#but maple could also be that

[gaytobymeres]

My brother is a tree surgeon but knows nothing about tree species (he knows what he needs to know about trees - he’s skilled and competent) and as a gardener/horticulturist/botanist it drives me up the wall when I ask ‘oh what did you chop down’ and he responds ‘a maple and a sycamore’ bro that clarifies very little. Or worse still ‘oh I dunno’ can you show me a leaf. A bud even. Sometimes even a bud scar is enough. Give me something to satisfy my curiosity

[crow-talks-hockey]

something about how trades really do affect players. how it's not just us as fans being crazy or reading too much into it. it's real and it's painful. erik johnson has lacked the hutzpah he once had ever since leaving colorado, as if he could bear landeskog's injury but the second he was forced to leave it all came crashing down. sidney crosby has lost much of the joy he once carried and it's because he had the human, golden embodiment of that joy in jake guentzel torn away from him when he needed it most. dylan larkin shed genuine, heartfelt, distraught tears when tyler bertuzzi was traded away. the penguins still welcome marc-andre fleury to pittsburgh every time he plays there because, no matter where he is, that is his home. pk subban could never return to the same player he was after he was taken from price. trevor zegras is seemingly incomplete without drysdale at his side. brandon duhaime is lacking his connor dewar. bowen byram no longer has his alex newhook to lean on and laugh with. travis koneckny and nolan patrick may never even get the chance to play another game with or against one another. and who could imagine kuznetsov as anyone but a capital? do you really think of pavelski in the green of the stars or do you see him proud in teal beside thornton and marleau? did shea weber ever really stop being a nashville predator? and what about beauvillier, horvat, compher, dumolin, burakovsky, kadri, yamamoto, hornqvist, eberle, o'rielly, barrie, jost, gaudreau, karlsson, carter and richards, martin, and so many others? even wayne gretzky himself went to three teams post trade, searching for that spark he had in edmonton after they made him leave. jagr had eight after pittsburgh. you are not crazy for grieving, in some small way, a player you lost. and they aren't crazy for feeling distraught either. these teams are family. and family is everything, even if it gets ripped apart so easily.

[badangle]

nate, totally chill: :) you guys have. gotten really close lately :)

[3416]

Mitch Blue Room | 03.13.24

[j-ustkeepgliding]

'no fucking way'

[arcane-gold]

more maples

[jackhues]

idk if this has been done before but here's my take on the leafs running a dairy queen

[highdefinitions]

much to celebrate today i see

[travisdermotts]

"today in the warm light of the sunset i don't see it"

the core four + sleep patterns

[muppetjohntavares]

Kniesy out here proving that marble statues can, in fact, play hockey 👁

(Picture credit to Icon Sportswire and Claus Andersen)

[crossbackpoke-check]

Why I Am Not Coming In To Work Today [abridged], Jess Zimmerman

part one | part two

[mmmitchmmmarner]

mitch marner trade rumors you cannot hurt me. auston was so getting traded last summer, willy was so getting traded last summer, mitch was so getting traded last summer, mitch was so getting traded two summers ago, mitch was so getting traded three summers ago

and yet

[3416]

mitch marner is the sun exhibit 49832482394

[larsnicklas]

leafs points leader through the first half on an another extended point streak in his contract year yes i know that's right!

[maplethedarkshine]

Sonic Au where, instead of amy redeeming Gamma, is big who does it. He convinces gamma to not kidnap frogy and live happily ever after fishing on some random place

[dammitsherlockimatimelord]

my brain has been gnawing on the x-men franchise like a rawhide for the past two months, and i have a very serious question to ask.