I guess Buffalo improved because they kicked Leaf ass on Sat. Leafs are going nowhere and they're getting there fast. Same old, same old. Having way more fun watching The Petes up and mostly down season. Nice to see the future NHL stars come through town.
I'm also a Wings fan, and I prefer not to rub Leaf fans noses in the past two decades (my dad is a Leaf fan, for one thing). But I do sometimes have to remind people that that "monumental upset" was in fact a win by a team that was just four points behind the "favourite."
Detroit Red Wings 84 47 28 9 103 369 280
Toronto Maple Leafs 84 44 29 11 99 288 241
Cameron Dukes + Dan Adeboboye + Kevin Mital + David Ungerer + Damonte Coxie + DaVaris Daniels + Dejon Brissett = Unstoppable Force
No talk about the big trade? One guy who played with heart and passion every night in Santorelli and he gets traded. Yet another Leafs rebuild. This team is messed up from the top and down and has been for as long as I can remember. Gongshow that for the most part has me watching a few minutes here and there in between flipping channels.
Agree with the Leafs rebuild plan (should have done this 10 years ago) but you have to maximize your assets and draft well, something that this organization historically has been abysmal at.
The last significant 1st round draft pick by Toronto was Wendel Clark (1985).
Grew up an diehard Leaf fan, don't watch them anymore and find MLSE to be a very unlikeable organization!
My cousin worked as a bartender at The Convention Centre back in 85 and he got us floor seats for the draft when Clark was picked by the Leafs. The Draft wasn't the huge deal that it is today.
Seems like all the teams that improve do it through getting the first pick overall or very close to that. You then build a team around that star. The Leafs haven't been able to build anything in years. Sad to watch for sure.
Cameron Dukes + Dan Adeboboye + Kevin Mital + David Ungerer + Damonte Coxie + DaVaris Daniels + Dejon Brissett = Unstoppable Force
In the years before the salary cap era the Leafs overpayed aging players such as Shayne Corson, Gary Roberts, Joe Nieuwendyk who still had enough left in the tank to keep them in the middle of the pack draft wise, hence they missed out on some blue chip prospects, at the same time they were also trading 1st rounders on the likes of Owen Nolan and Brian Leetch.
When all was said and done these guys all retired and the Leafs were left with basically nothing, the effects are still being felt some years later.
I wouldn't worry about the Leafs. They will recover and win the cup this year. After all, it's been so cold that hell has almost frozen over.
THE PERFECT STORM, DEMISE OF THE ARGONAUTS
Just thinking out loud, WHAT IF, the Leafs win the Connor McDavid lottery, then make a spash on in free agency/draft. Add a competitive Jays team
By the time the Argo's finally play a game in Toronto, would anyone even care to show up???
MakeArgonautsGreatAgain, 2021
Mike Babcock has a daunting task ahead of him, but I am confident that he is the correct choice. The Maple Leafs need several years to rebuild the talent pool, so at least in the interim you might see a heightened compete level from the team, but nothing that will translate into points.
BTW, who broke the story? Was it Dreger or Freedman? The answer to that question is important given the conspiracy theories people have been presenting about Rogers deliberately leaking the information to upstage the Argos announcement.
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The reporter that asked the question live said he had a tweet from Freedman. That would be Rogers.
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