The Keefe criticism seems odd to me. He's put the Leafs at 113 point pace in his two partial seasons. He's 5-7 in the postseason with four games going to OT. Obviously results are the deciding factor on what you do but he still hasn't had a full 82-game season with the team.
Ya we had 113 point pace, the team was way more consistent this year with Brodie on the D. My comments are this; we have a great core team, Spezza is returning, some acquisitions/trades will be made to hopefully improve the overall level of competitiveness.
We have now had two abbreviated seasons with virtually no normalcy. No full training camps, no crowds, pretty unsettling for us oldsters, what does it do to the mental health of a 24 year old.
We are returning to normal, perhaps a new normal, but as close to our old lives as possible. Give this team one more year, a full training camp, playing in front of home town crowds. Add a killer or two and we will be on our way.
When Shamus says we are "loosing", no we are preparing to win.
They will open the vault for Matthews when they have to, or trade him for a zillion draft picks and get McDavid off the Oilers, but now we are getting really ahead of ourselves.