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The Calm Before The Storm

from David Shoalts of the Globe and Mail,

The optimism that abounds with every team as the NHL season approaches does not fit with the Toronto Maple Leafs.

You cannot shake the feeling that this is the calm before the storm, the final days of the latest administration that failed to turn the Leafs into a champion. The signals are everywhere that the board of directors of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment has the plunger poised to blow things up come spring.

First, there was no sign of the contract extension supposedly promised to general manager John Ferguson. He is entering the final season of his contract. Making the playoffs is the only thing that will save him.

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