For and against

I'm all FOR another NHL team in the Toronto market, like yesterday thank you. Get it done already. Think about it. The Leafs have been doing wonders for the league for decades. They constantly put in without taking much out. Each year millions of Leafs' dollars beef up the league's revenue sharing program, but league hardware never seems to go back the other way. Why wouldn't Gary Bettman want another major financial contributor to help better balance his disproportionate crew. If they're anything like the Leafs, it'll be a one way relationship.

I'm AGAINST Brian Burke's ridiculous posturing on Vesa Toskala. We all know Toskala is no longer the number one. It's the Monster's gig now. Thankfully. And no matter how much BB tries to talk him up, it's not going to up the value of his beleaguered keeper. Perhaps the GM believes verbal propaganda on Toskala is his only course of action; because his coach can't play him, not if it's wins he desires. It's too risky. Remember, the Leafs are still in a deep hole. To climb out, points, and a ton of them are a necessity...NOW. Unless this team pulls off a 10 game win streak or something stupid and unexpected, it's in no position to rehabilitate the psyche of the fragile Finn. Besides, teams already know what they'd be getting in Toskala if they traded for him: a guy who wasn't half bad before joining the Leafs. It didn't, hasn't, won't work out for him in Toronto. It would be nice if Burke just admitted it...or at the very least stopped talking to us like we're stupid.

I'm ON THE FENCE over the TV tax, Countdown to Liquor Day, American Dad, warm weather in November, Twitter, the Raptors, and the Leafs playoff chances.