Because he's one of my favorite people in the world, I'm showcasing a two-pack of posts over at mf37's Bitter Leaf Fan Page; a name far too apt at the moment.
Sportsnet’s Michael Grange filed a piece on the Leafs yesterday that drew some surprising kudos on twitter from a few folks I admire.
When I questioned the love for his piece, Grange was a very good sport and responded in kind (I cannot imagine the chirping these guys have to put up with and I honestly commend Grange for responding with good humour to the likes of me).
That said, I had a number of issues with his piece, but two in particular – it was built on a really slipshod foundation and it came to rather bizarre conclusion. Let’s take a look: (you heard the man, go take a look)
Setting the Course in September: Paying the Price in March
As a Leafs fan, I’d like to see the team address three key issues in the off-season:
- Bring in a capable goalie who can step-in if (more likely when) Reimer can’t get the job done
- Replace Ron Wilson with a coach who can fix the penalty kill and implement a system with more structure
- Move to acquire a few older D (who can actually play D) to eat tough minutes, settle this team down and get the development curves of the F and D more aligned.
It would be great if this team set a new course next September.
Head on over there and give his full stories a read. More after the jump.
Leafs Links
Kohma is not a big fan of Burke's Monday.
BCP wants more than a quaterback (This works better were this is a football blog).
Burke Should Have Started Rebuilding (Monday)
Ayup.
Mike at VLM wants to know.
Game Recaps
Other Links
Dirty Dangle with a non-Gretzky record that will never be broken.
DGB brings us other days to look forward to on our calendars.
