This Marner situation is pretty incredible. Local kid just totally willing to set his legacy here on fire. He must be extremely sour on the city if he won't even engage with the team. Will be interesting if some team gives him $14M+ on a 4 year deal (as rumoured so he can maximize career...
I know Bettman won't do anything about it, but the tax-free salary advantage is unfair in a hard cap system and the league should do something about it. Teams in taxed locales should get additional bonus cap space to make up for the difference.
I remember working inside Maple Leaf Gardens before they completely gutted the building; all the seats had been removed, but the rooms, hallways and general structure were still all intact. Right at center ice was a plaque in the concrete with Ballard's name, hand and foot prints. Seriously the...
Bennett will instantly get called as a Leaf for all of the stuff he gets away with in FLA. He gets 3 games as a Leaf if he takes out the opposing teams' goalie the way he took out Stolarz.
"Hey David, we like your game. Although your hands of stone make Jonas Hoglund look like the second coming of Sittler, we see you as a 4th line / PK plug-in that will never play in the playoffs. How's about a NTC?"
The moment Berube started extolling the importance of determination & will to win... was a sign they were already cooked. Still fucking baffling when comparing their game 6 vs 5 & 7 tho.