[Friedman] Pilot on Air Canada flight home from Milan, upon landing: “Welcome to Toronto…home of the future Stanley Cup champion Maple Leafs.”

[u/Duffleman0609]

[u/GirlCoveredInBlood]

It seems unprofessional for a pilot to openly lie to everyone on board

[u/MattPatriciasFUPA → u/GirlCoveredInBlood]

He didn't say near future to be fair

[u/ididntseeitcoming → u/MattPatriciasFUPA]

It’s a pretty safe bet to say they will win in the future.

[u/MajorDrGhastly → u/ididntseeitcoming]

you would think.

[u/Atticusxj → u/MajorDrGhastly]

Fandom is one thing, im still not taking that bet.

[u/ThePimpImp → u/Atticusxj]

The will likely be one of the last teams to go bankrupt after several contractions. So they probably win in a season where the remaining US teams have to pull out due to civil war and the remaining Canadian team in Montreal is very ill due to an outbreak of monkeypox.

[u/babypointblank → u/Atticusxj]

Likewise. If the Leafs are going to win the Cup it’ll be despite themselves.

[u/confusedandworried76 → u/babypointblank]

Coming to a stadium near you, the final round of the Stanley Cup playoffs...between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Minnesota Wild

There's a different way they could win

[u/Kira_Onime → u/ididntseeitcoming]

Pretty sure they said that 40 years ago.

[u/AmeriCanada98 → u/Kira_Onime]

I mean the Cubs drought was over 100 years, but it did eventually end

Given enough time it'll most likely happen

[u/RecklessRancor → u/AmeriCanada98]

Wonder if the leafs top that.

[u/Crisscross4767 → u/RecklessRancor]

We can only hope

[u/Kira_Onime → u/Crisscross4767]

Records are meant to be broken!

[u/Mcpops1618 → u/RecklessRancor]

Oddly, I don’t even wish that upon them. I can’t imagine being a fan of a team For a lifetime and never seeing a win (saying that as a Mariners fan, it’s just copium)

[u/alphaxion → u/AmeriCanada98]

England national mens footy team has been on a drought 1 year longer than the Leafs

[u/RockNMelanin → u/alphaxion]

To be fair, between the Euros and World Cup the England Men's team only gets a chance every other year. So arguably only half as long as the Leafs drought!

[u/alphaxion → u/RockNMelanin]

OK, Preston North End hasn't won a top-flight league championship since the 1889-1890 season! ;)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_North_End_F.C.#Honours

[u/Yeti_Vedder → u/AmeriCanada98]

Gestures at everything that’s happened since the Cubs won

It can’t get any worse than this, right?

[u/itsonmyprofile → u/ididntseeitcoming]

Rinse and repeat alongside, “Buffalo is gonna be really scary next year!”

[u/Either-Bluebird-5961 → u/itsonmyprofile]

Why he say fuck me for

[u/cumber_cal → u/ididntseeitcoming]

I'm not convinced my team will win before the sun explodes.

[u/KoalaOriginal1260 → u/cumber_cal]

Also from Vancouver. Can confirm.

[u/Xavier26 → u/cumber_cal]

At least the Canucks have been in the final a few times. The Leafs haven’t even done that since 67.

[u/Dultsboi → u/Xavier26]

Hell they’ve barely been able to win a series

[u/yangmeow → u/ididntseeitcoming]

That’s what they said about the Quebec Nordiques

[u/MattPatriciasFUPA → u/ididntseeitcoming]

Definitely, just like dad coming back home from the gas station on his cig run.

[u/zboss9876 → u/ididntseeitcoming]

The earth will be absorbed by the sun in approximately 7.5 billion years. I don't think that's enough time.

[u/Bulky_Dot_7821 → u/ididntseeitcoming]

Not taking that bet

[u/eNte19 → u/ididntseeitcoming]

Not in this pilots lifetime, no :/

[u/maritimeblue → u/ididntseeitcoming]

I feel like that’s what every Leafs fan has been telling themselves for the past 57 years. I really hope the drought continues for another 27 years so we can dust off the Titanic memes.

