Ed Snider is the only man capable of beating Eugene Melnyk for the title of the worst NHL owner. This man sticks his nose in every Philly decision, and quite honestly, has ruined this team from its SCF days.
What do they do after the have a successful playoff run? Trade their 2 best players for nothing but forwards. Then what do they do? Trade an emerging PWF for a slow dman (thanks Philly!). Then they go out and get a system goalie on a ridiculous contract, and play him in the most ill suited situations, and use him as a scapegoat 1.5 seasons into the contract.
And now, they fire their coach THREE games into the season
If it wasn't for Giroux, the team would be bottom 10 for the next 5 years.
This organization has zero patience, and zero plans for building their team. They just put together a million top 6 forwards, and half assed it at the other end of the ice. Where the **** were they when Bernier/Thomas were up for grabs? Not getting Bernier might be the biggest mistake this team has made after the JVR move. We didn't even pay a premium price. We got a nice deal for him.
Leafs have won all their games while playing crap D so far. We also have the greatest turnover ratio. Really need to cut down on these and focus on defence. Once we start playing serious teams, it will bite us in the *** (no disrespect to Montreal and Ottawa, but they are pretenders). We should win tonight against the Avs. We are one of the rare teams in the league who can match them offensively. Defensively, it shouldn't even be close. If we play a sound game, and Bernier plays like Bernier, we will win.
GO LEAFS GO!!!