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As much as Wilson can be a little egotistical and arrogant, (maybe not a bad thing in Toronto) His winning percentage is excellant. The knock on him is he hasn't won a Stanley Cup with the Sharks.
Just because your Team is a Cup favourite during the regular season does not guarantee Stanley success. It's the playoffs!
Fletcher would do well to let Sundin take a hike. Much can be done with 8 million dollars after 13 yrs of The Swede we've seen enough of him.
Let him walk!
He's a number 2 center on a good team!
I doubt very much he can repeat the type of season he had last year & Toronto needs to stop rewarding players based on past performance. If you're going to re-build...then do it. Big time!

The "Rainman" photo is a little disconcerting though...
"I'm an excellant driver, yeah."

He's not going to win any Cups with Toronto either.
Baun-ded: Do you think he'll fly Quantas from California to Toronto for the interview (LOL).

Popking> I don't think so. No. Definately not.
Wapner in 10 minutes.

It was disgusting how NBC didn't mention at all the death of Luc bourdon of the Canucks.
To add insult to injury, they ran an ad over the moment of silence as well as the anthem. Really bad judgement.
It's also a shame that NBC can't put out half decent announcers. Everyone of them is brutal especially Pierre McGuire. What an annoying little insect!
NBC should put Chris Cuthbert on as their main play by play man.

Robert

JohnBooth:
Try to watch hockey on a Canadian network. If you cant get one, I feel sorry for you. The American networrks don't know $h!+ about hockey, and the only reason they're showing hockey is because it's re-run season.

Baun,

I agree with you on Wilson. He is a fine coach. He would be a good fit in Toronto, he is experienced with the media and focus that is put on the sport there.

I also agree with your point on Sundin. Let him go. Personally, I believe he is garbage for not accepting a trade (which would have been for all of three months) and then jump ship the following year. He has always been paid large to play in Toronto, so it is difficult to feel sorry for him. Yes, he has had some weak linemates, but hardly anyone has made his money during his era. 8 million can add lots of depth to this team, which it needs more than a #1 centreman at the moment.

Robert... NBC's game intro featured a picture of Bourdon with Doc Emrick giving well-wishes to the Bourdon family, the Canucks family, and the NHL family in general. It then faded into commercial. While I agree that Bourdon should have gotten more airtime - especially with the moment of silence and the anthem, NBC didn't completely leave out Bourdon.

And for the record, Wilson is a great fit in Toronto... but they will need a heck of a lot more than him to be a real force again. I think it may be time to let Sundin walk...

Their 1st priority is finding a coach? Hahhahaha. Isnt finding a GM and a president their 1st priority? What happens if the GM comes in and he doesnt like Wilson? Fire him 1 month into the job? Thats not egg all over their faces.

I have to agree with baun-ded,rebuild,rebuild,rebuild.

Toronto brass:this is how its done,just read my comments and you will be saved.

Fire Peddie
Hire a hockey person for president.
Get that pres. to hire a GM.
The GM has to find HIS coach.
Let Mats walk.
Trade Kubina for a good prospect.
Trade McCabe to the Island for good prospects.
Buy-out Blake.
Buy-out Raycrap.

Is it that hard? I'm pretty sure baun-ded has a better plan,but lets start from here shall we?

Any other suggestions?

Boston> It is quite likely that the Leafs are going to wait on Burke. Therefore Wilson will have a year to show what he can do. If successfull will probably get an extention..if not, the Leafs have lost nothing as Burke will bring in his own people anyways.
There is, believe it or not, a long term plan in the works here.
As far as a plan...
Peddie can't be fired, so...
Cliff will remain in place until things clear up on the Burke front.
Meanwhile the Leafs still have a season of hockey in front of them.
A good and proven coach is a good start under the circumstances.
I agree, Mats goes.
Trading McCabe might not be that simple.
Blake has to be better than he was last year and will improve his stock so that perhaps the Leafs can make a deal for him at the next trade deadline.
I don't mind Kubina that much. He is pretty much paid what he is worth.
Raycroft will be gone.
Money from letting Mats walk will be useful for F/As.
Firesales never produce positive results Boston...Patience is the key here. I'd give Blake a longer look under a new coach as well as some others. I'm not convinced that Wellwood isn't useful either. Again...I didn't ever care much for Maurice and his smart mouth.

They either took this photo for his passport or they took it right after he was fired.

you can hire scotty bowman, mike babcock and jesus christ but if you don't get the horses behind you it's difficult to win. Everyone blames Paul Maurice but he wasn't playing defence, forward or goalie. He coached Detroit Jr wings when I played in the OHL and he had a great team and they won. Do you think Scotty Bowman would take the Leafs job?

They offered Scotty the job and he said he'd take it a few years back... but the Leafs don't want to give him total control.... because, they know better then him, pfft.

bostongm... they'd have to buy-out McCabe too. NOBODY is gonna take him at his salary,

Can someone buy out Rick Piddie & Co? That's the only way out of this mess for the Leafs. Get rid of those useless fat cats that know diddly squat about hockey!

get used to that pose,as you,ll constantly be asking god almighty why you took the job.

I guess Wilson's going to be the next scape goat for why Toronto won't win the cup. Much more needs to be done. I agree fully with Bostongm. They need to do at least that much before anything else can be taken seriously.

this just in......Brian Burke's wife is not keeping her job in Vancouver. The rumor mill says that's a step closer to Brian coming to Toronto. Whatever, wake me if he is actually here.