Comments on: The Toronto Maple Leafs Make-Me-Laugh Situation http://theondeckcircle.net/2008/05/12/the-toronto-maple-leafs-make-me-laugh-situation/ The Unofficial Home for Real Talk Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:38:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Devlin http://theondeckcircle.net/2008/05/12/the-toronto-maple-leafs-make-me-laugh-situation/comment-page-1/#comment-1146 Devlin Wed, 14 May 2008 01:17:27 +0000 http://theondeckcircle.wordpress.com/?p=451#comment-1146 I really liked Maurice. You can't really blame the guy for the horrible team he was given. I have no idea what he was talking about when he said that JFJ put a good team out there. Might as well of had defensive pairings or pilons rather than some of the guys they had. I still say they let Fletcher trade away anyone and everyone he can in the offseason, bring up all the young guys and fill the holes with low end contracts. This will cause the team to bomb and hopefully get first dibs at John Tavares, then offer the job to the now jobless Burke, let him go on a frenzy for free agency and see what comes of it. As a life long Leafs fan, I would have no problem with the team tanking 1 season to greatly improve for the future. I really liked Maurice. You can’t really blame the guy for the horrible team he was given. I have no idea what he was talking about when he said that JFJ put a good team out there. Might as well of had defensive pairings or pilons rather than some of the guys they had.

I still say they let Fletcher trade away anyone and everyone he can in the offseason, bring up all the young guys and fill the holes with low end contracts. This will cause the team to bomb and hopefully get first dibs at John Tavares, then offer the job to the now jobless Burke, let him go on a frenzy for free agency and see what comes of it.

As a life long Leafs fan, I would have no problem with the team tanking 1 season to greatly improve for the future.

]]> By: Anonymous http://theondeckcircle.net/2008/05/12/the-toronto-maple-leafs-make-me-laugh-situation/comment-page-1/#comment-1145 Anonymous Tue, 13 May 2008 00:10:17 +0000 http://theondeckcircle.wordpress.com/?p=451#comment-1145 bad move, you can't blame a coach for that, he had an overachieving team as it was also he's one of five on that list with a winning record, that doesn't mean everything but he never had a chance with fergie dealing one of the best goalie prospects for a broken down goalie with backup potential bad move, you can’t blame a coach for that, he had an overachieving team as it was

also he’s one of five on that list with a winning record, that doesn’t mean everything but he never had a chance with fergie dealing one of the best goalie prospects for a broken down goalie with backup potential

]]> By: Blake Murphy http://theondeckcircle.net/2008/05/12/the-toronto-maple-leafs-make-me-laugh-situation/comment-page-1/#comment-1144 Blake Murphy Mon, 12 May 2008 15:59:53 +0000 http://theondeckcircle.wordpress.com/?p=451#comment-1144 Same old, same old. As Dave Forsayeth pointed out a long time ago, this is characteristic of a team operated by a company instead of a single individual or small group (ala all NFL teams). I think at this point, if Burke is the guy and they're confident he'll come in 2009, you stick with Fletcher as an interim dynamite operator for the season and just cross your fingers for a good trade or a few good draft picks. <a href="http://theondeckcircle.net/2008/01/23/looking-at-the-maple-leaf-management-crisis/" rel="nofollow">Looks like nothing has changed in a while.</a> Same old, same old. As Dave Forsayeth pointed out a long time ago, this is characteristic of a team operated by a company instead of a single individual or small group (ala all NFL teams).

I think at this point, if Burke is the guy and they’re confident he’ll come in 2009, you stick with Fletcher as an interim dynamite operator for the season and just cross your fingers for a good trade or a few good draft picks.

Looks like nothing has changed in a while.

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