Leafs vs. Sabres

For those of you Toronto Maple Leaf fans out there who watched the Leafs/Sabres game (Mon., Oct. 15), you will surely be able to tell me who netted the game winning goal. Yes, indeed it was Bryan McCabe, the "7 million dollar man". Now, we all know that Bryan McCabe, who was recently (and incomprehensibly) selected for the Canadian olympic team, and also re-signed by the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 5-year, $7 mil/year deal, doesn't have the softest hands in the league. We all know that he gives up odd man rushes, even when he's playing the power play. And we all know that he can't really play defence, despite the fact that he plays the blueline, and he's listed as a "defenceman" on the team roster. But all Leaf fans were satisfied with the fact that he could at least put the puck in the net on a relatively consistent basis. They just didn't realize it would be THEIR net. Yes, that's right. Bryan McCabe, in a wild panic in the last 3 seconds of overtime, cleared the puck into his OWN net to win the game for the Buffalo Sabres. *clap....... clap....... .... clap..... .. ......*

So what do the Leafs do now? Winless in their last three games, they play defence like a group of children playing ball hockey, and their offence is now revolving around the red-hot Nik Antropov, who's played like shite the last 8-9 seasons and been rightly crucified for it by the Toronto media. Do they fire head coach Paul Maurice? Do they swallow their pride and embrace the outcast pariah, Nik Antropov? Or do they take team of players that lack any real skill, talent, or potential, and teach them to play defence by committee? There's an old saying in the comp. sci. industry that goes, "garbage in, garbage out". You can't make something out of nothing, and nothing is exactly what th Leafs have.