There has been conflicting thoughts on how long the Toronto Maple Leafs rebuild will actually be after the hiring of Mike Babcock and Lou Lamoriello. USA Today’s decorated columnist, Kevin Allen, had this to say in a recent post regarding a multiple-year rebuilding process for the Toronto Maple Leafs.
“However, it is difficult to believe that either Babcock or Lamoriello expects it to take that long. These guys are too proud, too effective and they hate losing too much to accept the notion that this needs to be a five-year plan. Clearly the Maple Leafs aren’t going to win the Stanley Cup during the next two seasons, but no one who knows Lamoriello’s or Babcock’s history would be surprised if the Maple Leafs are competing for a playoff spot in 2016-17.