diceman934
Help is on the way.
The Hockey News ranked the Leafs prospect pool 29th overall and the Leafs went out and signed more UFAs and depth players then all other 29 organizations.
This two items are connected and "Don't play the Kids" the end result of rebuilding your entire bottom 6 with aging 28-30 year old vets at bargain bin prices and reclamation projects.
When you have a plan and are attempting to building towards having an ever improving team and continuous cup competitor then its counter productive to bring in a bunch of rental players each and every season that are not a part of the long term solution.. It would be better to "play the kids" give them experience and let them grow with the team.
Leafs current strategy seems to be Win Now, and likely because coach and GM know their time is running out without positive results.
I am a big supporter of playing the kids.....but we have to have them to play them....Levio and Holland are currently the only one's who may benefit from this thought process, Ashton is not an NHL player and I believe he will be dealt... Holland is a player who will stay with the big club or traded.
What other forward has shown anything deserving of playing at the NHL level thus far. You make space for players who can take spots and play a role in the NHL....in a year or two we may not need to sign any players to fill in, but looking at our current prospect pool of forwards it maybe 3 years. Burke killed us and Nonis has not been any better....