[cferneyh]

Goal scoring wasn't the Leafs biggest problem last year, shoddy D, poor goaltending plus add some injuries on top of that, thats a perfect recipie for missing the playoffs, they seemed to have fixed some of the problems, they need to dump McCabe or Kubina for someone more reliable. There Leafers, that's the nicest thing you'll get from me all year, bask in it.

Actually, I know most wouldn't realize it given that the lazy Toronto media can't seem to grasp it, but the Leafs' D was fine last year. They were 8th in the league shots against, but 25th in GAA. In other words, the D were pretty effective at limiting other teams' chances, but the piece of crap between the pipes was Cloutier-esque in puck-stopping ability. That's why it was so tough to stomach Raycrap coming out and saying he thought he had a good season because "he" won 37 games.

That's why I love the Toskela move. As for Blake, well, we'll see. But I'd prefer Blake at $4 million per than Ryan Smyth at $6 million per, especially since Smyth is approaching that age where most guys who have taken the kind of beating he has start to break down physically. And I mean let's face it: $30 million + for a guy who has never had more than 70 points and has never scored 40 goals?!?

Anyway, I know this is popular place to bash JFJ, but I like what he's done so far this off-season: added Toskela, Bell, and Blake while dropping Yanic Perreault, Jeff O'Neill, Mike Peca, Travis Green and Bates Battaglia.