Moderation at the NHL trade deadline has been the Maple Leafs’ M.O. in previous years, but this is a team coming to grips with the big idea that most of its other big ideas weren’t great
If the goal is excitement , the just-completed NHL trade deadline was an all-timer. Instead of the usual shrill hype, we got actual follow through. Congratulations to everyone in the league and welcome to the 21st century.
Managing a hockey team isn’t like working for The Co-Operators. The goal isn’t modest, reliable returns. The objective should be victory or death.are currently enjoying a break in the clouds. The NHL’s favourite peek-a-boo team – ‘Here I am! Now I’m gone!’ – isn’t doing anything special on the ice. But there are signs of life off it.
A better headline would be “Almost Last Chance.” You are watching a team coming to grips with the big idea that most of its other big ideas weren’t great.. Having drawn a couple of winning numbers in the draft, the idea was to let the team coalesce at its own pace. The choice of GM – a numbers-based technocrat – suggested an organizational emphasis on prudence and incremental change.Moderation isn’t the worst philosophy for a sports franchise, but it’s low reward. If it works, great.
Say this much for the Edmonton Oilers – another obsessed-over, perpetually wrong-footed franchise that should be great but isn’t. When the Oilers fail, they do it with panache. They don’t just collapse. They collapse withAre the Leafs good now that they’ve got Luke Schenn back? I have no idea and neither do you. You thought the Leafs were good last year, and the year before that, and you were wrong.
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