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08:24 AM ET 07.03 | Brian Burke continues to move slowly -- some might say wisely -- into free agency, with no marquee names landing in Toronto, but there may be another factor. [Toronto] is far from a preferred destination for the top end of any free agent crop. It may not have always been that way. When Burke first arrived here, it was probably easier to get players and agents around the league to buy into the buzz. One of the sport's biggest personalities landing in maybe its biggest market was tantalizing. Getting Phil Kessel as a bonafide superstar right out of the hop, plus the declaration that he wasn't interested in a five-year rebuild made the Leafs at least intriguing. That plan has changed, of course.
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"That plan has changed, of course."
An understatement, if I ever read one.
Leafs elimination:
W2: February 15
Garbage Man: March 15
Rex Racer: March 25
Darkphoenixe: March 27
Stranger: April 1
Phantomphan MMT: April 2
Canuck, eh?: April 4
bruins6988: April 6
Nard Dog: April 8
puttin on the foil: April 9
drysdale: April 10
Argo: April 12
Swamp Dragon: April 24
dannylimes: May 10
Burke's firing:
puttin on the foil: January 12
W2: February 20
Garbage Man: March 18
Rex Racer: March 25
Slapshot: April 1
Darkphoenixe: April 9
Phantomphan MMT: April 13
Canuck, eh?: April 14
Stranger: April 15
Argo: April 16
drysdale: April 20
Nard Dog: June 1
bruins6988: None (no extension)
dannylimes: None (new 3-year deal)
Swamp Dragon: None (5-year extension)
Stranger
Pearl City, HI
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I still say they make the playoffs.
As far as no one coming?
It's the story of a once proud franchise in the crappier because of shoddy owership
Spiny Norman
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Phil Kessel a bonafide superstar? Dude can play but bonafide superstar....only in the eyes of the Sun.
Garbage Man
Harrisburg , PA
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^ DWI couldn't give a ****.
PensFanDealWithIt
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how do you really feel?
drysdale
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Top players avoiding Maple Leafs?
It's the Kessel effect.
THE BISHOP!
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Leafs elimination: March 19
Burke's Firing: March 20
Puck082
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Top players avoiding Maple Leafs?
Curious. Who wouldn't want to play for a crusty, curmudgeonly, old school coach backed up by a drunken power addict in a market that thinks Stuff Puft is a superstar? Very curious, indeed.
Canuck eh?
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They're signing in the peg for a discount.
kingduck
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The Toronto Teacher's Union is shoddy ownership?
Burgh-Fan
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Maybe not shoddy....................but perhaps stoopid? Without a clue? Inept? Hopeless? Strange? Inexplicable? Weird? Incompetent? Fill-in-the-blank.
Slapshot
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if they are anything like the UFT here...absolutely
Spiny Norman
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Fun to watch...from a distance
drysdale
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Boss: is the work you've handed in competent?
Curly: Why coitainly, we're all incompetent!
Spiny Norman
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Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk!!
hbomb
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Absolutely!!!!!
Canuck eh?
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Here we go!
Nobody expects…
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A+ for that one Spiny.
Slapshot
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