[u/monsterosity → u/ididntseeitcoming]

Saying that is cursed

[u/RadCheese527 → u/ididntseeitcoming]

As a Leafs fan, honestly not too safe tbh

[u/Odd_Cobbler6761 → u/MattPatriciasFUPA]

To quote The Eagles: “we haven’t seen that spirit here since 1969…”

[u/toatsmehgoats → u/Odd_Cobbler6761]

Brilliant! This should be stitched into the Leafs’ jerseys.

[u/RoadDoggFL → u/MattPatriciasFUPA]

He's probably got a Chel dynasty going up in the cockpit.

[u/sexymcluvin → u/MattPatriciasFUPA]

Hey 2080 still counts as future.

[u/Canadian_mk11 → u/MattPatriciasFUPA]

2067 is in the future.

[u/zeMVK → u/GirlCoveredInBlood]

Or to pilot an aircraft under the influence

[u/BayRunner → u/GirlCoveredInBlood]

It’s also illegal to pilot a plane drunk.

[u/SixLingScout → u/GirlCoveredInBlood]

Well technically Pearson is in Mississauga so you're right

[u/slabby → u/GirlCoveredInBlood]

That pilot is clearly high or drunk. It's the only way someone would say something so silly.

[u/Burgergold → u/GirlCoveredInBlood]

Fit Air Canada management

[u/babypointblank → u/Burgergold]

Pilots are labour, not management. Well paid labour but labour nonetheless.

[u/saltface14]

The Stanley cup in question

[u/us287 → u/saltface14]

You’re touching it!?!? Maybe that’s why the Leafs are cursed

[u/GuyLivingInCanada → u/saltface14]

Proud owner of a Stanley Cup

[u/Adventurous_Lab4249 → u/saltface14]

Stanley absolutely knew what they were doing with this and you can’t convince me otherwise

[u/Patrick2701 → u/saltface14]

The only cup that maple leafs fan can have

[u/serotonin_xxIII → u/saltface14]

Champions of the 202Never - 202YeaRight season 🤣

[u/johnnyfuckingmarr]

That man is obviously not fit to fly. Someone contact the authorities.

[u/Wabbit_Wampage → u/johnnyfuckingmarr]

Tower about to give him a number to call after taxiing. 

[u/Manymuchm00s3n → u/johnnyfuckingmarr]

Another drunk pilot

[u/JohnnyCandles → u/Manymuchm00s3n]

Like we got room to comment here...

[u/Manymuchm00s3n → u/JohnnyCandles]

🤫

[u/schafkj → u/johnnyfuckingmarr]

Pilots need to be banned from the lounge pre-flight

[u/toiletting → u/johnnyfuckingmarr]

He’s a pilot, so he must be fine.

[u/SmiteyMcGee → u/toiletting]

The Plan: Reverse a 53 year championship drought

[u/r3almaplesyrup → u/johnnyfuckingmarr]

Who let Biz fly the plane?

[u/rezistS → u/johnnyfuckingmarr]

He's obviously high at work

[u/4creMe_brUlee → u/johnnyfuckingmarr]

Immediate call for a sobriety test!

[u/imaybeacatIRl]

Welp that's their curse extended

[u/NinCross → u/imaybeacatIRl]

Everyone begrudgingly knows 2067 was when Toronto would eventually win the cup. 100 years after 1967.

This just extended it another 100 years.

[u/bread_and_circuits → u/NinCross]

21967…

[u/CesareSomnambulist → u/bread_and_circuits]

So pessimistic, I don't expect the streak to stretch any later than 11967

[u/LRSband → u/bread_and_circuits]

What I wouldn't give for Jon Bois to write this

[u/pluralsight24]

Crazy, the pilot must have thought that the plane was going to crash

[u/ebonin91]

If only the co-pilot felt they could speak up. They could have stopped this

[u/Igottamake → u/ebonin91]

Thanks Nathan.

