Leaf Dysfunction in Overtime

Leaf Dysfunction  in Overtime
Kadri the kid of the future
is benched
just as the contract negotiation
seasons starts to begin

Its like the Leaf brain trust 
had never heard of free agency
Don Cherry who for sure
is a dinosaurs knows
one thing about coaching 
players that you want to win
you do not humiliate them in public
and then expect loyalty

A public jibe here and there
may be helpful
but according to the code
you never disrespect in public
the teams property

According to the code
what would be best
for Kadri
would be while on the road
the team members raid
their bathrooms for all the 
hotel soap
load it into their pillowcases
and give him 
a untraceable beating

Old school this would have
worked and Kadri
would have greeted
his teammates with sweets
and flowers in the morning

Today Kadri is a property
in a hot real estate market
Its got character issues
but used with proper
discretion can produce
goals

Goals Goals Goals
thats the location
As Gary Bettman
blends the skill 
out of the NHL
for trap victorys
in his southern stratagy
we must consider
what a great asset is
a player like Kadri

This just in
Lou Reed has been suspended
by the velvet underground
for drug use

Herb Brooks while coaching 
the New York Rangers
made one of the most
insightful hockey quotes of 
all time

His Finnish D man
Rummo Rustilain
was often lost 
when it came to 
north south

Herb Brooks
the Olympic coach hero
was under the pressure
of losing
in the NHL

It was a good time
for him to through
his most creative
D man
under the fence

Instead he rose above that
and just said what he 
believed (paraphrase)

" To tell a player of that ability
to play defence
is like telling Picaso
how to paint a garage door"

Back to Kadri
and the leaf dysfunction

The leaf has always been run 
by the MAN
Its hard to believe but there
where once good MAN
like Conn Smythe
now I do not know if he
was a personal asshole
but he had the great vision
and savvy
to build Maple Leaf Gardens
at the height of the depression

His team won more than an handful
of Stanley cups in the six team era.
Okay its a joke today and we 
would not understand
how winning victory 
in a six team league where
two teams where owned by 
the sane guy would be victory.

It was the lost art of integrity
no one has it today
people used to lose
it for gold
and today 
they make the same mistakes
for the ephemeral reward 
of fame

This is the biggest leaf mistake
look successful
and the result
has been dysfunctional

Brian Burke made some bold gambles
that did not pan out
these bumps in the road
under his guidance might 
have been ameliorated
after all he got 
a first class asset in Phil Kessel
Love him hate him
he is amongst the greatest scorers
in the trap nation

Impatient for some reason 
after 20 previous losing seasons
they cottonseed the hockey guy
and promoted the assistant
Dave Nonnis

His distater of bad contracts
was only lessened
with a $5 million a year penalty
trading a bad buy
for a guy who
will never play

If you even wonder if the media
tells you and reinforces in any
way what is truth
the Clarkson trade coverage
should force you to change
the channel
The media made it a managerial
last mile

The 2015 leaf are 
an insult to reality
and ticket buying fines
Great power brings great responsibility
but in the case of the leaf
after the six team monopoly
neither have been carried 
on the winds of snow and ice
to Toronto

Gary Bettman
call me because I am about
to insult thee

The NHL rots at the head
like the leaf
and you are
the one who
thinks blocked shots
are as important as goals

The NHl today is mostly
like workers digging
a sewer trench.
We will take our
shit for money
and provide you
with a platform
upon which to rant












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