Who do you consider to be the biggest rival of the Toronto Maple Leafs? Mike DiStefano and David Morassutti open the show with the news of Bill Manning’s firing by Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment and why Brendan Shanahan becomes the next executive who will have to think about his future given his tenure so far. Mike and Dave debut a new segment called the Friday Five Pack, where they do a top-five ranking each week and this week they look at the Leafs’ top rivals. To end the show, Mike and Dave debate whether the Boston Bruins or Montreal Canadiens should be considered Toronto’s top rival.
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Why do there has to be a one two they both suck and leafs fans hate them both but Boston fans do not hate the Leafs at all they mok us. But Montreal fans hate leafs fans with a passion there's more hate between leafs and Montreal.
Boston fans will not pick the leafs at all. all Montreal fans would say the leafs
It was buffalo way back when they was good
Rewrite history much. Dubas wasn't renewed because he negotiated a contract. Then backtracked publicly using his wife and children as an excuse, he then demanded his boss' s job in everything but the title but most especially his boss's paycheck. There isn't a company in the world that wouldn't have passed on him for that. Then instantly he has a job offer from the Fenway group that matched what he attempted to use his children to leverage from Toronto.
"Those guys", all have NMCs. There is no forcing them to do anything. All they can do is let Marner walk for nothing which brutal asset management. Fire Shanahan… Dubas, Shanahan and Keefe all should have been fired after they lost to Montreal. This experiment is almost done. It is only a few years away from another tank. Matthews will be 30 when his next contract is up. At some point he will start to think about having his name on a cup instead of being the highest paid guy in the history of hockey. Nylander… imagine how little effort 31 year old, 11.5 million dollar, full NMC Nylander will put into defending. Marner is likely gone for nothing next year. All because Dubas or Shanahan didn't have the stones to draw a line in the sand with the Nylander negotiation.
Montreal. If I had to choose a world where Boston or Ottawa won every year and Montreal never won, or a world where Montreal won a single time. Life would be good for Bruins and Sens fans.
For MLSE, Shanahan is doing a wonderful job. An exciting team guaranteed a playoff spot with a full arena. MLSE wants the franchises to make money and the Leafs do – lots of it. Only when MLSE sees a drop in revenue will Shanahan be fired. MLSE is in the hockey business not hockey fandom.
I must admit I am confused by the inherent logic that Shanahan would be worthy of more time if he was bold, forced a trade of Marner and Nylander and as a result were fighting for a playoff spot. Not sure how Leafs' fans believe they would automatically upgrade from these 2 players.
The core 4 haven't earned their contracts in 7 years. Time to change the core.
Who are
I think it's Boston, with the previous playoff history.
Surprised mo isn't a fighter if he fights usually gets the snout knocked out of him😅😅
The leafs suck because they don't take the lower teams seriously ,they are expected to win Arizona ducks Montreal on so when the leafs meet these lower teams ,either they sleepwalking or in a coma.
Wrestling is fake, just like your podcast
AB – your memory of why Dubas left is different than what I remember. In a situation where he had failed to make any substantive progress, Dubas was negotiating for increased control AFTER discussions had concluded and MLSE and his agent had a hard deal on the table. Shanny reacted to the last minute brinksmanship as he should have … he moved on. Is my memory flawed, did other information come our after the fact, or did I misunderstand your comments? I just never understood that decision to have anything to do with handling the Core 4.
Boston is the #one rival only because same division?
Montreal
You know, my wife's family is from Ottawa … yeah, I married her anyway … but its always amazed me how much Sens fans hate the Leafs. It's pathetic! I don't hate the Sens – they're an Ontario team! I hate the Habs, and Flyers for historical reasons, and the Bruins, the Panthers and the Bolts, but all of these have some recognizable logic to them.
MLSE is a cancer! They have supplanted Harold Ballard as THE WORSE owners in Toronto history. The Leafs have no rivals, just universal hatred by all other teams.
You dummies, the only person who can trade Marner is Marner
I would have to say Boston is the number one rival. They've played each other in the playoffs 4 times in a span of a decade and both are Original 6 teams.
Montreal will always be bigger in the grand scheme of things though. The history of those two goes back forever.
Shannahan should have been done last year.
Bruins number 1.
I dont even consider Montréal to be second…ottawa is for me.
Modern era wise
AB – I agree with this prob being Shanny's last year but why not let him go this summer? Why let him run in back for the 100th time with most likely the same result, perhaps worse as our forward group is worse now. Just more uselessness on behalf of MLSE. All they care about is money, its clear. As a Leaf fan of over 30 years, it deeply saddens me that this is happening to this team and were wasting the Matthews era.