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Originally Posted by Hells Bells
The Jets reached when they took Morrissey and that was a savvy pick. The BJ's who had been the laughing stock for over a decade until last season passed on Shinkaruk TWICE and also reached for Dano, yet no criticism for those picks. Oh right, they have a shiny new GM that everyone likes to praise although he hasn't proven anything... so they obviously can't criticize him.
The Leafs were garbage for 20 years and they never took the kind of abuse from TSN that Calgary has the last few years. It's okay if you don't agree with us, but you have to understand that we can just as easily call you delusional as you can call us paranoid.
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The Leafs get killed by the local media and mocked by the national media regularly. Based on results, the Flames are handled with kid gloves.
I think in a previous post I alluded to CBJs new "shiny" GM.
I'm simply making note of our reputation in the regular lay media, which is sadly quite justified. Nowhere did I state I agreed with them on this draft, I simply stated that their response is not unreasonable and expected in light of recent events. The Flames are a laughingstock. It sucks but it's true. This is how a laughingstock team is handled by the media. Until we improve, we should get used to it. When you spend years talking about playoff guarantees, intellectual honesty and comparing yourself to the oilers (while acting just like them), you open yourself up for ridicule. Personally, I liked the draft expect for our 3rd round pick, which I loathe, however, I can definitely see why we get the response in the media that we do.