New Leafs Head Coach

Burke recently said Wilson was being "tuned out" by his players, it sure looks like it in this great perspective of a shot

1-8-1 in their last 10?

Well, that about does it for the Maple Leafs once again, I'm giving up hope on them for the 2012 playoffs. For a team that was in 7^th/8^th place and is now 5 points out a month ago, it's over. I've seen enough attempted comebacks and seen them all fail, each of the last 4 or so springs. Poor Toronto will be without the NHL playoffs once again.

As we look ahead to tonight's match-up against the Canadiens, Ron Wilson is no longer with us. After coaching 310 games for the Leafs with a mediocre record of 130-135-45, he's been ousted, a move I'm not surprised has come. (FI-RE-WIL-SON being yelled at home games probably helped, plus Schenn's awful pass a couple of nights ago) The Leafs look for some last-chance leadership with Randy Carlyle, coach of the Anaheim Ducks from 2005-2011.

Doesn't look too bad in blue and white, does he?

I'm not too worried about the coaching shift, Carlyle isn't a bad choice, since he was once a Maple Leaf himself, for a short time back in the late 1970's. He went on to have tenures with both Pittsburgh and Winnipeg. He has also coached Anaheim to a Stanley Cup, and who was working as his GM at the time? None other than Brian Burke. They obviously go way back, I feel this move could be one of the “missing pieces” for Toronto. Hey, maybe they have a chance after all.

NOW we're gonna win a Stanley Cup!