The Daily Auston: The Toronto Maple Leafs? More Like The Toronto Marijuana Leafs As Weed (Pot) Is Now Legal In Canada
So in case you somehow haven’t noticed, I made a promise to blog about Auston Matthews every day until he plays a game this season where he doesn’t have at least 2 points. That hasn’t happened yet thus The Daily Auston continues.
Truth be told, there isn’t really much to write about Auston today and I really just wanted an excuse to photoshop a marijuana leaf on to a Maple Leafs jersey, so that’s the meaning behind this blog. But yeah. Cannabis (science for pot) is now legalized in Canada for purchase and consumption. And now there are a lot of questions surrounding how weed will be handled when it comes to professional sports in Canada. We’ve heard the NHL come out already and say that they won’t be changing their stance on marijuana usage throughout the league. And that stance is that players can’t use it but the thing is that a ton of players already do and we almost never hear of a player getting busted for pot. So on paper the NHL is anti-marijuana but going by the numbers, you have to imagine they often turn a blind eye to it. Either way, this new legislation probably doesn’t mean that we’ll see Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner passing a blunt back and forth on the bench or anything like that.
HOWEVER…
I wonder what this will mean for fans in Canada. If cannabis is now legalized, it’s basically the same thing as beer then right? So I wonder if the day is ever going to come where you can get some at the concession stands at games. Not that you’d be able to smoke in the arena or anything like that but could you walk up to a concession stand to purchase a soda, a pretzel and pot brownie? I bet there would be a lot less fights in the stands if everybody was on edibles instead of gassing 5 beers per period. Just something to think about.
Anyway, I guess I kind of have to make this blog about Auston Matthews some more since it’s The Daily Auston. So uhh…. I don’t know. Maybe teams should start to think about lacing the Leafs’ water bottles with liquid THC or something so that they can finally slow down Auston Matthews’ scoring pace. Not that I would ever advocate for illegally drugging an unknowing victim. But it’s obvious that playing good team defense and having a stud goaltender still isn’t enough to keep Auston Matthews from racking up points on points on points on points. Just something to think about. Maybe even think about it…. on weed.