The Great One Roasts the Toronto Maple Leafs
Someone call the burn unit for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Wayne Gretzky absolutely obliterated the team live on the air tonight in a segment with Paul Bissonnette.
The Setup
The two are part of the NHL on TNT, which is showing the Florida Panthers - Carolina Hurricanes. Paul Bissonnette, former NHLer turned analyst who had been a very vocal supporter of the Leafs in these playoffs, was explaining that teams that have had success so far roll all four lines.
Bissonnette was referring to Gretzky supporting the team he's best known for playing with. The Oilers relied heavily of Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl in both the regular and post season.
The Punchline
Gretzky decided to fire back, giving both Bissonnette and his Leafs a bit of a kick in the shins.
Gretzky was, of course, referring to key players not showing up when needed most. Both Auston Matthews and John Tavares flopped hard against Florida when it comes to offense. William Nylander and Mitch Marner had three points each in five games.
| POLL | ||
MAI 18 | 385 ANSWERS The Great One Roasts the Toronto Maple Leafs Who won the argument? | ||
| Gretzky for sure | 255 | 66.2 % |
| Bissonnette held his ground | 69 | 17.9 % |
| I'm not sure | 61 | 15.8 % |
| LIST OF POLLS | ||
| G | A | PTS | ||
| Kyle Connor | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Alex Tuch | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Owen Power | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Michael Bunting | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Drew Helleson | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jirí Kulich | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Isac Lundestrom | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Vladislav Namestnikov | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Nino Niederreiter | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Gabriel Vilardi | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jason Zucker | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Leo Carlsson | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Nikolaj Ehlers | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Ross Johnston | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Evgeni Malkin | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Josh Morrissey | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Cole Perfetti | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Bryan Rust | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Mark Scheifele | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Trevor Zegras | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Complete stats | ||||
| STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 20 | 17 | 3 | - | 34 | |
Wild | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 29 | |
Hurricanes | 19 | 14 | 5 | - | 28 | |
Devils | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 28 | |
Capitals | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 27 | |
Golden Knights | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Maple Leafs | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Rangers | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 25 | |
Panthers | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 25 | |
Flames | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 25 | |
| Conference | Cumulative | ||||||