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Nothing But Hot Air From Burke
by Paul on 11/21/09 at 08:12 AM ET
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from Joe Warmington of the Toronto Sun,
Despite all of the bombastic banter, and off-season acquisitions, the Leafs at the 20-game mark have won just three and lost 17. Spare us the argument that overtime or shootout losses are ties!
The “pugnacity, testosterone, truculence and belligerence” Burke promised seems to have instead become poor, pathetic, pitiful and pomposity.
Still Burke woos always wishful Leafs Nation with sweet-talking BS about “like a movie” one day the Leafs will “ride off with the girl on the horse followed by a parade.”
Problem is this movie so far is a flop and a lot of Burke’s promises so far have amounted to nothing but hot air as we saw with the charade he played while in Anaheim when he was rumoured to come here?
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Stil don’t under stand the Kessel trade…could have had him for Kaberle and a #1. But spends two #1s and a #2…...it’s not like Toronto was going to be competitive this year in any way shape or form…Why not just trade Kaberle for a #1 then you would have three #1s compared to right now. This team is going to stink for a long time. Ha ha ha
Posted by kevin from boston on 11/21/09 at 10:32 AM ET
Kaberle has been quite good for Toronto this year, though. If they had traded him they would be even worse. I think the Kessel trade was worth doing, but the price was high for the team to play at this point.
They didn’t look to be this bad at the start of the season - I thought they might be just good enough to sneak into the playoffs, barely, but more likely around 10th-ish. If so, then the first round pick wouldn’t look so bad for Kessel.
Their initial goaltending woes put them so far behind everyone else that they have an impossible mountain to climb.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 11/21/09 at 11:47 AM ET
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That sums up “Leafs Nation” pretty well. What other option does one have but to create one’s own reality when you’re a fan of one of the most dysfunctional and under-achieving franchises in sports the last half-decade?
Keep selling out the ACC for a massively-inferior product. The teachers of Ontario are laughing all the way to the bank.
Posted by Red Winger from Sault Ste Marie on 11/21/09 at 10:05 AM ET