Wilson has to go over Christmas Break

1. Wins against Boston and Washington help make my point; the players made that happen by finding their own way to win.

2. They defend him because of the corporate culture in sports and not wanting to be the guy that rocks the boat; aside from that, I have yet to see a vigorous or emotional defense of Wilson by a Leafs player – nothing more that dispassionate monotone defenses which mean absolutely nothing.

3. How about cover pages in The Sun? Name any other market in the world that would put an AHL caliber player on the cover.

Wake up.

Is zero a number, a concept or just a way for casino to fleece it’s customers though?

Kadri has played 13 games, in which he has 6 assists. He’s been out of junior for about 1/4 of a hockey season. I have absolutely no idea what would make you think he’s not developing at a steady pace. Schenn played poorly for about half of last year, but has generally played quite well under Wilson. Bozak and Gunnarson were always long-shots to be consistent NHLers, but they’ve also only got about 120 games in the NHL combined, ie. they’ve both still got plenty of time to show what they can do.

I think there are legitimate areas to criticise Wilson over, like special teams. But I really don’t see how he’s hindered the development of the Leafs’ young players, some of whom (like Schenn, Kadri, and Kulemin) are playing pretty well right now.

Bozak, Schenn last year, Kadri, Gunnarsson, etc., all young players that don’t develop at an seady pace.

funny how you say this but ignore Grabovski, Kulemin and, on yeah Schenn THIS year

Special teams are definitely a huge failure of Wilson’s but I don’t see how you can a. pin the mistake on Burke (he didn’t hire him) and b. cherry pick which games are aberrations and which aren’t. Basically, any game they played well is a fluke by your estimation.

They don’t call it the Sophomore Slump because it’s a rare occurrence. Young players have developed well. Bozak played 37 games last year in the dog days of the year. Gunnarsson benefitted huge from percentages. If you didn’t expect some regression as they developed then you didn’t read this site enough. Schenn had a tough opening 25 games last year when he had tendonitis in his knee. Kadri? Are you serious?

Beauchemin and Komi were free agents, not trades. Beauchemin has played just fine, and Phaneuf is exactly as advertised. Grabovski has been one of the most consistent players on the team this year. It’s like you’re just making things up.

Kulemin started the year fine, his work just didn’t translate to points.

they suddenly stop caring and lose their pride?

hahaha yeah, that’s it. Dallas Eakins worked with Aulie about 10 games. You must think Eakins is a god. Go watch a Marlies game and I guarantee your mind will change.

Kulemin started the season slowly as he did last year?? In 2009-10 Kulemin produced 4 goals and 2 assists in the first 2 MONTHS of the season across 21 games. This season in October and November through 23 games he has produced 9 goals and 6 assists. That’s an increase from 6 points to 15 points, or almost a 300% jump… HOW THE HELL IS THAT THE SAME???

Grabovski is still inconsistent? In his first year as a Leaf, 2008-09, he produced the following splits by month: Oct (2 pts), Nov (13 pts), Dec (8 pts), Jan (3 pts), Feb (5 pts), Mar (14 pts), Apr (3 pts in 5 games) THAT is inconsistent production.

Last year in 2009-10 here are his monthly splits (don’t forget his injury and the Olympics): Oct (10 pts), Nov (6 pts), Dec (9 pts), Mar (8 pts), Apr (2 pts in 5 games) THATS A HUGE INCREASE IN CONSISTENCY…

Now how about THIS season? 2010-11: Oct (4 pts), Nov (12 pts), Dec (4 pts – in 6 games)… He started slow in October, but honestly over the past season and a bit his consistency has increased immensely. I have NO idea what team you watch.

It’s also insane to discuss Aulie’s play under Wilson when it amounts to less than 10 games. Beauchemin isn’t undependable. Komisarek WAS undependable before the Leafs got his injury prone ass, and Phaneuf was traded precisely because he was UNDEPENDABLE. WTF… SERIOUSLY.

I don’t think you read enough of the posts here. Players don’t through scoring slumps. It’s what happens regularly. Grabovski scored 6 in 5, then none in 7, then 3 in 3. That’s how the year goes. Beauch and Komi have taken a lot of flak from fans. One guy’s deserved it and Beauchemin has not.

he would have been traded for a bag of pucks last year.

Only idiots were agitating for him to be traded last year.

What would you call consistently scoring? Maybe if you described what that looked like we could see what players meet your definition.

But every player in the league goes through stretches where they don’t score. Stamkos and Ovechkin both went through stretches earlier in the year where they didn’t pick up a goal for 6 or 7 games. No one is so consistent that they never have small gaps like that.

A lot of people, knowledgeable hockey writers, were calling for him to be traded last year as you have to admit, it didn’t seem like he was going to get rid of his mercurial nature and focus.

They weren’t knowledgeable on the topic if they were calling for him to be traded. He was a dominant force in getting the puck moving in the right direction. He wasn’t scoring as much as people had hoped but everything else was strong.

Yes he is a roadrunner out there every night, but too often he doesn’t channel that energy properly and appears to be running all over creation.

Advanced stats show that’s just not true. You don’t dominate in those if you’re just running around like a chicken with your head cut off.

Missed that. Keith fucking Acton? Jesus wept.

I have to work Christmas Eve because “Christmas Day falls on a Saturday”…you know, a workweek is Monday-Friday.