[u/minnie203 → u/ebonin91]

Maybe the co-pilot never learned about the Miracle Over the Mojave :(

[u/iLUVhockey36 → u/ebonin91]

First Officer Blunt 😧

[u/YourBuddy8]

Best one I ever heard on a flight from Vancouver to Edmonton:

“Make sure you secure your own mask before helping someone who may need assistance, such as children, the elderly, or Calgary Flames fans.”

[u/PPGN_DM_Exia]

Tell him to disconnect the PlayStation. He shouldn't be playing it on duty.

[u/AccidentalGK]

And after he got off the plane he had to blow in a tube and piss in a cup.

[u/Indyboy → u/AccidentalGK]

Did they also ask him to bend over, turn his head, and cough?

[u/AccidentalGK → u/Indyboy]

If the inspector was a pervert yes.

[u/AlexanderKeithz]

[u/babypointblank → u/AlexanderKeithz]

Everything about this cover is beyond cursed

• Plan the Parade: Toronto will win the Stanley Cup, it’s only a matter of when. And how many.

• Casey Mittelstadt: Buffalo’s Burning Ray of Light

• Olympics Special: History is Made by Team USA…and Germany? (Admittedly Germany did nab a podium finish)

• Better Goalie: Ilya Samsonov or Carter Hart?

[u/WintAndKidd]

They def knew Elliotte was on the plane

[u/hughbiffingmock]

I mean they'll be right one day...

Right?

RIGHT?!

[u/True_Blue_88 → u/hughbiffingmock]

No

[u/just_saiyan24 → u/hughbiffingmock]

[u/NinCross → u/hughbiffingmock]

No

[u/bluefloyd24 → u/hughbiffingmock]

No

[u/adalaza → u/hughbiffingmock]

No

[u/Baboshinu → u/hughbiffingmock]

No

[u/inmontibus-adflumen → u/hughbiffingmock]

No

[u/DoubleZek → u/hughbiffingmock]

No

[u/Caltroit_Red_Flames → u/hughbiffingmock]

No

[u/Weak_Flamingo_3031 → u/hughbiffingmock]

No

[u/Itchy-Opinion4385 → u/hughbiffingmock]

No

[u/4creMe_brUlee → u/hughbiffingmock]

As a proud Canadian - ya, no

[u/SMF1834 → u/hughbiffingmock]

No

[u/FordTheRanger → u/hughbiffingmock]

No

[u/idontplaypolo → u/hughbiffingmock]

No

[u/onahalladay → u/hughbiffingmock]

No

[u/Chiggins907 → u/hughbiffingmock]

No

[u/Tompsoni97 → u/hughbiffingmock]

Ei

[u/ku8475 → u/hughbiffingmock]

No

[u/Builder_studio → u/hughbiffingmock]

No

[u/AlarmingAdvertising5 → u/hughbiffingmock]

No

[u/themusicguy2000 → u/hughbiffingmock]

No

[u/JayMerlyn → u/hughbiffingmock]

No

[u/AngeloMontana → u/hughbiffingmock]

Oh là, non.

[u/KingKnux → u/hughbiffingmock]

No

[u/JudgeSubstantial9562 → u/hughbiffingmock]

No

[u/TheASHTening → u/hughbiffingmock]

No

[u/jjmuti → u/hughbiffingmock]

No

[u/AuxNimbus → u/hughbiffingmock]

You will read all types of no in different language, bud

[u/Ryan1006 → u/hughbiffingmock]

No

[u/connor_bedard → u/hughbiffingmock]

No, Non, Nein, Não, Нет, 不是, いいえ, 아니요, لا, Nee, Nej

[u/montrealcowboyx → u/hughbiffingmock]

Non.

[u/microwavedcheezus → u/hughbiffingmock]

No

[u/all_these_moneys → u/hughbiffingmock]

Neaux.

[u/CeramicCastle49 → u/hughbiffingmock]

No

[u/christiv7 → u/hughbiffingmock]

No.

