The Leafs

THE TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS ARE A JOKE…
IF THE TEAM PLAYED IN FLORIDA IT WOULD NOT MATTER…
HOWEVER…BECAUSE IT PLAYS IN TORONTO…IT DOES…
LIKE IT OR NOT…
SOUTHERN ONTARIO IS THE BIGGEST HOCKEY MARKET IN THE WORLD…
IT WOULD BE LIKE THE TAMPA BAY RAYS CALL YANKEE STADIUM HOME…
WORD HAS IT THE LEAFS PLAN TO HIRE DAVE NONIS…AS PART OF A BIGGER PLAN THAT WOULD ULTIMATELY RE-UNITE NONIS WITH HIS OLD BOSS AND FRIEND BRIAN BURKE…
AS YOU MAY KNOW…BURE STILL HAS A YEAR LEFT ON HIS CONTRACT IN ANAHEIM…AND HAS REFUSED TO SIGN A 10 YEAR OFFER FROM THE DUCKS…
WITH ANY OTHER CITY THIS RUMOR WOULD BE LAUGHED OFF…
BUT THIS IS TORONTO…AND KEEP THIS IN MIND…
THE LEAFS A TEAM THAT LAST WENT TO A CUP FINAL THE YEAR ELVIS AND PRISCILLA GOT MARRIED…
WHO KNEW THOSE TWO HAD A MUCH BRIGHTER FUTURE…
NHL COMMISSIONER GARY BETTMAN IS KEEPING AN EYE ON THIS WHOLE DOG AND PONY SHOW BECAUSE IT SMELLS WORSE THAN LOW TIDE IN STEVESTON…
THE ST. LOUIS BLUES WERE THE LAST TO GET CAUGHT TAMPERING AND IT COST THEM A FIRST ROUND DRAFT CHOICE AND $1.4 MILLION DOLLARS IN FINES…
THAT EXPLAINS THE REACTION OF BURKE YESTERDAY WHEN HE WAS TOLD OF THIS LATEST DEVELOPMENT INVOLVING NONIS…
QUOTE…”THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ME”…
THE TRUTH IS…IT HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH BURKE…
DESPITE ALL THE DOUBLE TALK COMING FROM THE LEAFS…
THEIR SEARCH COMMITTEE HAS ONLY ONE NAME ON ITS LIST…BRIAN BURKE…
NOT BECAUSE BURKE IS THE BEST MAN FOR THE JOB…BUT INSTEAD BECAUSE BURKE IS THE BEST MAN FOR THE SITUATION…
THE LEAFS ARE AN EXPANSION TEAM…NO THEY’RE WORSE THAN AN EXPANSION TEAM…
NOT ONLY DO THEY HAVE VERY FEW PROSPECTS IN THEIR SYSTEM…THEY ARE ALSO HANDCUFFED TO A BUNDLE OF NO TRADE CONTRACTS…
ULTIMATELY THE BLAME BELONGS TO THE CEO RICHARD PEDDIE…BUT THERE’S NO WAY HE’S GOING TO TELL THE SHAREHOLDERS THIS FRANCHISE NEED 5 YEARS AND 10’S OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO CLEAN UP HIS MESS…
THAT’S WHERE BURKE COMES IN…
IN THE END HE WON’T FIX THE PROBLEM…BUT HE CERTAINLY WILL CREATE A DISTRACTION…
WHEN ALL THE SMOKE CLEARS IN A FEW YEARS FROM NOW…
TRUST ME…THE LEAFS WILL STILL BE A JOKE…