The Toronto Maple Leafs signed Victor Mete earlier this summer, and the fans did not go crazy.
The reason that Toronto Maple Leafs fans did not widely celebrate the acquisition of Victor Mete has way more to do with the team’s philosophy than the player himself.
The Leafs employ a “studs and duds” approach to the salary cap whereby they have committed to a large core of players and constantly change out cheap player (the duds) in search of guys who out-perform their contracts.
That means that every summer we all get eight or nine new players to learn about, most of whom won’t last longer than a cup of coffee.