It's been obvious for months now that the Maple Leafs are in trouble. The scorers cannot score and the defense has been shoddy at best. If not for the decent goaltending of J.S. Giguere this team would be competing for last in the league.

 

Brian Burke has been doing his best to bring in the right kind of players to fit with the chemistry of the team, but so far it is a science experiment gone wrong. Phil Kessel, Mike Komisarek, and the recently traded Kris Versteeg are fine examples of pieces to the puzzle that either don't fit or haven't proven their worth.

 

We've seen plenty of examples in the league of a team making a blockbuster deal, only to have it blow up in their face. The prime example in this case is New Jerseys signing of the 100 million dollar man Ilya Kovalchuk who has only recently decided to show up for work.

In recent years the teams that have hoisted the cup were bottom dwellers for a few seasons only to rise to the top. The days when rebuilding through trades is slowly being shoved aside for the tried and true method of rebuilding through the draft. The question will be whether it was worth selling the future to have instant gratification, or disappointment depending on who you ask. The jury is out until, if and when, the Leafs make the playoffs.

Hockey Gods, Toronto Maple Leafs, Jeff McTiernan

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