Hi everyone! You’re probably wondering what is with this week’s headline. Usually these things are fairly nonsensical but I try to tie them to whatever I’ve added to the site that week. This week though, I read about a certain dreadful, over-hyped, singing Timbit aficionado who waltzed into the Bell Centre in Montreal and then had the temerity to say to the crowd, and I quote, “What’s up Montreal, I’ve had a great night with you guys tonight. How about them Leafs though, huh? Man, Auston Matthews is really doing some work here in Montreal. How’s that playoff spot looking for you guys this year?”

If you haven’t put all the clues together, or if you haven’t opened a newspaper or consulted a website the last few days, or simply haven’t yet pointed your eyes slightly to the bottom portion of your computer screen, I’m talking about this guy…

Yes, it’s that glorified shopping mall singer, Justin Bieber, and oh, IT IS ON!

Here’s a tip, dude. Next time you insult an entire fan base, make sure that the team you are supporting has actually, I don’t know, ACCOMPLISHED something since Lyndon freakin’ Johnson was President! You haven’t won a Stanley Cup in (soon to be) 55 years, the LONGEST DROUGHT IN NHL HISTORY! You haven’t even made it the Final round since 1967, another NHL record. Hell, the last time you won a freakin’ ROUND was 18 years ago. You know how long ago that is? The Prisoner of Azkaban just came out, and that was just the third Harry Potter movie out of eight. And the last of those movies came out in 2011! People still liked Mel Gibson back then! Lance Armstrong was still cheating his way to Tour de France wins! Ken Jennings was still a Jeopardy contestant!

Now I know my Habs haven’t won a Stanley Cup either since then, but at least we’ve won playoff rounds, reached two Conference Finals and a Cup Final also, so suck on that! I can also remember seeing my team win a Stanley Cup in my lifetime rather than relying on my grandparents regaling me with stories of how good things used to be back in the sixties. Sure that last Cup was damn near thirty years ago, but I still got those memories. What you got, Justin?

Ok, now that that’s out of the way, we can get into the good stuff, but let me be perfectly clear that I know Justin doesn’t give two sh*ts about what I’m posting here. Having a few millions dollars under one’s pillow will do that to a guy, and besides, who the hell am I in the grand scheme of things. I’m just a hockey-writing, Honda Civic driving French teacher from Ottawa. That said, I can’t just let tattoo boy here just walk into my Graceland and start talking trash like he’s had even the most minute influence on the Leafs’ success this season. Oh, no, no, no, no, no. Not gonna happen on my watch. So that means it’s time for another “Theme Week”. I love Theme Weeks, when everything added to the site comes together beautifully like I’ve planned it out months in advance. This week’s theme is, shockingly enough, “How much the Leafs suck”, and we’ve got a bunch of examples for ya.

In the articles section this week’s I’ve added two great new pieces from the Seals’ past and how they humiliated the Leafs. The first article comes from the November 7, 1970 Oakland Tribune, and it is about the Seals’ 8-4 victory over Toronto. The second article comes from the January 25, 1975 Oakland Tribune and it is about the Seals 6-1 victory over Toronto, which put them just eight points out of a playoff spot. Now, I know the Seals ultimately failed to overtake the Leafs for that last Adams Division playoff spot, so don’t bother with the emails pointing that fact out. Remember, I literally wrote the book on the Seals, I know more about them than you, and I know damn well the playoffs were not exactly their raison d’être, but this, after all, a site about the California Golden Seals, so this is the only way I can combine my love for the Seals with my absolute, foot-stomping, wall-smashing, t-shirt-tearing hatred of the Toronto Maple Leafs.

As a added bonus, this week, a brand new induction into the Hockey Hall of Shame, and it would be Mr. Bieber’s brand new “reversible” Leafs jerseys! As you probably know, we’ve posted some photos of some pretty ridiculous uniforms over the years, and if you’ve ever virtually strolled through the Hockey Hall of Shame, you know very well that I cannot stand all of these alternate jerseys. I think they are nothing but a cash grab, and they almost always look atrocious beyond belief. This new addition is 150% worthy of induction as you shall see, and it is my little contribution to Bieber having to work just a little bit harder to sell jerseys in the future. The lad needs to be taken down a peg. Smugness is not a good quality.

Now that all that is out of the way, I’d like to conclude by reminding you to cast your votes for the 2022 inductees to the Seals Hall of Fame. Just click on this link and you can choose up to three former Seals you feel are deserving of a place in this site’s virtual hallowed Hall.

Until next time, stay gold!