Given that Babs just signed a $50 million dollar contract, I don't know how more plainly he could have said that the entire team imbibes hippo testicles than by opining that years of pain are to follow. Here's some free advice for him: As I have stated before: The quickest way to blow up the team is to send them on a golf vacation to Malaysia on, of course, Malaysian Airlines.
According to the Leaf apologists on this board, Burke and mini-Burke (Nonutts), did a great job. Why then is it necessary to rebuild after a half dozen years of their expert stewardship?
You heard it here first: Babs will not finish the term of his contract in TO. He will become just another of the legion of those paid not to perform for the Leafs. Armstrong, Randy Carlyle, Frattin, Horton, Nonis, Scrivens, Tucker are not doing anything for the Leafs but are getting some or all of their renumeration from the Leafs. (It could be argued that Kessel and Captain Pylon should be added to that list.)