[u/__Perd__Hapley__ → u/hughbiffingmock]

No

[u/Plinkatonic → u/hughbiffingmock]

Yes.

Wait, sorry. No.

[u/ChrisPynerr → u/hughbiffingmock]

Absolutely not

[u/Drnedsnickers2 → u/hughbiffingmock]

No.

[u/AuxNimbus → u/hughbiffingmock]

Hindi po

[u/KnuckedLoose → u/hughbiffingmock]

Smithers are they all saying no?

[u/Evra202 → u/hughbiffingmock]

No

[u/Odd-Put-3988 → u/hughbiffingmock]

God I hope not.

[u/bakulaisdracula → u/hughbiffingmock]

Time is a circle and eventually we’ll loop back I promise

[u/xaanthar → u/bakulaisdracula]

Sorry, Time is a Cube

[u/MartyCool403 → u/hughbiffingmock]

Yes. But we'll all just be dead and buried in the cold cold ground.

[u/mcauthon2]

didn't say how long in the future so not wrong

[u/The-Reddit-Giraffe → u/mcauthon2]

Very well could be wrong. The heat death of the universe may come before the Leafs win again

[u/ShhImTheRealDeadpool → u/The-Reddit-Giraffe]

The odds are in the heat death's favor.

[u/NinCross → u/mcauthon2]

You're implying there will be an infinite amount of Earth time.

[u/DigitalPhear13]

Check his intoxication level immediately

[u/ThankYouKessel]

Humble brag from Friedman returning from Italy

[u/DOITLIKEBRUTUS]

The year is 2156. A violent gust of wind snatches leaves from solitary maple tree high atop a hill, scattering them into the wind. It carries a particular leaf far afield to a crumbling metropolis of ages past where it tumbles over cracked streets populated with forgotten vehicles and desiccated skyscrapers. It flies further still, through a hole in a broken structure where it finally alights on a tarnished silver chalice warped from age poking out of rubble in a vast hall...

and a prophecy is fulfilled.

[u/HereForTOMT3]

How the fuck did that pilot pass the mental health checks

[u/Charb9]

This is peak August material

[u/mrcrude]

He’s not wrong, 2125 is technically the future.

[u/hurtfulproduct]

Anyone give him a sobriety test?

[u/Skurph]

“Oh God… the oxygen levels must have dropped, we’re all hallucinating.”

[u/Eddie__Sherman]

“You're traveling through another dimension - a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind.”

[u/JazzYotesRSL]

Clever of the pilot to not specify a year. As long as the Leafs win a Cup literally ever again, he can say he was right. And if they don’t, he’ll be dead so nobody can rub it in.

[u/EmpressOfHyperion]

Damn, Lucic's influence is that strong!!! /s

[u/hackmastergeneral]

Someone needs to check on that pilot - senility is dangerous for the passengers

[u/DonnieLives]

Such delusions are usually a sign of severe mental illness which generally disqualify one from being a commercial airline pilot

[u/tundrabarone]

I came to Canada (3 year old immigrant) in December 1967. The Leafs last won in May 1967. I don’t expect to live long enough to see them win. More likely to see the Marlies win the Calder Cup.

[u/Rustyguts257]

Wow! A drunk pilot!

[u/Wanderson90]

Surely we will win one before the expansion of the sun.

Perhaps humanity will go interstellar, and the franchise will relocate, which buys us a few more billion years before the heat death of the universe.

I say we do it.

[u/sunshineeeeeeeeeeee_]

it’s okay, I’m delusional about my team too

[u/ukrainianhab]

Huge news

[u/willdeliamv5]

Dude is tweeting from the Twilight Zone

[u/andys1548]

Definitely not fit to fly a passenger aircraft. Psychological test needed for sure

[u/Clemburger]

Sir, this is a Wendy’s

[u/BadAspie]

Does he do this every time he flies into Toronto? Has he been the one responsible this whole time??

