The latest Toronto Maple Leafs rumour is (to say the least) one of those things that makes you go hmmmm.
Are the Toronto Maple Leafs bringing back Alex Kerfoot and David Kampf?
I can’t go for that (no can do).
Brad Treliving hasn’t made a move yet, so I can’t yet declare him a terrible general manager, but according to hockey insider Darren “Rich Girl” Dreger the Leafs are trying to sign both huge disappointments.
I was hoping to say “she’s gone, you’ll have to replace ‘er” but now I’m not so sure.
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All Alex Kerfoot does is remind us of how the much cooler Nazem Kadri lifted the Stanley Cup over his head in the decidedly non-Nordique colours of the Colorado Avalanche.
Toronto is circling around forwards Alex Kerfoot and David Kampf. Obviously, time is running out before the UFA market opens. Kampf appears to be more of a focus for the Leafs at this point.
— Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) June 27, 2023
All David Kampf does is not score. The guy could be the best defensive player alive (and it’s not impossible that he is) but since he doesn’t score he has to be perfect to be effective, and that isn’t possible.
David Kampf might be good, I just don’t care at this point
Both players will block out exciting young Marlies from promotion, and I don’t have any problem saying that I’m dissatisfied with this development.
Neither of these kisses should be anyone’s lists.
Look, I’m not suggesting anyone re-record their greatest hits with Ceelo Green, but Treliving has got to mix it up.
“Run it back” is a phrase no one likes.
Yes, keep your superstars, but for the love of John Oates’ moustache, what are the Toronto Maple Leafs thinking?
You absolutely do not need to bring back David frigging Kampf. This is the kind of dispiriting news that you feel when you find out that David Lee Roth is going solo. This is the kind of feeling you get when you hear a Morrissey song in a commercial.
I’m already prepared to complain about signing Luke Schenn the AHL Player, and Ryan O’Reilly the most overrated performer since the Bryan Adams (I don’t care if he’s Canadian, he’s the worst).
If any of the latest rumours are true (O’Reilly, Sanheim, Hanifin, Kerfoot) then Brad Treliving is really more of an Oates than a Hall.
Talk about out of touch.
What are the Toronto Maple Leafs even thinking?
You hate to pine for Kyle Dubas when the new guy hasn’t even done anything yet, but firing him was so obviously a stupid thing to do, and Treliving is just not an inspired choice.
Calgary is in shambles, he signed so many over-the-hill players to ridiculous contracts and every thing you’ve heard since he joined the Leafs makes it seem like the Leafs are just going to do a whole bunch of low-risk, uninspired, crap.
They need to be thinking more John Cougar, less John Bon Jovi.