As much as my Leaf-hating friends might hate it, Eric Duhatschek stated in today's Globe & Mail that recent events leave "the rebuilding Toronto Maple Leafs with potentially the best chance of any Canadian team to get back in the winner's circle within a reasonable time frame." Based on his reasoning, I find it hard to disagree with this statement. It all depends on what Burkie is able to do over the summer, but if you give him and Nonis time and resources, Toronto is going to have a very good team on the ice, provided MLSE (read: Richard Peddie) does not get in the way!
I feel bad for the Canucks and their fans, but that was a Class A meltdown versus the Blackhawks in the second round and Luongo was roundly outplayed by Khabibulin, to most people's surprise/chagrin. And Canada continues to wait for their Cup--16 years and counting...
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"The rebuilding Toronto Maple Leafs with potentially the best chance of any Canadian team to get back in the winner's circle within a reasonable time frame."
Jesus is also coming back "within a reasonable time frame."
How can you call what happened to the Canucks a "Class A meltdown"? They got outplayed by a faster, tougher, more skilled team. Disappointing - yes - but hardly what I would call a meltdown ...
Randy "there's always next year" Hein
Oh Randy, their performance in Game 6 was atrocious and there were no excuses for it other than the fact that they played like a bunch of damn sissies. Outshot every game, no hitting, and Luongo looked...ordinary, to be honest. You are right, they did get outplayed but to me, it was pretty tragic. They should have been way more in that series than they were.
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