Yzermandius19

He told Ilhan Omar to go back to Somalia, fix it, come back, and show us how it's done. He didn't tell anyone to go anywhere in a serious manner, stop buying into obvious MSM propaganda, those tweets are not racist. You've got nothing.

Sure it does, just not all of the people, all of the time. It was never suppose to work the way everyone wants it, because people want different things, and you can't please everybody.

And he should have held out longer and forced the Democrats to cave. The Dems are who Trump thought they were, and he let them off the hook. Now there is an actual fail on Trump's part.

Nylander had a real down year, trading him now is selling low, he's not going play that poorly again, so his value is at it's lowest point. Wait until he gets hot, then trade him, if they are going to trade him.

He'll take less than Matthews money to get Matthews term, push come to shove. He's just starting negotiations from Matthews so that when he bargains down from there, he ends up getting more than had he started from a more reasonable position.

America is a place, not a race. Nationality and race are two different things. Some people have no idea what racism is, and just use it as a catch all term for opinions they are triggered by.

Claims of Winnipeg being unable to support an NHL team were greatly exaggerated. Even with a low Canadian dollar, they are doing just fine, certainly far better than Atlanta ever did.

There is no hostility. The Muslim ban was Obama's idea, but when Trump does it, only then is it racist. When Jimmy Carter did it, no accusations of racism, when Trump does it, he's a nazi.

Trump was given awards for de-segregation, his overall record on the matter is pretty good, pointing to a small settlement as proof of racism is silly. Islam is religion not a race and the "Muslim ban" was about banning people from problem countries identified by the Obama administration, it was not a ban on all Muslims or a ban on only Muslims from those problem nations. Puerto Rico is a place, not a race. He was not referring to all Puerto Ricans either, just their incompetent government trying to blame the federal government for all the problems. He called some illegal immigrants coming from Mexico rapists, which is true, he did not refer to all Mexicans as rapists, or all illegal immigrants as rapists either. Those innocent black teens confessed to a crime, back when Trump called for the Death Penalty for them, almost everyone thought they were guilty, and being pro-death penalty isn't racist. Once it became clear that they were innocent, Trump changed his tune accordingly, he didn't want the death penalty for them because he was racist against blacks, that's nonsensical Trump hater spin. You have no evidence of Trump's racism whatsoever, you just cherry pick and spin stories that make Trump haters think he's racist because they never look into anything and are confirmation biased against Trump, so believe any story that paints him a negative light.

Byram signs an ELC, looks like he's going to have a chance to make the Avs out of training camp, and is going to get at least a nine game tryout in the NHL while Cole recovers from double hip surgery.

Not negotiating in season is common, and lots of players who don't do that aren't playing hardball. Hiring Ferris sends the impression you are going to play hardball, but that reputation is also likely to make the team you are negotiating with jump at concessions you were always willing to make and the team didn't expect to get. Hardball? What Hardball? All in your head, paranoid drama queen. If he's playing hardball, thus far there is no indication that is the case, talk to me when it's more than a convenient framing by the media to get people interested in a non-story.

It's leaves Marner the option not to sign it, because there is no reason to f*ck him over just because hasn't signed yet and has asked for more than he's going to get, it's standard negotiations that you and the media are calling hardball, because you have nothing else better to talk about. The whole situation is no big deal, and the media is trying to manufacture it into a big deal by playing the rubes for fools so more people are interested in their out of control speculation and doomsaying. There is no reason to screw with Marner based on his actions to this point, it's not fighting fire with fire, the media just wants a story to cover during times when they desperately need something to talk about. Obvious drama queens are obvious. Making mountains out of mole hills, sad.

So now you won't even sign a bridge deal? Sign the offer sheet or bust? Marner ain't playing hardball because someone offered him an offer sheet he refuses to sign. What makes you assume Marner is even playing hardball? Not signing immediately isn't hardball, nor is asking for more than you know you're going to get, it's completely standard, there is no indication he isn't willing to make any concessions here, you are just assuming that because the media wants to pretend that's true to keep the rubes interested during the summer. I see nothing from Marner's camp that makes me believe they are trying to f*ck with the Leafs here, it's all in your head, the media clickbait is not to be believed. Both sides are bluffing, and if they aren't, nothing they have done so far indicates they aren't bluffing, so simmer down.

If the Leafs really want to play hardball, best start some rumors that you are heavily shopping Marner already. If he won't cave in the face of that, he ain't gonna cave much at all.

Can't make him sign it, he'll just take a bridge on the cheap, rather than sign that. If the Loafs refuse to accept any deal other than that offer sheet, it's not Marner who is being unreasonable, that's for damn sure.

Lock Him Out! Cheaper Rants FTW! Thanks Loafs.

Helps me. I'm just trying to warn the Leafs not to go back to being the same old Leafs, I can lead a horse to water, but I can't make it drink, nor do I want it to drink until Rantanen signs for cheaper than he otherwise would have. By all means, play hardball and help the Avs out, that pays for any premium the Avs paid in Kadri trade right there. Thanks Sheriff Shanny.

Well go ahead f*ck with Marner for no good reason, it will help the Avs negotiations with Rantanen out, do the entire league a solid and hurt only yourselves, it's what these Leafs fans, media, management and ownership deserves anyway. Y'all reap what you sow.

The rest of those guys are cheap for a reason, they are nowhere near as important as Marner, take it out on them, not the guy who matters more than all of them combined. Take it out on the players who actually are a dime a dozen, not the guys worth paying big bucks to.

When I can come up with three better alternatives, who are notably superior to the course of action you advocate, I can't sign off on that half baked plan. It only makes sense if he won't budge off Matthews money and term, under any other scenario, it's a complete overreaction that is detrimental to the team. F*cking over yourselves just to f*ck over Marner too is extremely counter-productive.

Take it out on less important players than Marner, pick your battles better. Take it out on Tavares and trade him coming off a career year, would be a better idea. Take it out on Nylander when he gets on a hot streak and trade him, would be a better idea. The best idea is to take it out on the Kapanen, Johnsson, Kerfoot and Ceci's of the team.

Marner is only saying that because it will get him paid more to do so, it's not like he isn't going to budge and only be willing to settle for comparables who only play for the Leafs, he's just making sure he has to budge less than he would if he didn't play it this way.

Should have made an example out of Tavares, he's the one driving the inflation of the top Leafs relative to the rest of the league. Because they didn't though, they might run Marner out of town. Womp womp. Told you the Leafs were shortening their contention window by signing him, they went from a long term contender for like a decade, to being a win now team that needs to win within 3-5 years of signing Johnny T.

Well that would negate some of the benefit, but not all of it. The Leafs could still afford to spend more than anyone else and could loot the cheap teams, so wouldn't be a wash.

The NHL should do a luxury tax instead, hard cap is lame, soft cap is best of both worlds. The NBA knows. The Leafs would be the biggest beneficiary of such a change too.