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It's the Leafs. Of course they can and probably will find many inventive ways to screw things up for themselves. It's what they do best.

At least Carolina won. It would be nice if Edmonton overtook the Leafs but I don't really expect that. I just hope the meaningless wins don't start coming now.

Well yeah, a rebuilding team will need more than just one elite player on it's path to contender status. You'll need a solid core and supporting cast with speed, toughness, scoring, goaltending, team defense etc. But you have to start somewhere. The problem with the Leafs starting with Kessel...

Brian Burke thought he was going to sign the Sedin twins in their UFA year of 2008 or 09, whenever it was. Then, he was going to trade Thomas Kaberle for Phil Kessel. But it didn't work out quite that way, did it? Instead, Kessel has come in with the baggage of being part of an ill-advised...

They should do the standings countdown thing again.

I'd say Horachek was calling out the team in general. Kessel is given a wink and a nod during such press conferences. Surgery for Kessel can wait until the off-season, or maybe "the injury" is not quite bad enough to necessitate surgery. What are you trying to do here CW? Throw a wrench into...

I predict that when the season ends, it will be disclosed that Kessel was playing with an injury that hampered his abilities for most of the season. At least, that's the story I'd be cooking up if I were in Leafs management. It might even be true.

Yeah, it is going to take a long time. It's been a long time since Burke was hired/fired and Nonis hired until now. A rebuild should have happened during that time, but it didn't and well, here we are. That's about how long it's going to take again, in my estimation. Kessel and Phaneuf are...

I was wondering who the new Boyd Devereaux was going to be. Looks like it's Booth.

I can't see it. Of those four, I think Phaneuf and Kessel need to go before next season. They both symbolize what's wrong with the current Leafs, while still having potential value for other teams. Phaneuf does seem to care and is a good but overpaid and miscast defenseman. Kessel has tons of...

I basically agree. Those two are the players I would look at keeping through a re-build. But, if they are essential parts of a trade that moves the Leafs forward, well then, goodbye and thanks. Some people are looking at this as a 3 year process. That timeline could be accurate if everything...

I certainly hope that Shanahan's restructuring of the Leafs office will result in improvements with drafting and development. If the Leafs are really embracing a rebuild, they'll need to step up their game in these areas. They've gone from pretty much nothing in the pipeline to maybe a couple...

Yeah, I like this just fine. I wish I was from the American South so I could say that with the appropriate inflection. But then, I probably wouldn't be a Leafs fan. Two first rounders in a reportedly very deep draft. Possibly more trades for picks to come between now and draft day. And a true...

Clarkson's ice time and powerplay time has all been part of the process of justifying the ridiculous contract. Nonis has been in denial. I don't know if he sent a directive to the coaching staff to play Clarkson no matter what, but it sure seems that way. And just to be clear, this is a failure...

Bernier is only a year younger than Carey Price. Price had a few shaky years behind a weak team when he was in his early 20s, but has now established himself along with a pretty good Habs team. That's not to say Bernier couldn't still be a legitimate no.1 goalie, but I'm not sure the time line...

I'd get rid of Nonis. The sooner the better. After the season? Fine, just do it. Nonis has built a horrible Leafs teams while capping them out with ugly long term contracts. I didn't like a lot of Burke's moves, but at least he had the Leafs in reasonably good cap position. Nonis has decimated...

No, it wouldn't be wrong, because patience has it's limits. I hope they do get rid of the over-paid, under-performing players, and also tank. If it's not painfully obvious to the entire Leafs organization that a complete rebuild is necessary, if not long overdue, then I don't know what to...

Having expectations on a possible generational franchise player would be a nice problem for the Leafs to have. Finding gems in the later rounds would be great too. The Leafs have been trading too many 2nd round and later picks for quick fixes to the badly flawed core that makes up the current...

I can't wait to see who this year's version of Boyd Devereaux and Martin Gerber will be.

I'd say let's see how things play out from now until the season is over.