? they had one of the best second halfs but yet couldn't move out of 15th place in the division? i dont know their entire second half record but they finished the season 4-4-2, which is not good.
When Burke originally went to Toronto i called he would not help them. He has done nothing in the past except bring in the 1 good player.
ie. Vancouver he got the twins but completley dismanted the farm which is why its taken years for us to finally become a contender after burke pulled that off.
With Anaheim the team was already in place, all he did was bring in Pronger.
Just looking at the roster for the laughs i laugh, they have 1 good player, Kessel, who they overpaid for and are overpaying. If they were smart they wouldve traded Kaberle for Savard so Kessel actually has someone to set him up. Plus Savard is good and one of the most underrated playmakers.
The rest of their forward core is made up of a couple second liners and mostly third line grinders.
And their defence is so overrated, most of them can't skate and are so slow they just put their team shorthanded all the time. and once you get around them who do u have to beat?
an overpaid over the hill Giguere or the hyped beyond all belief "Monster" who has yet to prove anything.
teams that are better then the leafs: Washington, Pitt, Buffalo, New Jersey, Boston, Philly, Ottawa, Montreal, Tampa, New York.
who do you realistically seeing them beating out of those?
And you say you have got better, maybe a little with the addition of veersteeg and armstrong but so did everyother team.
Stevie-Y has done wonders for Tampa and Atlanta is looking much better and the Islanders prospects will have a better season.
the leafs are already done, and the season hasn't even started
