How ’bout them Leafs, eh?
I know, I know, I know. I talked smack all summer about how my Leafs might not be great this year, but they’d be better. I mentioned how we’d at least be better than the Phoenix Coyotes.
So far this season, Phoenix is 3 and 2. Toronto is 0 and 5 with one tie hanging out there.
The guy above at left is Brian Burke, the general manager for the Leafs. I looked all over for his email address, but apparently he hasn’t made it public. Whatev. I’m going to post my plea here.
Brian, you’ve got to show those boys that they have to care about playing hockey. With even the mediocre talent we have, we should be better than we are. Here’s what I propose: take everyone who has a two way contract and send them down to the AHL. Scratch everyone who doesn’t have a two way contract. Let the Toronto Marlies (the farm team) players play our next game. Yep, you heard me, let the farm team play our next game. You don’t have time to mess around with their lines or their defensive schemes. Let them do what they do. Let those boys play a game in the N… teach the “big boys” what it means to value the game.
I might be crazy. But it might just work.
Hope he’s listening. I had to be in my car a few times for work this week and it seemed every time I turned on CBC radio they had some analyst (or call in guests) discussing “what’s wrong with the Leafs”
One guy said all they needed was a road trip (coming up)
Hey Dude,
so I was watching the leaf’s game at work on cbc’s website, and I was chatting with one of the CBC guys, i mentioned your idea about switching out the marlies for the regular players. He thought it wasn’t a half-bad idea.
just read in the Star on the weekend that tickets are now going for half price. let’s hope that in the near future they have to win in order to be the most profitable team in hockey…