Toronto Maple Leafs: 5 Ruminations From Around the NHL

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RALEIGH, NC – OCTOBER 30: Sebastian Aho #20 of the Carolina Hurricanes fires a slapshot during an NHL game against the Boston Bruins on October 30, 2018 at PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Photo by Gregg Forwerck/NHLI via Getty Images) /

Sebastian and the Canes

For some reason, no one ever believes me when I say the Hurricanes are good. Maybe it’s cause I’ve been saying it for so long. But they’re good. Sebastian Aho – the forward – is amazing. A late round steal in my draft he’s on a 12 game point streak. He’s better than your favorite player. Unless your favorite player is William Nylander. No one is better than him. No one, ya hear?

Aho has a 56% possession rating, at 5v5 his team has outscored the opposition 11-3 and he personally gets a point pretty much every game. Plus, I don’t know if you’ve got the NHL Centre Ice, but if you do, watching Hurricanes games is one of the most fun things you can do.

Their defence – Slavin, Pesce, Hamilton, Faulk and De Haan – is the best in the NHL and they have a ton of great guys to watch – including former Barrie Colt Andrei Svechnikov.

So far this year other than the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Hurricanes are my favorite team to watch. Though watching Dougie Hamilton – arguably the best defenseman in the NHL – is frustrating knowing that he could have been should have been a Leafs.

Oh Brian Burke! You still make me angry even today. (Also, bonus note: What the Hell is Brian Burke doing on my TV? He looks bad, he sounds bad and his takes are the worst. He’s like a worse Don Cherry, without the lovabality (I am a huge Don Cheery fan, by the way).

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