cup?

🚨❌Real Madrid have made contact with Olise's representatives only once, a couple of weeks ago. However, they were told straight away that the player is unsellable and no offer would make the Bayern board change their mind. Despite recent online reports claiming that Real Madrid are back in the race for Olise after the World Cup, they are false, as neither the club nor the player is looking to depart this summer. Olise is focused on Bayern, trusts the club with his development, and trusts the coach. The club has initiated an internal process to extend the player beyond 2031. More to follow regarding a possible extension offer to the player.

"[Alex Pereira's] dad was crying, his family was sad, and he said, 'Hey, we've made other families feel like this. It's our turn.' I was like, 'That dude is a legend,' just for having that perspective so quickly after a fight and carrying that mentality... A lot of respect for that." Sean O'Malley praises Alex Pereira for his perspective following his loss to Ciryl Gane.

LA Kings in 175 games under Jim Hiller: Goals Against/Game - 2.60 (1st in NHL) 5v5 Goals Against - 273 (1st in NHL) 5v5 Goals For% - 55.39 (3rd in NHL) He led the Kings to a franchise best 105 points in his first full season. Kempe was their leading scorer with 73 points

Welcome back, Jim 🍁

"He's a progressive coach. He likes analytics... he knows some of the Leafs' best players, and he's a players' coach." @mirtle joins @JDBunkis to react to the Maple Leafs hiring Jim Hiller as their next head coach.

أحد المجمعات في ألمانيا 😍😍 أثناء المباراة الافتتاحية لمنتخبهم جميل جداً 😍 #Germany #FIFAWorldCup

@slapshotcomrade @tddt_5115 I think it all depends on the immediate goal.. if youre trying to win now than fine.. thats not going to happen but fine.. if youre thinking realistically and looking at 2-3 years down the road than will Raddysh still be playing at the same level by than ? Im not sure he will

@BlueJay677 @tddt_5115 Expecting someone like Raddysh is why we moved Woll, to give us a cap buffer to do things like that. Same with trying to acquire a 2C or 3C (depending on Chayka's outlook on Tavares). If Tanev is back and worse for wear, plenty of AHLers bursting to play for the Leafs.

McCabe - Raddysh Andrae - Tanev Ekman-Larsson - Carlo I mean?

@TalkeyHockey Ersson wont play a single game for the leafs.. hes an RFA that wont be resighned, he was a throw in to get the deal done

Getting Ersson back is interesting because it makes me wonder if Hildeby or Stolarz are also on the way out.

@Dylan_Gozens Dont worry about it, Dubas will give up the moon and the Sun to get another one of his Soo Grey Hounds in pitsburgh so you’ll likely dodge the bullet eitherway

@BlueJay677 Yeah and apparently we expressed interest in him 🤦‍♂️

Sens Dcore if they add Nurse: Sanderson-Zub Chabot-Spence Kleven-Matinpalo

The same could be said about any head coach really.. the team could fail under woodcroft and once again youre firing a coach.. with pavelski youre likely looking at a much cheaper option if you were to have to fire him and continue to pay that contract.. either way id say youve got valid points, i just feel like that 100% fresh perspective could be the key that unlocks this roster..

yea i 100% agree about teams poaching him, it’s a risk either way imo, if you bring him in as a head coach and he’s brutal then you gotta fire another coach, but if you bring him in as a assistant teams can hire him as a head, i like the vision of a new coach with a new system and hockey brain

🚨 The Maple Leafs are expected to announce the next head coach of the franchise in the coming days, according to John Chayka. 👀 “We’re in the final phases, we’re getting down to decision time, so it should be in the next several days.” Down to the final few candidates: Pavelski, Woodcroft, Roy, and Eakins, with potentially 1–2 more names in the mix. Who will it be? 🤔 Via @koshtorontosun #Leafsforever

@BarstoolChief How do you feel about the Leafs offering up Knies for that 4th overall picks..? Likely not realistic but definately interesting noise… thoughts..?

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@LeafsfanEst1991 @TSN_Sports @reporterchris Better not be Lalonde.. that would be a disaster.

@BlueJay677 @TSN_Sports @reporterchris Going to be Lalonde or Eakins.

We're close to finding out who the next bench boss in Toronto will be. Leafs fans, who's your dream pick? 🤔 (H/T @reporterchris)

@LNNinstagram No thankyou to Woodcroft, The leafs need to be brave and give Pavelski a shot at HC.. just like Montreal did with St Louis.. Woodcroft is not the answer.. great coach.. but this franchise and these players need a whole new perspective.. tune out the noise and make the move..

I would argue that the Third round pick is the MAIN piece here.. love the Andrae aquisition.. but i have a strange feeling that the leafs have plans of making a draft day trade using picks for a player or using players+picks to gain another top 5 pick… if the leafs come out of the draft with Mckenna/Stenberg+Verhoeff/Reid they are setting themselves up for an incredible future..

People are focusing on the wrong piece coming back from PHI Andrae is the main piece in this deal, Leafs needed to get younger on the back-end and move the puck north, he accomplishes both of those Ersson may not be qualified and/or even be with the Leafs next season

@SaxonTheDan @tddt_5115 Thats fair.. but for what..? The leafs are not contenders next year even with Raddysh.. so in 2 or 3 years time when it really starts to matter youre talking about a diminishing asset much like Tanev…

@BlueJay677 @tddt_5115 I’m down to overpay for his blue line bombs

@905WalterK @MikeBartner How could you possibly compare the NHL in the 80’s to today..? With all do respect were talking about two completely different leagues.. nothing is the same including the way the game is played.. and especially the mentality of players in the league today..

@BlueJay677 @MikeBartner Leafs had Alan Bester and Ken Wreggett in the 1980's. I don't think 2 youngsters work.

I guess Toronto just really believes in Hilldeby? Because Woll to Ersson is quite a talent gap. Andrae maybe there's something there. For Philly they form a damn good tandem that's cheap for next season ($7M) and now they have more leverage with Vladar in contract talks.

@mandelorean @TalkeyHockey I wouldnt think like that… its that sort of process that leaves you stranded and struggling when things dont go to plan.. you need to have a plan B long before and hope for the absolute best! To me that would mean aquiring a #1 RHD now

@BlueJay677 @TalkeyHockey He needs sheltered mins at least during the beginning of the season to save him for the 2nd half.

Do we even know if Tanev is gonna be able to play next year?