Yes, blame other teams for your decision to make the team older and not younger. Pelley is proof that you can be a complete moron and run multi billion dollar sports franchises.
MaplewoodCabinet
If you’re surprised and not prepared that “X” team is good, you’re complacent at the wheel.
Pelley is a Rogers scarecrow standing in the field while executives pick away at our harvest.
Drew_You_To_91
I wanted to throw my phone across the room when I heard him say that bullshit. So embarrassing
Vi11agio-Xbox
Look at the jays and raptors. I’m hoping we too can end up like them
MiniCollectr
I have a feeling the memes and such will not end after that presser.. what a debacle that was.
DialedDrawback
A lot of Leafers in this sub went into this season thinking the Leafs were near-locks for the diviison despite losing a 100 point player because they couldn’t imagine the teams around them getting better.
This news conference confirmed that we are now re-entering the Brian Burke era of refusing to acknowledge the need for a rebuild and will instead try to jam a square peg through a round hole. The main difference between ’08 and ’26 is that the next Burke won’t be able to throw away a couple 1st round picks on an elite player, because we’ve already thrown away 2 first rounders on depth players.
Buckle up, it’s gonna be a rough next two years until Matthews walks at the end of his deal. If we win the lottery this year then we better hope whichever 18 year old we select is good enough out of the gate to help prevent BOS & PHI from getting top 5 picks in both years.
NODES2K

mollyno93
Buffalo I can kinda understand, I don’t even think Buffalo saw Buffalo coming.
MONTREAL? As in 40 goal scorer Cole Caufield’s Montreal?
HurricaneGold_
Literally jaw dropped when he said they didn’t expect the Habs to be good this year.
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Yes, blame other teams for your decision to make the team older and not younger. Pelley is proof that you can be a complete moron and run multi billion dollar sports franchises.
If you’re surprised and not prepared that “X” team is good, you’re complacent at the wheel.
Pelley is a Rogers scarecrow standing in the field while executives pick away at our harvest.
I wanted to throw my phone across the room when I heard him say that bullshit. So embarrassing
Look at the jays and raptors. I’m hoping we too can end up like them
I have a feeling the memes and such will not end after that presser.. what a debacle that was.
A lot of Leafers in this sub went into this season thinking the Leafs were near-locks for the diviison despite losing a 100 point player because they couldn’t imagine the teams around them getting better.
This news conference confirmed that we are now re-entering the Brian Burke era of refusing to acknowledge the need for a rebuild and will instead try to jam a square peg through a round hole. The main difference between ’08 and ’26 is that the next Burke won’t be able to throw away a couple 1st round picks on an elite player, because we’ve already thrown away 2 first rounders on depth players.
Buckle up, it’s gonna be a rough next two years until Matthews walks at the end of his deal. If we win the lottery this year then we better hope whichever 18 year old we select is good enough out of the gate to help prevent BOS & PHI from getting top 5 picks in both years.

Buffalo I can kinda understand, I don’t even think Buffalo saw Buffalo coming.
MONTREAL? As in 40 goal scorer Cole Caufield’s Montreal?
Literally jaw dropped when he said they didn’t expect the Habs to be good this year.