The bad results have given us yet another helping of short-sighted, emotional Toronto Maple Leafs takes.
Fire Dubas.
Fire Keefe.
Marner Sucks.
They don’t try.
They can’t score.
They can’t defend.
My feet hurt.
etc.
Frankly, it’s a little tiring. The NHL season is long and includes many ebbs and flows, some fun, some frustrating.
Toronto Maple Leafs: No Changes Needed
Ultimately the Toronto Maple Leafs should easily beat three bad teams. Except……when you’re missing five regulars from every game, you aren’t dressing a very good team.
It continues to amaze me that people were psyched up and excited when the Leafs traded for a back-up goalie and a fourth liner, but these same people do not accept that a team missing a top-five NHL defenseman, their best penalty killer, their second best defenseman, and two top-six wingers (one of whom scored at a first-line rate last season) will be negatively affected.