Public apology from Leafs brass

[Kuzzy Powers]

@ this garbage. Now being the longest tenured team in the league without a playoff appearance is downright embarrassing for this franchise. The public apology in itsself is embarrassing, instead asking for forgiveness for your let downs present a format to make things better. We gotta have the worst ownership in all of hockey.

[killgod]

don't take that for granted my fucking ass.

MLSE is the scum of sports, everything fucking wrong with sports can be summed up to that fucking organization.

[wr50l]

Greatest fans my arse.

In "North America" is a reach. In "the world" is just another embarrassing statement. They should apologize for that too.

[leaffan]

This is the first year of public apologies and such from them and I think its starting to hurt their bottom line. The slide that started in Feb. was crazy and it got the point where I personally didn't even give a fuck about the team and I started to not watch games. I'm sure someone like me who has basically watched every game over the last 3 or 4 years starting to skip out on games and cancel leafstv is what they are afraid of losing. The amount of empty seats over the last 5 or 6 home games was probably really worrysome. Granted those tickets were sold people not being in the arena buying beers and such probably dented their income by a small % point.

Whats funny is their prospect pool is a hell of a lot better now its just everyone is still young and slowly starting to emerge but this is clouded by the whole not being in the playoffs for 8 straight years and its starting to eat away at the fan base.

[wr50l]

Seems like the fans definitely turned a page lately with the waffles and the let's go Blue Jays and so on.

[leaffan]

Seems like the fans definitely turned a page lately with the waffles and the let's go Blue Jays and so on.

The not showing up was a fairly big deal.

[killgod]

I'm sure their biggest worry is the corporate boxes being well undersold.

Although people have short memories, will be packed for opening night and will be through till 2013 until they are 15th again.

[leaffan]

I'm sure their biggest worry is the corporate boxes being well undersold.

Although people have short memories, will be packed for opening night and will be through till 2013 until they are 15th again.

Yah because a fan base should just give up all hope when everyone in the league has an 0-0-0 record

:brianwilson:

[killgod]

No they should give up all hope when Lupul/Connolly/Kessel come out as their top line.

[wr50l]

Yah because a fan base should just give up all hope when everyone in the league has an 0-0-0 record

:brianwilson:

When you don't have a good team ... pretty much.

[wr50l]

Leaf is one of the more level-headed fans, and it still takes him 50 games each year to figure out the roster is shit.

[leaffan]

Leaf is one of the more level-headed fans, and it still takes him 50 games each year to figure out the roster is shit.

56 this year.

[leaffan]

No they should give up all hope when Lupul/Connolly/Kessel come out as their top line.

Yah cuz a line with Kessel and Lupul on it who were in the lead for the top scoring duo in the league up into Jan (they were ahead of Sedins btw) and then was still in the top 5 till lupul got hurt is a bad thing.

[wr50l]

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=627095

Sounds like Burke wants a copy of Getzlaf. That would definitely be an upgrade and probably give a guy like Kessel a whole lot more protection; which is relevant since Kessel is one of the softest star players in the league. Problem is playmakers built like power forwards don't grow on trees.

[wr50l]

Yah cuz a line with Kessel and Lupul on it who were in the lead for the top scoring duo in the league up into Jan (they were ahead of Sedins btw) and then was still in the top 5 till lupul got hurt is a bad thing.

Too soft, got worn down and slowed as the season went on.