All of you calling for Brian Burke's head need to chill the fuck out. So he didn't sign the Sedins, Cammalerri, or Gaborik. A lot of other teams didn't either. I know every Toronto Maple Leafs fan is jonesing for the playoffs but in case you forgot that's not the goal for the upcoming season. We don't exactly have the cap room either even if it was. We're rebuilding right now, and I'm actually glad that we are. We haven't gone on a legitimate playoff run since 2002 and after 6 years (okay I'll give you 5 because of the lockout) of early exits from the post-season, or going on pointless runs down the stretch to try to squeak into the playoffs (resulting in a shitty draft spot), I'm glad management finally decides that we need to start over. It's the second year of the rebuilding project and the first off-season run by Brian Burke. He has a Stanley Cup on his resume, something this city hasn't seen since Lester B. Pearson was the Prime Minister (I couldn't think of anything else that happened in 1967, Expo '67 maybe?), so he's not stupid. If you need an example, look no farther than the 2009 Stanley Cup Champion Pittsburgh Penguins. From the 2001-2002 season to the 2005-2006 season, the Penguins were beyond awful. The team was in serious financial troubles too (something we'll never have to worry about in Toronto), but the very next season they qualified for the playoffs. They lost in the first round, the next year they made the finals, and the season after that they were hoisting the Stanley Cup. Over all those years, they turned their horrible regular seasons into high draft picks, adding other players along the way.
So if you want to see the team sign some big name goal scorer (who'd come here now anyway?) and watch the the team either miss or just get into the playoffs and get bounced quickly by a better team, then I guess you have a good reason to complain.
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