“If he were in Toronto, they would have traded him 70 times, shot him six times, condemned his parents four times,” roared Burke. Second, Toronto is now the place where there is never any controversy, and the Leafs have become the organization that doesn’t react to anything. Generally, things just roll along these days with the Leafs, and with Lamoriello in charge you know there’s never any chance something rash will be done. The Leafs won’t say what’s wrong with Matthews, and because the NHL lets its teams get away with such nonsense, that’s what the Leafs do. But few Leaf fans would prefer the way it used to be to the way it is now.

Source: thestar November 14, 2017 01:41 UTC