Don Cherry on Nick Ritchie and Toronto’s mistake in 2014
November 15, 2023
This aged terrible for Don
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Look at Willy now. 204 pounds of muscle steel, and sex appeal.
Has Nylander ever hit someone over the head with their own helmet in a fight?
I rest my case.
So glad the Leafs made the *reach* pick and chose 88 over a guy named Ritchie
“Okay now Donald, show the class your new jacket!”
TV personality whose job is to talk and have an opinion on all things hockey, is wrong about something occasionally!!?? No fucking way!
I’m a 29 year old woman so I’ve watched Willy grow on the leafs over the years. I’ve noticed his tree trunk legs in the past but the other night when he was being interviewed after the game and he only had a towel on and had his bare chest out. 👀 I’m like that guy CAN GET IT 😂 I’ve never felt this way about Willy before (was always Matthews) but man. Just had to write this down somewhere because I can’t shake it. Nylander is sexy as fuck.
This was when Don was on his “How come the leafs don’t draft Canadians/Ontario boys?” speeches. Thank god we had Mark Hunter when Babcock wanted to take Hanafin instead of Marner.
This is very misleading. You can easily find 10 examples of every “expert” making horrible predictions.
Cherry was dead wrong about nylander, but for years he criticized the leafs for not drafting enough tough north American talent and on that note I think he was right more often than wrong.
And finally, leafs nation always threw Willy’s name out there in trade proposals for YEARS. very few predicted the level that nylander would reach at this point and you all know it
It’s funny how people like to defend Cherry and his take on hockey. The game passed him by so many years ago. If anybody thinks I’m wrong then just take a look at Cherry and how the Mississauga Ice Dogs fared under Cherry as owner their first four years in the OHL. They were year after year the worst franchise in the league. Even in junior hockey expansion teams are usually good by their third year. The first four years in the OHL the Ice Dogs won 27 games out of 272 played. Five coaches in the first three years before Cherry himself jumped behind the bench. It was a real shit show. Missing the boat on Nylander versus Ritchie was just par for the course for Cherry.
Linked to a TikTok….
GFYS.
“No star will ever come to Toronto”
Note that the next year, Tavares finished 3rd in Hart voting.
Go the fuck to bed old man. Cherry’s opinions are so archaic it’s unbelievable, glad he’s off the TV.
Excluding Nylander’s season where he joined the team after the trade deadline and played 22 games:
Nick Ritchie’s best season was 31 points in 60 games.
Nylander’s worst season was 27 points in 54 games.
Cherry. What an idiot.
There were only 3 types of “segments” that Cherry did that I actually enjoyed and kind of miss.
1. Safety equipment. He would berate pros for exposed wrists and other safety equipment stuff all the time, he would then show actual pros using it right and have some on set, and would tell the kids to use it and not try to “look cool”. I appreciated that.
2. Whenever he called out for people or players or fans who had passed or were fighting cancer etc. always seemed actually heart felt.
3. When he called out the little non flashy things guys did like blocking lanes or winning battles or checking their shoulders for passes. Not many analysts spend time on that stuff anymore, it’s just about the goals or crazy passes which I get, but it was good for the kids to see fundementals called out and succeed at the NHL level.
The rest of his takes, and thoughts on the game were very dated and not great. Would have probably been better if his segment evolved into some sort of safety PSA but good luck keeping him on topic.
16 comments
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Look at Willy now. 204 pounds of muscle steel, and sex appeal.
Has Nylander ever hit someone over the head with their own helmet in a fight?
I rest my case.
So glad the Leafs made the *reach* pick and chose 88 over a guy named Ritchie
“Okay now Donald, show the class your new jacket!”
TV personality whose job is to talk and have an opinion on all things hockey, is wrong about something occasionally!!?? No fucking way!
I’m a 29 year old woman so I’ve watched Willy grow on the leafs over the years. I’ve noticed his tree trunk legs in the past but the other night when he was being interviewed after the game and he only had a towel on and had his bare chest out. 👀 I’m like that guy CAN GET IT 😂 I’ve never felt this way about Willy before (was always Matthews) but man. Just had to write this down somewhere because I can’t shake it. Nylander is sexy as fuck.
This was when Don was on his “How come the leafs don’t draft Canadians/Ontario boys?” speeches.
Thank god we had Mark Hunter when Babcock wanted to take Hanafin instead of Marner.
This is very misleading. You can easily find 10 examples of every “expert” making horrible predictions.
Cherry was dead wrong about nylander, but for years he criticized the leafs for not drafting enough tough north American talent and on that note I think he was right more often than wrong.
And finally, leafs nation always threw Willy’s name out there in trade proposals for YEARS. very few predicted the level that nylander would reach at this point and you all know it
It’s funny how people like to defend Cherry and his take on hockey. The game passed him by so many years ago. If anybody thinks I’m wrong then just take a look at Cherry and how the Mississauga Ice Dogs fared under Cherry as owner their first four years in the OHL. They were year after year the worst franchise in the league. Even in junior hockey expansion teams are usually good by their third year. The first four years in the OHL the Ice Dogs won 27 games out of 272 played. Five coaches in the first three years before Cherry himself jumped behind the bench. It was a real shit show. Missing the boat on Nylander versus Ritchie was just par for the course for Cherry.
Linked to a TikTok….
GFYS.
“No star will ever come to Toronto”
Note that the next year, Tavares finished 3rd in Hart voting.
Go the fuck to bed old man. Cherry’s opinions are so archaic it’s unbelievable, glad he’s off the TV.
Excluding Nylander’s season where he joined the team after the trade deadline and played 22 games:
Nick Ritchie’s best season was 31 points in 60 games.
Nylander’s worst season was 27 points in 54 games.
Cherry. What an idiot.
There were only 3 types of “segments” that Cherry did that I actually enjoyed and kind of miss.
1. Safety equipment. He would berate pros for exposed wrists and other safety equipment stuff all the time, he would then show actual pros using it right and have some on set, and would tell the kids to use it and not try to “look cool”. I appreciated that.
2. Whenever he called out for people or players or fans who had passed or were fighting cancer etc. always seemed actually heart felt.
3. When he called out the little non flashy things guys did like blocking lanes or winning battles or checking their shoulders for passes. Not many analysts spend time on that stuff anymore, it’s just about the goals or crazy passes which I get, but it was good for the kids to see fundementals called out and succeed at the NHL level.
The rest of his takes, and thoughts on the game were very dated and not great. Would have probably been better if his segment evolved into some sort of safety PSA but good luck keeping him on topic.