It’s autumn and the Leafs are falling.

I know this topic is very controversial because the Leafs are one of the most popular teams in the league, but it is time to face the facts that our beloved Leafs are falling quickly.  After have a mediocre 6-3 record in the pre-season, the Leafs have failed to win a single game two weeks into the season.  Starting 0-5-1 was not what I was expecting when Burke promised us Leaf fans a better season this year.  Now I know that it is early in the season, and that the Leafs have not played their best hockey so far, but they are currently the laughing stock of the NHL at this point being placed 30th out of a possible 30.  Now you’re probably saying that this guy is not a Leafs fan, but I am, and have been for as long as I could remember.  Right now I am an upset Leafs fan, waiting for the Leafs to start winning some games.  Now people are probably saying, “wait till Phil Kessel comes back from injury”.  Why did the Leafs trade away two first-round picks and a second round pick for a guy who has never gotten more then 60 points (which was last season, and 37 points the year before) and pay him 27 million over 5 years?  Because the Leafs like to pay players more then they are actually worth.  Let’s just take a look at the Leafs defensive line-up.  Only one guy on their defensive line-up should be making more then 4 million dollars, and that guy is undoubtedly Tomas Kaberle.  Before being signed by the Leafs last season to a 3.5 million dollars a year contract, Jeff Finger had played 94 regular season games in the NHL.  Does 94 nhl games provide a new team with experience or even promise of being good?  The reason I point this out is because the Leafs pay guys like this that kind of money when guys such as Dennis Wideman, Brent Seabrook and Cam Barker or making the same type of money.  The reason I bring this up is that the Leafs always over-pay their players after a strong season instead of bringing in solid individuals that can do the job for less and bring in big NHL names like free agents during this summer Marian Gaborik, Martin Havlat or even Marian Hossa.   This is the first of many articles if the Leafs do not decide to pick up their act and start playing real hockey.

Yours truly,

F***ING PISSED OFF LEAF FAN