The Toronto Maple Leafs are sitting on their hands, folks. Despite all the chatter and theoretical trades flying around for big names like Matthew Knies and Morgan Rielly, absolutely nothing is happening. It’s August 15th, and the silence is deafening.
The Clock Is Ticking for Toronto’s Front Office
You might be thinking, “Hey, it’s only mid-August, right?” Wrong! This new 84-game regular season is kicking off way earlier than before. We’re just five weeks out from the first pre-season games. That means players will be back in Toronto for informal skates in no time, and we all know those “workouts” are just an excuse to hit up a trendy restaurant with a private room before the real grind starts. Plus, the Rookie Showcase is set to begin on September 12th in Gatineau, at Centre Slush Puppie (yes, really!), which is only four weeks away. If the Leafs are going to make a “Big Thing” happen, they’re running out of runway fast before everyone’s focused on hitting the ice.
A Quiet Summer and a Cultural Loss
It’s been an incredibly quiet summer in terms of actual team news, which is a wild ride for a fanbase always buzzing about its hockey club. The weekly countdown of their Top 25 Under 25 will keep rolling next week, but outside of that, the big moves just aren’t materializing. On a sadder note, there was a small piece of actual news out there this week: a unique part of Canadian hockey culture has been lost with the end of Hockey Night in Canada: Punjabi after 18 wonderful years.
So, while we wait to see where this all goes with the Leafs, maybe it’s time to take a mid-summer break and remember some good old times. The pre-season will be here before you know it, and the pressure is already building for the Maple Leafs to make a move.
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Originally reported by Pension Plan Puppets.
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