You can't throw Reimer in every single time. You know Toronto is going to get shelled and having him getting killed night in and out isn't going to help. I like the idea of spliting the duties with Giggy because it gives him experience and doesn't over work him. It's the perfect way to develop the goalie. Toronto next season needs to do this with Reimer and Gustovson and get them both time and make sure they are both ready. The competition will help them both.
You got to know what he says to the media isn't true. A little note, we had a Junior B coach here get fired because he basically said about the team not playing well "we will be fine for playoffs". He said that because in the division of 9 teams, 8 making the playoffs everyone was in the playoffs as the bottom team had 3 wins all season. But his comments got him fired because they thought he was coasting through the season till playoff time.
Toronto is only 8 points back, which isn't really a lot when you figure there is still 28 or so games to be played. The bottom of the East is wide open right now, and three toronto wins puts them right in the hunt. Will they make the playoffs? Probably not. There next four games are against Bruins, Sabres, Islanders and Senators, then can easily (well should) pick up 4-6 points between those teams which puts them right in the race. Rangers are playing like shit right now, Carolina and Atlanta are winning as much as they lose, so it isn't hard to think they could be up there.
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No the Kessel trade did not set them back. Seguin has been a health scratch for the last like 7 games. Kessel is a 30+ goal scorer. The problem is ther is no one on the team to set him up and give him the chances. Every big time goal scorer in the league has someone setting them up. Stamkos has St. Louis, Sedin has Sedin, Corey Perry has Getzlaf, where as Kessel has who? Bozak? MacAruthur, Kulemin? No one these guys are top line players. Now yes, Kessel has sucked lately, and he should be able to pot in a few goals here and there, 13 games is a bit much even for him with no one. But I would bet good money that if Toronto got a legit first line center, you could easily see Kessel getting 35-40 goals a season, maybe more.
You have to figure the deal Seguin is atleast 2-4 years out of being a "top player" and Kessel is basically one now. Boston is most likely not getting a top 5 pick this year, and the draft is not super deep. They just need a top line centre. You can go up and down the top 10 list of goal scorer's and pick their partners out.
The tough guy approach may not be the best approach anymore. Burke does seem to be bringing in size rather then skill. But the thing is he can only do so much with what he has. Who is he going to trade away for a first line scorer? He needs to be very active in the free agency period because they do not have the depth to trade away people for scoring.
