SB Nation User Blog: LeafFanInVan

Avery baits Phaneuf

LeafFanInVan — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:12:12 -0000

Avery baits Phaneuf

The soap opera that is Avery continues! Hilarious stuff.

Phaneuf didn't seem too perturbed, but will hopefully crush him regardless.

Drivel: Vancouver 24 Hours

LeafFanInVan — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:46:42 -0000

I was reading the pdf version of the local 24 hours mag (hey, it's municipal election time and I thought I'd get informed) and they have some more gems on the leafs and how bad they "suck"

Read on, if you dare!

Letters to 24Hours:

All season long Iím inconvenienced at my bar by loud,rude Leafs fans cheering at TVs with no sound at inappropriate times. I should say not all of them are like this but the ones who are immune to evolution sure are.I invite Leaffans to watch at 4 p.m. on Saturday at Score (1262 Davie Street) where many true Canucks fans will be watching the game.

- Jesse Ritchie, Owner/GM,Score on Davie

So in other words, you guys are idiots but come in and spend money at my crappy bar. Thanks, but..

The Toronto Maple Leafs are kind of like that slow underacheiving cousin playing volleyball at the family reunion.We know hes not any good,but we clap because we know he tries really,really,really hard.Canuck fans may be on and off the bandwagon,but at least the bandwagon isn't a rusted 1980 Tercel with a bumper sticker that says "Remember the good ol' days." And we may not have won a Cup yet, but you would need a DeLorean and a flux capacitor to go back to the last time the Leafs won ANYTHING. And in closing there are three things we do with Leafs out on the West Coast. We gather them all up in one big managable mound,and then we set them on fire. And the third thing we do with Leafs? Well,ever been camping and run out of toilet paper? Which is exactly what we are going to do Saturday night.

- T.J.Chase,via e-mail

You jackasses don't clap for the Leafs. You spew hateful emails such as this one. Do you threaten to light your slow cousin on fire or wipe your butt with him too? Weirdo.

From generation to generation the Leafs have been the suckiest bunch of sucks that ever touched a puck.Tradition dictates that it is the responsibility of every Canadian outside of Ontario to remind them of this legacy.

- Tim Snider,via e-mail

.. Yeah, ok there Timmah

Journo Blurb Drivel:

LEAFS IN AUTUMN

The Leafs end a three-game western Canada swing in Vancouver. Former owner Harold Ballard, who tried to bring the NHL to Vancouver in the 1960s, must be spinning in his grave. "Mississauga Matt" Stajan and Dominic "Brother of Steve" Moore are the only two active Canadians in the Leafs' top 10 scoring stats.Flopping Finn netminder Vesa Toskala is backed up by the aging Curtis Joseph.

So the fact that our top scorers are for the most part non-Canadians is a big issue? It's been that way for a while you know, what with our best player for a while being a big swede you douchebags have been slobbering over trying to get for a while now.

Oh, and let's mention the "Brother of Steve" thing. Could you imagine that the Leafs would ever hear the end of it if one of their players stalked another down the ice, pounced on him from behind, nearly crippled him and ended his career? It wouldn't matter if we shot that player into space immediately afterwards, the Leafs would forever be marked as a despicable team of thugs who would beat up grannies.

This is just a quick taste of the mindblowing stupidity and hypocrisy that Leaf fans have to endure living in Vancouver. I can't wait for the aftermath of our civic election, because it is going to result in possibly one of the most dysfunctional city governments in North America. Good times..

Amazing Turnaround of Kyle Wellwood

LeafFanInVan — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:09:04 -0000

Amazing Turnaround of Kyle Wellwood

6 goals so far this season and he's their top scorer? Methinks the Canucks have some problems..

Coach's Corner - Fire it?

LeafFanInVan — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:38:33 -0000

Watching the Leafs game on Saturday, I came to the realization that the first intermission of the first game on saturday is essentially a wash. Should it just get scrapped altogether?

Love him or hate him, you have to admit that Cherry's shtick has gotten a little stale. The eye-bruising suits (really? giant rose pattern? you would wear that outdoors?), the comic mispronunciation of names, the constant bellowing, the getting misty over "those fine boys".. Add to this the 5 minute bookends of commercials for a crappy suit company, and I'm starting to think this time could be better spent.

Personally, I'd love to have an additional Hotstove segment over a tragically seemingly endless tribute to the fallen to bagpipes. Didn't HNIC do a segment on Rememberance day at the beginning? I take Rememberance day fairly seriously (I'll watch the memorial services on tv, take a moment of quiet reflection, exercise my franchise in the voting booth) but it seems a little much. Perhaps this makes me some kind of unpatriotic lout, but the near prothlestizing from Grapes makes me a little uncomfortable.

Really though, the once a year tribute isn't the big issue. The main issue is that Coach's Corner rarely offers anything new, has a tedious amount of commercials, and usually gives me a headache. Now I know CBC will never fire Don since TSN would snap him up instantly..

Any thoughts on how it could be made more interesting? I was thinking Don goes on a dunk tank and Ron gets to throw 3 baseballs..

Poll

Is Coach's Corner relevant anymore?

Yes

4 votes

No

9 votes

13 votes | Poll has closed

Taste Test - Bacon Flavoured Vodka

LeafFanInVan — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:56:23 -0000

Taste Test - Bacon Flavoured Vodka

Continuing the bacon theme..

Wendel? Is that you raiding the fridge?

LeafFanInVan — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:25:56 -0000

Wendel? Is that you raiding the fridge?

Pow pow powerrankings - guess who's 30?

LeafFanInVan — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:47:43 -0000

Pow pow powerrankings - guess who's 30?

woooooooooo!

Poorly conditioned Wellwood's relic of bygone era

LeafFanInVan — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:53:03 -0000

Poorly conditioned Wellwood's relic of bygone era

He's not a useless fatty, he's "old school!"

Nobody is out to screw Mathieu Schneider

LeafFanInVan — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 23:32:12 -0000

Nobody is out to screw Mathieu Schneider

~ Pat Morris, Schneider's agent
Except, of course, Mrs Schneider..

Xbox Live Friends!

LeafFanInVan — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:50:34 -0000

Hey all,

After seeing a couple other people in the Barilkosphere have Xbox live accounts, I thought I'd start a fanpost with gamertags for those who want to get more xbox live buddies..

Starting it off:

PPP ID: LeafFanInVan
Xbox Live Gamertag: priznat
Favorite games: Rock Band (drums), Castle Crashers, CoD4, Halo3, Rainbow Six Vegas
Favorite Rock Band songs: Anything by Boston, Won't Get Fooled Again, Cherub Rock
Skill Level: Crap

Add yours in the comments!