Thu, 25 Jun 2026 12:31:07 EDT
Consider This Headline
The following headline occurs on the SPORTSNET YouTube channel. “Gavin McKenna is Ready to Potentially Become a Toronto Maple Leaf.”
McKenna is a potential Maple Leaf because he is up for grabs at the forthcoming NHL draft, and the Maple Leafs have the first pick at the draft. He has not explicitly expressed that he is ready to be a Maple Leaf only that he will be pleased if he is selected for the team. This does not imply that he will be a Maple Leaf. Become does not qualifying. Gavin McKenna is ready to become a Toronto Maple Leaf.
I will put a direct quote in the headline to let McKenna speak for himself. I will use a sentence headline because I prefer sentence headlines.
My rewrite: “Gavin McKenna says, ‘it’d be pretty special,’ to become a Toronto Maple Leaf.”