Question Period – Leafs Edition

by on November 11, 2010 in Opinion - 299 Comments

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The Toronto Maple Leafs continue its descent to the Eastern Conference basement. Now one loss shy from matching its eight-game losing steak of last season, which resulted in a 29th place finish, the Leafs are a carcass for the hockey world to tear apart.

Fire this guy, trade this guy, call-up this guy, demote this guy or put this guy on a different line… we’ve heard it all from the analysts. Now I want to hear what the Leafs’ faithful have to say about their team’s free-fall in the standings.

So, without further ado, here’s 10 questions for you all:

1) Should Ron Wilson get fired? Explain.

2) Is it time for Nazem Kadri to play for the Leafs? Or should he remain in the American Hockey League and continue to develop?

3) If the Leafs are to trade one of its defensemen, who would you choose between Mike Komisarek, Francois Beauchemin and Tomas Kaberle? Why?

4) Who should Brian Burke target to help end the Leafs’ dismal scoring-drought?

5) Is a trade even necessary right now? If not, why?

6) Do you think Dion Phaneuf and Tomas Kaberle would benefit offensively from an upgraded top-six unit?

7) Will the line combinations of Kulemin-Grabovski-Kessel and MacArthur-Bozak-Versteeg help light a fire under the Leafs?

8 ) If Burke waits until the off-season to bolster the forward ranks, are the playoffs still attainable?

9) Do you think Kris Versteeg will develop into a 60-point player in Toronto? Or has Burke already lost the trade?

10) By the end of the 2010-11 season, who will no longer don the Blue and White, in your opinion?

You stay classy, MLHS.

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  • BurkiewillFINISHthis

    the_cause2000 wrote:

    Trade for Scott Gomez

    I can not believe no one has jumped all over this one….haha.

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  • Bring the Cup Home

    we should have traded those 4 guys last year for a forward, not phaneuf. now that we have him, we need to find a dance partner who needs one of our D-men and who’ll give us back a forward. we are way to lopsided in our spending on D compared to forwards. once this changes we should be much better.

    but i don’t want to lose kaberle or schenn.

    schenn is out best defenseman. and kaberle’s skill set is unique. one of komi/beacuh, or dare i say our captain should be traded. we should not have made dion captain. talk about entitlement! didn’t burke say he was getting rid of the feeling of entitlement in this organization?? what had dion done to DESERVE the captaincy?? played half a season with us? looked pretty good doing it?? played great his first two seasons in the league? i don’t get it. we should have kept him as he was….and seen how it unfolded. that would have given us more options to trade him as well. burke should be taking calls on he, komi and beauch. only problem is….who’s calling for phaneuf or komi. their salaries are too high for what they deliver.

    come trade deadline you might find a desperate team with an injury that needs one of those 3 maybe.

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  • rustynail

    mirtle

    Keith Aulie will make his NHL debut for Leafs tomorrow on third pairing with Brett Lebda. Aulie said he’s up to 225 pounds now.

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  • luckyluke

    Werent we doing a hell of a lot better when Mitchell and Lebda were sitting their asses in the press box? yet they are both in the line up now? Why mess with a good thing…

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  • Jordan

    @ BurkiewillFINISHthis:
    lol, kind of an inside joke we have at work. One weekend we were out dirt biking and one guy rear-ended another guy and he was pissed. The guys excuse was “relax, ITS SATURDAY”. lol, ever since then I say it at least 10 tines a day for everyday lol………carry on

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  • tron

    @Loric

    That is wild, haha and no worries missed it last week glad I got a second chance.

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  • dsu24

    @ Loric:

    I wish they had MO-vember here in the U.S. would love to have a reason to see what kind of stache I could grow. Could only dream of reaching Brown status.

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  • tron

    @Burkie will finish this

    Not worried about Luke he’s been far and away our best defenseman, maybe goodbye Komi would be more fitting

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  • luckyluke

    @ dsu24:
    Exactly! thats what they were doing the first couple weeks and then ronnie tinkered with the lines and brought his love child mitchy back into the group.

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  • FanSince1990

    Isn’t jeff carter and semin ufa and rfa this offseason??

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  • rustynail

    new thread up

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  • TuckerThomas

    @ TorontoTruculent:
    Hey TT, you’re name looks a lot like mine. I’ve thought you were me at least a couple of times while quickly skimming the comments.

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  • FanSince1990

    Howd we get a first rounder this year?

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  • lonsmos2

    Jordan wrote:

    @ lonsmos2:
    Lol relax, its friday

    true and look my quote option is back…

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