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[The Macho King]

Leafs fans are becoming intolerable...

 

[AlphaCatalyst]

Leafs fans are becoming intolerable...

Becoming?

 

[DaBolts]

Is it Thursday yet?

 

[TeslaCoilFan]

Leafs fans are becoming intolerable...

Kudos to you for trying to bring reasoned discussion to the main boards. Such a thankless job.

The Dan Girardi main board thread is pretty dang crazy too but that mostly seems like one rabid poster, maybe two.

 

[LightningStrikes]

xGF% is my new favorite stat!

 

[Leonardo87]

Rangers are a hot mess right now. Have not turned my back on them but really painful to watch. Glad I have been able to follow Tampa the last.... wow going on 4 years now?

 

[Sky04]

Canucks interested in Koekkoek??

 

[Felonious Python]

xGF% is my new favorite stat!

sorry to hear about the breakup.

?

 

[The Macho King]

Deangelo sent back down to minors.

 

[Stormbreaker]

Gudas got Superman punched

 

[JoVel]

The Coyotes are on pace for under 10 points this season.

 

[Stormbreaker]

 

[Felonious Python]

 

[DFC]

The Leafs really are an adventure to watch.

Matthews is an outstanding player though. Hopefully I didn't just set off some Leaf fans' radar.

ADD: And he scores. Get ready for a wave of "Gretzky was only kind of better than Matthews because goalies sucked" threads.

 

[Felonious Python]

 

[Steazy Doo]

Babcock remembered Stranger Things season 2 is out today, needs time for his binge

 

[Stormbreaker]

Jason Garrison waived by Vegas

 

[DFC]

Sad news about Garrison.

Happy news: The Montreal Canadiens are still horrendous.

 

[The Macho King]

What the hell Vegas...

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

A tumultuous week for Canadiens forward Alex Galchenyuk added a new twist Thursday when certified NHLPA hockey agent Dan Milstein alleged that Montreal coach Claude Julien has a problem with Russian hockey players.

“Alex Galchenyuk isn’t a problem but coach is. Has never successfully coached Russian. Took midseason most-Russian club. All but one Russian gone,” said Milstein on Twitter.

The tweets have since been deleted.

When reached by phone Thursday afternoon, Milstein apologized for commenting on another agent’s player (Galchenyuk is represented by Pat Brisson), but stood by his claim Julien has difficulty with Russian players.

“These are my observations,” Milstein told Sportsnet. “I represent several Russian players, and I know Alex is not one of them and I’m out of line for commenting because I don’t represent him. But I’m just stating the facts.

“I have nothing but respect for [Canadiens general manager] Marc Bergevin. But it seems obvious the coach doesn’t like Russians.”

Milstein represents Kucherov & former bolt/hab Nesterov.

 

[MattM92]

Galchenyuk is American...

 

[Bandit Keith]

Technically he is a Russian-American of Belarus descent and he lived in Russia for several years as a kid. Not really as simple as to just call him American.

 

[MattM92]

Technically he is a Russian-American of Belarus descent and he lived in Russia for several years as a kid. Not really as simple as to just call him American.

He was only born in the US, played the majority of his minor hockey in NA, and played for the US in international tournaments. Seems complicated to me. Why does his ancestry matter at all.

 

[FinnLightning26]

He was only born in the US, played the majority of his minor hockey in NA, and played for the US in international tournaments. Seems complicated to me. Why does his ancestry matter at all.

It fits the narrative. Don't let those pesky facts get in the way of a good story.

 

[The Macho King]

He was only born in the US, played the majority of his minor hockey in NA, and played for the US in international tournaments. Seems complicated to me. Why does his ancestry matter at all.

It's his ancestry that makes him so enigmatic.