The Leafs had a horrible 4 game home stand where they were behind by two goals early in all four games and only picked up a single point on the stand and it has been four seasons where the team has been not close to a playoff spot. The closest the Leafs got to the playoffs since '04 is when they came a point away from making the playoffs in the 06-07 which was a season before Ron Wilson arrived and it is time for someone down at the ACC needs to take responsibility for the team's failure and it is long overdue for a coaching charge and it should be Dallas Eakins but I do believe that Wilson will last the rest of the season because Burke will be unwilling to fire Wilson until the off season and that is when Wilson will be let go if the Leafs do not make the playoffs.
It is a smack in the face to all Leaf fans because the Florida Panthers who went out into the free agent market because they needed to reach the salary cap floor and are right in the playoff hunt and then there is the former Atlanta Thasers now the Winnipeg Jets have learned how to come out and win on home ice and they are not as talented as the Leafs and are struggling to win on the road but the Leafs do not show up at the ACC. Finally there is the Ottawa Senators who were supposed to be one of the worst teams in the league but right now are a point behind the Boston Bruins who are leading the division and their Brian (Murry) has gone out and made good on a tough deal to make with Danny Heatley and got back a scorer in Milan MICHALEK and then made two trades swooping players like getting KYLE TURRIS for David Rundblad and second round pick in this years draft along with trading Brian Elliot for Craig Anderson. To make thing worse JEAN-SEBASTIEN GIGUERE who was one of the Leafs goalies last season and is now one of the Colorado Avalanche goalies and who has played 29 games and Brian Elliot left Colorado after the season A.K.A. they could of had Craig Anderson in their net.
Lets see if the Leafs will ever make the playoffs ever again
Tom Mehegan
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