Nick Alberga

And I think for every bad moment or heat that Mitch Marner has taken, I think it was amplified by things that happened behind the scenes that the common fan who is not a Leafs fan wouldn't be privy to.

I mean, we can sort of leave it at that, but there was a lot more to the Marner conversation that was let on, at least in the public eye.

It has been a dream, guys.

I was really, really wondering.

Let me clarify.

It's been a dream because as somebody who's been covering a team that's been in the Stanley Cup playoffs for the last decade and specifically doing Leafs' warning take for the last three and a half years, I don't know if concern is the right word, but I was wondering how the hell we were going to generate content on a daily basis with no playoff hockey in Toronto and no locker clean-out day and no Game 7 loss.

And

Day after day, it's been news story after news story.

I mean, even going back to the trade deadline, I'm sure we'll get to the Matthew Nye's conversation momentarily.

But like Brad, Tree Living was fired.

Then there was a whole GM search.

Then the new GM comes in.

Matt Sundin's brought back into the fold in the organization.

Then they fire Craig Berube.

The coaching search continues.

The Nye's conversation continues.

Like there's been so many moving parts to this thing.

I'm holding judgment like you, like many others.

I wondered...

Why John Chayka?