Can't blame Grabo. He's put on a line with two stiffs who can't put the puck in the net, then demoted to the checking line in order to do a checking role. Then he's been told he's not having a good season scoring-wise when he gets half the minutes of the top players. Go figure. Personally, i would have bought out JML.
I agree wholeheartedly with this post. They misused Grabo and completely botched the entire episode. I loved to see him rip into Carlyle!
It's just too bad for the Leafs that the rules prohibit them from buying out the entire stinkin' team.
To give the Leafs credit however they are trying to erase some of the many blunders that Burkie made in his four seasons of complete failure.
Unfortunately though they're still in love with these ridiculous long-term overpaid contracts - didn't they learn anything from the Komi, Grabo, or Phaneuf signings, to name just three? Clarkson's an okay acquisition... but SEVEN FREAKIN' YEARS AT 5.25 MILLION per year - are they nuts? (And re-signing Bozak for 4 mill a year for several years compounds the idiocy.) If you're going to pay that money you should at least be getting a PLAYER. They already have Dion as the official team pylon!