[u/Separate_Flamingo_93]

Was it supposed to land in Montreal?

[u/SmidgeMoose]

How sad

[u/magikarp-sushi]

I think bro had a few too many inflight beverages

[u/GoRangers5]

Someone needs a drug test.

[u/kingsandwhich24]

That pilot needs an FUI (flying under influence)

[u/PossessedToSkate]

"Hope you're patient."

[u/disgruntleddave]

To be fair, the leafs will almost certainly win another cup one day. It might take 100 years, but it's likely to happen eventually. So... not wrong..  maybe..

[u/Tortastrophe]

The 5072 Maple Leafs can cut this audio into their Cup winning montage.

[u/hikingdub]

With global warming, the Leafs have maybe 50-75 years to win a cup......so maybe.

[u/InvisibleTacoTruck]

I’ve been hearing that for the 23 years I’ve been on this planet, and it still hasn’t happened.

[u/hybridshadow31]

Lmao, that pilot is on some edibles

[u/Aperture_client]

Imagine taking a commercial flight and not knowing until you land that your pilot is a fucking psychopath

[u/Emi_Ibarazakiii]

It's only a matter of when, and how many!

[u/doyouunderstandlife]

To be fair, he didn't specify how far into the future that will be. When the apocalypse comes in 2150 and forces the league to go back to six teams, the Leafs will finally have a shot again

[u/vulpinesuplex]

Optimistic are we

[u/The_Mad_Titan_Thanos]

Imagine actually believing that’s a future outcome.

[u/RougeRock170]

Yes. 2731 will be a glorious year!

[u/knottyvar]

Ya, right? This century or the next?

[u/Steppyjim]

Yknow. You gotta respect leafs fans for believing every damn season that this is the one. Like after 50 years of disappointment as a flyers fan I never would dare to say out loud with zero irony, this is the year, but without fail every year, it rises out of Toronto like smoke from a wildfire.

I aspire to have that level of mania in my life

[u/Fit-Pineapple-7697]

Air Canada just keeps getting shittier

[u/Duffleman0609]

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[u/ShhImTheRealDeadpool]

That pilot must really hate Marner.

[u/KniesToMeetYou]

What can we do, if not dream 

[u/sail0rvenus]

And the Cowboys are winning the Super Bowl this year

[u/amach9]

I’d be very wary of flying with a pilot who is that delusional.

[u/robertraymer]

TIL you can successfully pilot an international airliner while intoxicated.

[u/throwawayjoeyboots]

r/thathappened

[u/Honest-Situation6808]

1967 😆

[u/NYdude777]

Rumor has it that he is also a Dallas Cowboys fans

[u/Indy-CBJ]

Wow at that point I would be concerned with the fuel lines choking up as they are about to land

[u/Lavs1985]

In 2,247…

[u/BumperToBumper2]

Yea... on free Stanley Cup day!

[u/Interesting_Rock_318]

I mean, the sun destroys the planet in what, 4B years?

He’s likely not wrong

[u/tristan1616]

This made me remember the plane that landed upside down back in February in... you guessed it, Toronto

[u/TheAsian1nvasion]

I mean they say you’re never wrong… just early.

[u/Mysterious_Soil_1835]

I didn't think you were supposed drink while flying. Things have definitely changed

[u/komatiitic]

Over geologic time unlikely events are inevitable and basically considered to constantly happen.

[u/kingcong95]

I heard the same thing one year from a San Diego tour guide. That was the year the Padres choked down the stretch to lose the division to the Giants, and the rest is history.

[u/Kooldude777]

🤣

[u/AlarmingAdvertising5]

2067, book it.

[u/Last_Ad_6636]

Apparently........there are delusional people in all walks of life

[u/ZeroOptionLightning]

He didn’t say what future.

[u/Habfan902]

Do a sobriety test……obviously DRUNK!!

[u/x-chazz]

Too much time spent in the upper atmosphere causing delusions

[u/jdoe1234reddit]

Good thing the plane didn't disappear on a fishing trip.