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I remember the early 90s and early 2000s fondly, as the Leafs had some good teams and I was a kid. However, with no finals appearances to show for it, and the fact that they have the longest streak of not making the playoffs, renders these highlight years obsolete. The Habs have a final 4...

He is actually only owed 3.5 mil over the next 2 yrs although the cap hit is 4.5. Still, very expensive for a 6th spot dman,

Blowing the team up and aiming for a solid team in 2-4 years is a good idea. However, that is what reasonable gms do in their 1st yr on the job, not in their 5th..unless Burke gets a seal of improvement from ownership, not sure how that could happen, he will go out gun blazing to improve the...

Burke must know if the dismal results continue into next season, he will be canned by Christmas. He isn't the type of guy to meekly fade away, he'll try very hard to improve the squad but his options are simply thin.

The leafs have seemed to do well picking off prospects on other squads in their trades, Gardiner being the most obvious talent. But their signings have been a disaster... Florida had to completely revamp their roster and did so through 8 FA signings and 3 major trades, and somehow they are...

And replace his 25:21 ATOI with whom next year? Weber and Suter sure aren't signing here. The Leafs' defense are all either plodding or soft, all have a tendency to make mistakes with the puck, and I still think Phaneuf is (sadly) the most trustworthy guy we have on the backend. When he plays 9...

Kadri has some explosiveness and mad skills...but lots of players do that never make a regular impact at the nhl level as they lack the intangibles that are required at the nhl level. There is absolutely no point trading him at this point as his value wouldn't net a good return, so we just have...

Agreed wholeheartedly. Considering the FA options are slim, and the players on the squad's market value have dramatically decreased, a homerun type pick is the only thing that can potentially improve the team. Burke certainly doesn't need a solid 3rd line grinder at this point to make the...

No chance Burke gets canned in the offseason. He'll get one more offseason to improve the club, but if the Leafs start as porous as they finished this season, he'll be gone within 20 games. If they are mediocre but miss the playoffs, he'll be gone after next year. All of the top 8 teams in the...

My feeling is the Leafs really want to go with Reimer + FA next year and they are hoping that Reims can outplay Gus to justify this. Although lining him up against Stamkos and co... might not happen

It was weak to lose sight of the puck that badly, but it's just as bad for the Leafs to miss a stick check on the tip and even worse for Komi on the rebound.

I feel like I'm in a serial abusive relationship with the Leafs. They promise to change for the better numerous times a year, give me hope, but ultimately let me down time and time again. All the while they they are stringing along and disappointing millions of others as well, who together have...

Schenn's confidence has obviously gone downhill, as he makes way too many mistakes with and without the puck to be considered a solid dman, instead of a liability. He just looks like he has so much doubt all the time and in his hesitation he does something irresponsible with the puck or makes...

Lol, true... his cap hit will remain at $4.5 mil but he actually will only cost $3.5 mil in the next 2 yrs instead of the $5.5 mil he cost this yr/$6 mil last yr. He still has a NMC but maybe he will be affordable enough for the Isles to bring him back home and get above the cap floor.

I feel bad for Lupul...he looked pretty solid to finish top 10 in scoring which is quite an achievement (Mats only did this twice in his career). Lupul knew he was really hurt after he got up from that hit, impressive that he finished the play with his stick in his left hand. He's the Leafs...

I didn't consider him tradeable until I saw how weak the UFAs for C's are, it would be nice to dump him off on a team that needs to get to the cap floor next yr. Nice that this $11 mil will be off the books. Too bad we're stuck with Komi's $4.5 cap hit with a NMC for 2 more years. Perhaps with...

Nobody would take Connolly at 4.5 mil, Burke was the only one willing to offer that amt when Connolly was a FA, and his stock has dropped a lot since.Armstrong is a fringe player who struggles to get in a lineup that badly needs solid, sandpaper type guys like he was suppose to be. we need to...

This implosion has to be the worst thing to occur post lockout. I felt so comfortable saying that we had a better squad than the Jets, Caps, Panthers, 11 games ago, and that we would for sure be in the playoffs. I hate how we need another miracle like we need every year at this point, but a...

I don't know, only losing 4/18 in regulation time is a pretty tall order for a squad that has not done it in 9/11 games. The Leafs also have a tougher schedule then all those SE teams playing each other. They are in 25th this morning, which would net them a pretty decent pick. I presume that...

So are the Leafs on the hook for 2 yrs of Carlyle? Hope it pans out. I don't see much of a difference between Carlyle/Wilson- both built great records with great clubs (Ana, SJS) and moved to a subpar Leafs team. The axe will fall on Burke if they don't make the playoffs next yr, book it.