Nick Alberga

He sort of came out of nowhere in that whole search.

And I think even dating back to the press conference with Keith Pelley, who runs the whole operation, used a lot of business terms that the conventional hockey fan is not familiar with.

So I still wonder long term how all this is going to fit.

I didn't mind the change to move off Craig Ruby.

I think he's a really good coach.

Having said that, watching the team this season, they gave up on the guy in November.

I truly believe the Maple Leafs were a much better team than they let on.

And then I didn't even mention yet that they won the draft lottery.

That was a cherry on top of this entire conversation that they somehow find a way going from, oh crap, Boston's going to get a very high draft pick to the Maple Leafs outright winning the draft lottery.

So from a content standpoint...

It's been awesome.

At the very least, it gives them a marquee asset, like assuming it is Gavin McKenna and I'm led down a road where it's probably going to be a Gavin McKenna prolific profile for X amount of years in Canada specifically.

Like I heard about Gavin McKenna five, six years ago.

It just shows you to what type of status he had.

coming up in the hockey system playing this past season with Penn State but I think at the very least it gives them a marquee asset which I think has been lost in the shuffle of this entire conversation in this market right now it's like what are they doing are they retooling are they rebuilding

And it really feels like they're going the retool route, a la what a Boston did this season.

But then you look at Boston, it's like they were out pretty quick.

So they made the playoffs.

And I'm a firm believer if that's your goal is to make the playoffs, you have lost the plot, considering two years ago it was about winning a Stanley Cup.

I digress.