How do I feel about that game, you ask?     And no, that haunted look has nothing to do with Halloween. It’s the look of a man who realizes how utterly, completely, horrendously underprepared his team was for the Hurricane heading their way. Underprepared like bringing fajita spice as your sole survival tool and putting diesel in your petrol run car as you outrun the impending doom kind of…

From the very bottom of my heart, I do apologize.   No, not for the RbR being delayed. That’s just me being fashionably late.   But for the loss. You see, when we were getting every which chance but not scoring during the game against Chicago, I made a choice. I stand by this choice. I’d do it again. So no one’s allowed to yell at me. It was the Blackhawks, come on.   It initially didn’t have the…

Columbus day? ❌ Indigenous People’s Day? ✅ Canadian Thanksgiving Day? ✅ Blackhawks destroyed by Leafs Day? ✅✅✅✅✅   Let me start off by saying that I don’t like the Blackhawks. If you haven’t heard the second episode of the podcast yet, this might be news to you, but I really, really don’t like them. I still like individuals on the team, just not the team itself because they still employ assholes…

Home Opener! I was actually at this one (way, way up) so: Not my favourite arena, but it was an amazing feeling nonetheless. As always, for a game recap take a look at the  RbR and for the numbers Aaron’s Stats Station is the place for you. Anyways, here’s Wonderwall:   The Blue Shirt Rangers came to town, come to Give them grief. Though they didn’t make it easy, They didn’t quite succeed. They…

* Powerplay records taken from NHL.com and all the other stats are from HockeyStats If you’ve ever wondered why “Leafing” is its own verb, you found out in this game. Our wonderful R ran down this game beautifully as usual in her RbR so I’ll just summarize: Toronto is where four goal leads go to die. After picking up a 5-1 lead in the 1st period, the Leafs allowed four unanswered goals including…

You break me down, You build me up Believer, Believer (Pain)   There is a reason this became the song of the masses when it comes to the Leafs.   I’d like it to be known that the game last night actually killed me and I am typing this from my grave. We have unlimited high-speed internet here if anyone would like to join me. All hockey fans must at some point, so why not?   Let’s go back to before…

    LISTEN NOW ON SOUNDCLOUD!!!    The regular season has started!   Join hosts K.M., R, & Aaron for the second episode of the No Happiness League Podcast. They cover the first games of the regular season with only minor screaming into the void and laughing at the misfortune of teams they do not like.     Be sure to follow us on twitter: nohappinessleag You can follow the hosts on twitter as…

Dear Reader, Last season I had the brilliant idea to write a sonnet for every Leafs playoff game. Now, clearly this way lay heartbreak. Learning from my mistakes, I am now doing one for every single Leafs game. I know. Life choices and all that. That being said: Here is me, resident European hockey fan of this site, presenting to you S&S, short for Sonnets and Suffering. In conjunction with R’s…

This series is a companion series to the ever infamous Reactions by R make sure to check out that post as well!   *All stats are from hockeystats    With a 7-2 blowout, it would be easy to dismiss this game as one-sided and a poor goaltending performance but if you #WatchTheGame, you likely noticed the Jets take control of the early part of the game. The Leafs took four penalties in the first…

“The Leafs went 5-2-1 in their pre-season.”   Oh, well…that does it then. The Leafs used up all their luck in the pre-season, like the 2016-17 Avs. They’re going to suck in the season opener against the Jets of all teams, right? Right?   WRONG! THEY WERE…   Actually, before I get way too excited (yes, hard to believe but I haven’t hit peak excitement yet) let’s back up a little bit.   Despite…