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Is Taylor Swift dating an Edmonton Oiler now?

KA as GM is defined by do you want to be here. I don't think he's capable of playing that card.

Of course, Adams should not be in charge, but the arrogance and obtuseness begins at the top. It's difficult to sustain hope when that is an obvious brake on future success. If TP is unable to learn a modicum of humility after 14 years, no amount of rational calculation regarding talent and roster construction is going to mean much. One is reduced to random luck, miracle, or change in ownership as what could conceivably pull the franchise out of its lamentable ways.

Well, if that's the price, you do it.

I suppose the sense of it is that if we are too young/emotionally fragile to handle the pressure of the race to get into the playoffs, we're unlikely to step up in the post-season. No doubt, there could be some surprises, but in general, I surmise we have been too young to expect the team to raise its level of compete sufficiently to not be embarrassed. After such a prolonged wait, you'd like to be able to accomplish something once the team crosses the mythical border into playoff land. Anyway, the hope that players that are edgy, uncomfortable to play against, etc. will be part of the profile for who is drafted and brought in is a reflection of that judgment.

He's angry with Staal's behavior on a social issue several years ago -- Staal refused to wear a rainbow jersey while a member of the Panthers. I don't believe that has anything to do with his hockey acumen, which I do not know one way or the other.

He's going to draft D in the first for sure then, or trade out of the round.

What I find offensive, really, is the presumption by certain folks that there is somehow an irrational zeal to be disappointed and angry with the franchise. It’s such a ridiculous position, since only someone deeply committed to the team would continue to care about it and follow what is happening to them after the last fourteen years of misery. To those who malign the fan base for protesting the truly historic ineptitude of the Pegula ownership, the reaction to this hire is provisional, because there is no basis for trust in the leadership that has been consistent in failure, if not always in the tactics pursued. At least this is undeniably an outside, veteran voice that is connected, and mature. It’s been lacking from the inception of TP’s time as captain of the ship he’s run aground. Most everyone is hopeful and glad to see at least a glimmer of responsibility. The complainers who repeatedly blame the fans should note that when there is a reasonable action, the response is affirmative. No one is eagerly waiting for the opportunity to bash the move.

That would just be sadistic, too mean even for an imbecile.

Incompetent professionals under contract are routinely fired; sometimes competent ones, to be fair, though that isn't KA. Saying he is under contract is near to a tautology, which is indeed boring. One can surmise multiple reasons of the sort you propose. TP is comfortable with KA. TP doesn't want to pay another poor hire not to work for him. The likely answer is that KA is a figurehead who accommodates Pegula's prejudices. In my view, a team associated with a community is a kind of trust. A bad owner may treat it as a private property, like a personal vehicle. It's nobody's business what he does with his yacht. However, it is actually unjust to continue modes of action that consistently have bad results when the recipient of that action involves an entity greater than the private. At minimum, he has alienated a generation of fans, provoked indifference in many younger folk, and provided very little return to those who invested in season tickets. Anyway, I suppose you think everything is reasonably answered by Pegula's right to do what he wants with his toys.

There's no plausible argument that justifies KA still being the GM. Whether TP cares or not, and to what degree, only God accurately knows. What is unquestionable, is that he is historically inept as an NHL owner, because you are what your record says.

Well, that's incorrect. Dislike of the Leafs predates Pegula. A lot of it has to do with Leafs' fans, and some of it has to do with the NHL Official Review in Toronto, and the partisan rooting by ex-players and sense of entitlement.

Slacker. Should have starting working out in the womb.

Only if the Leafs lose it.

True, I think, and that is why there's not much sympathy for TP. He's not just a clueless fella that would like things to end well. There's an arrogance that permeates that kind of ineptitude.