Wow... Toronto? Really?

Here's a fitting summary of tonight's game. Toronto wins 7-4. Terrible Toronto just beat the Avs. Stewart had the first Avs goal. Hejduk had two. Liles had a nice one from a bit out on the dot. Hejduk had another that was called back on a most ridiculous display of officiating. And the snowball took off and the Leafs became an unstoppable machine. Not the finest night of Raycroft's career, against his former team. And Tucker's former team. Again, the first line looked the best. Poor Cumiskey finally got some ice time and then lost an edge, hit the boards, and left with an injury. Honestly, he looked a lot like Stastny when he blocked the shot that broke his arm.

This one was really just brutal to witness. It was Toronto, of all the teams. At this point, the return of Stastny is going to be like the second coming of Christ... or have absolutely no impact on a mediocre team putting forth a rather pathetic performance. Sakic won't even return soon enough to make an impact either way. I don't know if Foppa, in the best shape of his life, could save this sinking ship.

My advice: Get a goaltender that our team can rally behind. One that is solid and can keep us in a game when the rest of the team is blowing it. Devise a new game strategy and implement it immediately, because ours stinks worse now than before the break. The first line works, but we need a second line that we can depend on as well. Svatos, Stewart,Hensick/Willsie/Guite (My first choice would be Jones but he is out with a shoulder injury, my second choice would be Cumiskey at winger - but now he's out too-; Hell I'd throw McLeod or McCormick out there). Granato hasn't impressed us much either.

Maybe the real problem is that Lacroix was losing his edge so he eased out and let Giguere take over and now Giguere really has no idea how to make us a true contender. This could also be happening because Kroenke is handicapping us with no budget because he has too many teams around the world and it seems he considers the Nuggets his bread and butter.

There better be some good trade talks going on in war-rooms somewhere.