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I don't care about those draft picks - sunk cost, can't worry about it. But I'd be ok with a new GM/coach before completely blowing it up.

I'm ok with selling whatever is sellable right now, then change out the GM and coach (maybe get rid of the coach tonight and see how players respond), and try to retool with a new system next year. But I'd also be ok with basically anyone being traded ASAP, including Matthews or Nylander. I'd...

I've come around to the belief that this is a blow-it-up situation. How do you retool this roster especially with the lack of young impact players in the system. Retooling probably just means a couple more years of mediocre hockey before it completely collapses, so might as well start now.

that's gotta be interference

This makes me nervous, I hope he is ready for the contact. I'll be holding my breath every time he gets hit.

Why shouldn't it, they have an extra player on the ice. Just go out and out-work the opposition.

I wonder if someone like DeBoer would even want to come to Toronto at this point, especially in the middle of this type of season. An old, slow team with deep seated motivational issues "led" by a $13 million superstar who may never be the player he was. Sounds risky. Then again, money talks and...

Well, if one thing has become obvious over the past 10 years, Leaf management is never afraid to make the big move. Watch, the pp will score a bunch of goals (because, eventually, some of those shots will go in) and it will be "problem solved"

I'm telling you, he's going to wind up in Vegas with Marner.

they quit in the last 20 seconds

lol...one team quit playing, the other did not. Hildeby should thank them for that one

Well, this one was pretty much a scheduled loss but thought the Leafs played better than I expected. I did miss the second period. Dallas didn't look as impressive as I thought. In the end though, yet another loss.

net front defense anyone

Tough way to end a period where they played pretty well.

He said "I’d like that play back at the end of the second," which is about the closest I've heard him come to taking blame for something tangible. From the replay, that play was a lot like the one by Robertson a few games ago. If the other team doesn't score, no one is talking about it. But...

I think it could happen if tonight is bad enough. Otherwise, I agree that it happens right after Christmas. Unless they miraculously turn it around in the next 2 games.

Same here - I think the entire group, from the coaching staff through the players, is so screwed up right now that there is almost no chance for that type of response. I didn't watch the game last night, but might tune in tonight just to see what may be the final game of the Berube era.

I thought it might be me, but I didn't watch last night and it sounds like they turned in another uninspiring performance. I am tempted to put the game on tonight. In past years I would expect this to be a game where the Leafs show up and actually come out on top. However, I think this entire...

Hmm, is that enough of a change to draw me back in tonight? lol. Probably not.

What I've seen on the pp this year, and especially lately, is that (1) pp2 is more direct with less passing around/standing around the perimeter waiting for the perfect play, and (2) pp2 players put more effort into winning puck battles. It hasn't really translated to goals, and that's partly...