Stephen Johns

Posted This Isn't the Start We Envisioned to Torontoist
Photo by sniderscion from the Torontoist Flickr Pool. It’s hard to know exactly what to make of the Toronto Maple Leafs' start to the 2009/10 hockey season. It's not just the lack of wins...
Commented on J.P. Ricciardi Fired, Fanbase Sighs With Relief
Failing that, someone has to somehow resuscitate Vernon Wells' career. If he's getting one of the biggest (7th, maybe?) contracts in Major League Baseball, he's got to put up superstar numbers. Not, y'know, Lyle Overbay numbers....
Posted J.P. Ricciardi Fired, Fanbase Sighs With Relief to Torontoist
Photo by sniderscion from the Torontoist Flickr Pool. You gotta credit the Toronto Blue Jays: for once, they're actually treating their fans to a meaningful September. J.P. Ricciardi’s demise wasn’t surprising; Steve Simmons of...
Posted Brian Burke Won't Have Liked That! to Torontoist
One game, one blown third period lead. And while Leaf fans can take a lot of positives from tonight's season-opening, 4-3 overtime loss to the Montreal Canadiens, it’s a game Toronto really should’ve won. The...
Posted This Post-Mortem Wrote Itself to Torontoist
Photo by ablankface from the Torontoist Flickr Pool. In retrospect, the post-mortems could’ve been written back in May. On May 29, with the Toronto Blue Jays mired in a nine-game losing skid, we wrote:...