Krylian

Well... If Varsho had played well, maybe they would've made it to the World Series.

Except the Cowboys have won in my lifetime

Another blown multi-goal lead

Is it just me or has the 'reply with quote' function been acting up lately?

It's who they are. This isn't a new thing...they don't have it in their DNA to play a full 60 or impose their will on teams they should be beating consistently.

Well that's disappointing

Worst part is that it's the same thing over and over. A combinations of Blowing multi goal leads...Playing down to their competition...Not taking advantage of teams when they're facing adversity...Weaker D than you want to see in a serious contender...questions between the pipes...no killer instinct....get pushed around...etc, etc, etc. They have stretches where it looks like they overcome one or more of these issues...but eventually, they slip back into poor habits. We've been talking about a lot of these issues for years and years...not new problems.

Same movie again. Leafs have a great 1st period going up 3-0. Then mail in the rest of the game. It's 3-3 now in the 3rd.

That's because the Yankees were paying half his salary. They were paying 4 million dollars to play against them.

That's 'All Star' Espinal to you.

I love Kiermaier's confidence, but why in your mid-30's do you still have a level to unlock? Shouldn't you be unlocking your levels ASAP and not saving them?

Is that your core?

I wish someone would do an edit of games, showing all fouls and missed fouls for each game. Put the evidence out there. Lots of teams get f***ed over regularly

You also thought Grant Fuhr was 6'7". So... You're wrong.

Samsonov back up and Hildeby back down. Rushing him back like the Jays did with Manoah. What could go wrong?

Keefe says he looks ok and may still play tomorrow

8x$11.5m for Willie. Total $92m Full NMC

It was a good (but unfortunate) hit.

Are we 100% sure that it isn't the city? I mean, aside from hockey, has Toronto ever been a hot spot for free agents? I don't want it to be true, but we can't just ignore that it's never really been easy to lure the best FAs. It's been much worse for the Raptors, but it's been a challenge for the Jays too.

It isn't...but Atkins anticipating one more addition is not what some of us wanted to hear. There's no reason to say that unless that's truly what he believed...he could've just said, "we're still very actively trying to improve the club in any way we can". The fact he said probably one addition is telling. Wants to control expectations because even he doesn't think there will be that much activity left. But let's give it the remainder of the off-season and see how it plays out.

Saying "instant gratification" is disingenuous. Atkins has been here 8 seasons. This is still not a championship calibre team. It's a pretty good team, that is in the post season hunt...but this group is either unwilling or unable to go big. Small market mentality in what should be a big market.

Well...let's break it down a little. I like out OF defence in 2023. I thought Springer would still be very good offensively. He wasn't....he may bounce back...but he's not getting better with age so there's concern there. Kiermayer outperformed what I thought he'd do offensively last season...I think he'll regress with the bat. Varsho was awful and I confident he'll bounce back...but overall, I don't like our OF offence. I thought Chapman was going to bounce back with the bat in 2023. He did in April...was not good the remainder of the season. I'm not confident in the cast of characters we have at 3B. Bo is Bo. Not really sold on what we have going on at 2B. Every year I hope that Vladdy can be Vladdy of 2021. Maybe he'll be elite this season...but based on his body of work...he's more likely to be average to above average at the plate...with brain farts on the bases and abysmal D. Kirk took a step back at the plate but I have confidence he'll be what he was before...last year is basically the only season he's ever had trouble at the plate...I'm going to go with that being an outlier. DH will be what it will be. On the mound...I like our arms...I just think we were exceptionally lucky with respect to health in the rotation. Odds are we have 1 or 2 injuries that we'll need to navigate around. I don't know how confident I am that our 6th, 7th, 8th guys are ready to step in and hold the fort. So ya...I liked (not loved) our team in 2023...but I think we're poised to be not as good. We went from Ohtani to Kiermayer and IKF...and likely one more move as per Atkins. Can't say that impresses me. Sorry I have higher expectations for this organization that most.

It's crazy how much goaltending has changed over the years when a 6'2" netminder is seen as undersized.

There's a difference between assertively building a team that you're very confident in, and it just didn't work out, and putting bandaids on a team, thinking it's "good enough" and you'll hope for the best if you can squeeze into the post season. Last year they actually did a solid job. I was never sold on the offence (although I had no idea it would be that terrible) but I generally liked the team. Aside from last year, I've never thought the team was good enough to be a serious contender... Not since 2015

And every year they aren't good enough