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arvi @ashrivats.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Extremely normcore opinion but The Odyssey in 70mm IMAX just absolutely rips. Fantastic movie and experience

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Acting the Fulemin @actingthefulemin.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Crazy how Canada's capital also featured an incompetent shooter tonight

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arvi @ashrivats.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

I’m glad that as bad as things get for Leafs fans, the universe still allows us to make fun of the Sens

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arvi @ashrivats.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

It seems increasingly likely it’s going to be Chayka as Leafs GM. My main thoughts on him are: 1. He made excellent picks in the 2016 draft. Keller at 7 and Chychrun at 16 were both great value. 2. His overall draft record is mid, because he also threw away a 5th overall pick on Hayton

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arvi @ashrivats.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Not to crap on an otherwise fantastic game from Matthews, but this was kind of an optimistic angle to take, and every team now has top players who take advantage of that.

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arvi @ashrivats.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

The American broadcast has genuinely spent about 3 minutes praising Matthew Tkachuk for passing it back to the point on the Faber goal.

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arvi @ashrivats.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

The Americans are a real top 6 / bottom 6 team now, which is shocking given the talent they have.

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arvi @ashrivats.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

How is Domi both failing by being too low as the third man on a contested faceoff, and being late to get back on D?

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arvi @ashrivats.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

One of the most frustrating things about Max Domi on the top line is that the opportunity cost of his “fuck it, someone’s in the slot” passes goes way up.

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arvi @ashrivats.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

The Leafs are an organization that employs people who show the competence of the kids from Succession

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arvi @ashrivats.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

New pod! @actingthefulemin.bsky.social and I chat about the start of the Leafs season, including what's gone well (not much), poorly (quite a lot), and worse than we could have imagined (a distressingly large number of things) soundcloud.com/back-to-exci...

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Episode 225 - The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly Through Six Weeks of the Leafs

In this episode, we go through the positives and negatives of the Leafs season through the first six weeks of their campaign

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arvi @ashrivats.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Lotta nice things in that Leafs win, but my concern level over Matthews is not zero.

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arvi @ashrivats.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Goldin is an amazing economist who has done really important work, but I’m pretty unconvinced by this argument on its merits. Looking at attendance and viewership per player ignores a lot of other revenue streams (merchandise, differing ticket values, differing CPM in viewership).

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arvi @ashrivats.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

A couple weeks late, but the new Pup album is great

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arvi @ashrivats.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

TNTs broadcast has such awful sound mixing. The crowds always sounds comatose, regardless of where the game is played

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arvi @ashrivats.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

The Avs have long playoff runs in their back pocket, which dulls the pain, but losing to a team missing their best F and best D is nasty work.

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arvi @ashrivats.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Domi has been the worst Leaf in this series, and still factors in on 2 plays that might just win it for Toronto

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arvi @ashrivats.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

I’m happy the Leafs have the lead, but that was not a period that inspired any confidence about this team being different. First line was invisible at 5v5, basically no net front offense, tons of fruitless dump and chase. The fact that they got a gift goal doesn’t change that.

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arvi @ashrivats.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

That was a HIDEOUS goal from Ullmark to give up, Jesus Christ

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arvi @ashrivats.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Willie fucking Styles is on one

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arvi @ashrivats.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

I’ve criticized Berube a fair bit, so only fair to point out that I think he did a lot of good things in game 1 1. PP was fantastic, clearly focused on getting shots early and crashing 2. Kept the common sense matchups 3. Adjusted Domi usage once Leafs got a real lead

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Acting the Fulemin @actingthefulemin.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Absolutely nothing on the planet less credible than Sens fans complaining about supposed diving

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arvi @ashrivats.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Unreal play by Marner on that ENG. He jumped that like a corner on an out route

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arvi @ashrivats.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Benoit is having an absolutely miserable year. His inability to make any plays with the puck (and making it harder for OEL to do the same) has cut short so many shifts with the Leafs’ stars this year.

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arvi @ashrivats.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

I really hate this reversion to Domi at 3C, not because it's incapable of working at all, but because it's incapable of working against good (i.e. playoff) teams. Domi can survive there against the Calgary's of the world. If he plays against Tampa there, he will get eaten alive.

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arvi @ashrivats.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Marner is having the Matthews game (2 goals, best player on the ice) and Matthews is having the Marner game (don’t notice him a ton, but look down and see he has 3 assists)

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arvi @ashrivats.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

25 seconds of dogged work by McCabe, Matthews, and Knies to keep the puck, it gets to Domi and he fires a no look backhand pass to the front of the net, immediate rush chance the other way.

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arvi @ashrivats.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

The Leafs appear to be choosing between the following two options: 1. Do nothing 2. Pay an exorbitant price for mediocre players (Laughton/Schenn) Both are awful paths.

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arvi @ashrivats.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Robertson-Domi-McMann is a line that consistently looks great against awful teams, but I have no faith in them working in a playoff environment against a real team.

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arvi @ashrivats.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Comeback wins against the Bruins are nice, but if this is the version of Matthews the Leafs are getting here on out, this year is going nowhere. He's been brutal relative to his usual standards.

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arvi @ashrivats.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Domi is one of the most selfish passers I've seen in a long time. Dude just passes out of good shooting locations consistently for these hare-brained attempts to create empty nets, but isn't good enough to actually pull them off most of the time.

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arvi @ashrivats.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

I think people are reacting too strongly to Canada losing a match that everyone thought was 50/50 pregame. These are clearly the two best teams in the tournament, USA has a goalie edge. If they meet in the final, USA is a small fave, mostly due to home ice. Don't think this game shifts things much.

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arvi @ashrivats.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

The Leafs stars aren't really beating the allegations of not showing up in high pressure games in this tournament, are they? Feel like between the 3 of them, they've had 1.5 good games.

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arvi @ashrivats.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Matthews and Marner just have to be way better than they have been recently. No way around it.

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arvi @ashrivats.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Pretty close to a perfect game for the Leafs tbh. Embarassed the Habs, who also made it obvious how silly it is to keep playing Reaves.

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arvi @ashrivats.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

I'm a very proud Canadian, but rooting for them at the World Juniors is like rooting for the Empire in Star Wars

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arvi @ashrivats.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Leafs are a fine team, but I have very little faith in their ability to come back from deficits this year. Matthews hasn't been as good, the depth is just miserable offensively, and Berube's system seemingly produces less 5v5 offence than Keefe's (with other tradeoffs).

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