Another huge add for Team Canada at the Men’s World Hockey Championship. Toronto Maple Leafs captain John Tavares has agreed to represent his country and will join the team today.

The video board with the Maple Leafs logo behind him suddenly shutting off as Brendan Shanahan was speaking was some kind of unintentional symbolism.

"It's unacceptable" #Leafs management said a lot on Friday - about the core, about the need for change, about "very difficult decisions" to come - but what will it all amount to? www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/40120279/toronto-says-everything-table-exit

Brendan Shanahan was asked if he still believes the core of the Maple Leafs can win. His long answer did not include the word "yes."