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No Pilar? This list sucks.

I can't even begin to understand why any coach would admit that they were unable to coach their team effectively for so much of the season.

Maybe, but it doesn't exactly give Leafs fans much hope for anything to change. Fiercely loyal to Randy Carlyle, who survived last week?s purge, Gordon said he believes part of what led to this season?s collapse was simply a sense of complacency among the players. After taking the Boston...

Wow. I've got a feeling that Nonis likes the team the way it is, doesn't see any problem with the possession numbers or shots against and feels like they just need another kick at the can. The core of this team is pretty much set and there's not a lot of flexibility. So, we get to see the...

Did anyone honestly believe Nonis would be fired? He just signed a contract extension. Lieweke's probably not going to make the rookie mistake of extending a GM only to fire him after a late season collapse.

We do. Kadri had 20 goals this year - makes $2.9m. JVR had 30 goals at 4.25m/year.

He did pay more of a price by getting a great young player who had already been developed. It's true, clearly Kessel had to mature a bit more as a player to get to where he is right now, but he did have three years on Boston to speed up that process for the Leafs. I thought Burke also admitted...

Hate to pull a Bill Clinton here, but doesn't that depend on how you define "worst"? I mean, I personally wouldn't be surprised to see a low ranking team (like Calgary) among the leaders in blown third period leads, because consistently blowing third period leads points to a serious problem with...

I'm not really surprised by the Leafs' decision to stand pat, but I'm a little disappointed. Up front, I don't think they need much help (well not anything they could realistically acquire at the deadline) especially if Bolland makes it back. The Leafs have the 2nd leading scorer in the NHL (in...

As large as assuming there's character flaws on this team in the first place? Like I said before, the team's playing lousy hockey but winning games, which at this point is pretty irrefutable. I don't think they're doing it despite him, just that everyone in the TML organization is very...

I was going to suggest you do the same thing. Yeah, and I stand by that. If there's an issue in the locker room that prevents the Leafs from playing his style of hockey then he has failed in his job as a communicator. If they are playing his style of hockey, then he has failed as a strategist...

That's tough, because I can't really argue with what might or would have happened had, say, Wilson been in charge of those guys at the same time. However, four of those guys you've named were drafted 11th, or higher. They weren't reclamation projects or journeymen, but, young, highly rated...

Well, no, seeing as how I didn't say that, nor did I really imply it. He certainly should take much of the blame though. If the players aren't listening to him, then he should be fired. If they are listening to him, and these are the results we're getting, then he should be fired. A lot of...

I don't know that Carlyle does have Nonis' unwavering confidence. Leafs on a roll since Nonis?s stern warning This was only a couple weeks ago and the atmosphere in the dressing room couldn?t have been any different than it is right now. Tensions were extremely high following a couple...

I'm in this camp too, and it's mostly because Carlyle has had more than enough time to fix the issues with this team and we're still seeing the same problems; giveaways, low offensive zone time, sloppy defensive play. It's not all on the coach, but at some point we have to ask what the issue...

Yes, but their youthful mistakes (missed coverage, giveaways and poor decision making at times) is the main reason why I'm prematurely balding. I hope Carlyle can help them to minimize these problems, or he and I are going to bear a striking resemblance soon. 

You can say half of it. Whichever half you please.

drummond's Czech, I believe, so it's ok if he says it. Your or I on the other hand...

Carlyle's just repeating Wilson's mistake: trying to force a style of play onto a team that it's not built for. Wilson tried to get a limited talented roster to play a more open game - which backfired because he didn't have the talent or the skaters. Carlyle's trying to turn one of the better...