Leafs GM Sympathetic to Rangers GM's plight, offer number for Shrink.

It took one game where there was no coach behind the bench, an admition of a GM having no clue and a publicly posted trade block that contained 75% of the pro roster, to wake the Leafs franchise out of its horrid slump.

The Leaf's GM was so distraught with its teams recent play that it made a request in its recent game against the Devils, to have no coach behind the bench and let the team (sim) decide its own lines. That resulted in a 4-4 tie, which is sadly a good showing against the team that knocked them out of the playoffs easily last year.

League head offices seemed concerned about the GM's state of mind and requested he check in to see the Leagues appointed head shrink. A lengthly discussion took place, which included many bad memories of Leaf seasons in the past and their lack of winning anything in so long. HE seemed to be at his wits end and was considering drastic action which included trading his entire team for anyone named Richard. When asked why he would do this, he stated "it would suit us to say that we have a bunch of Dicks in our lineup".

Well, after what seemed to be a 12 hour session, the Leafs gm came out with a more clearer head and went out to put 3/4 of his pro roster on the trade block, hoping that would shake everyone up. Whether or not he was still looking for any Tom, Dick or Harry, or maybe just Dicks, remains to be seen. It seemed to wake both the pro and JR teams up.

The Junior squad came out with an impressive 7-2 win over NY Islanders JRs

The pro was where the main concern is however, since they were close to the bottom of the conference standings.

The Leafs came out with a solid 5-1 win. Everyone contributed. They got goals on the Power play, short handed and even strength. Even their goalie played well. All of these things hadnt happened lately.

Unfortunately all of this didnt come without its consequences as the Rangers GM needed to be talked off the ledge of a window on the outside of the ACC. He then went onto the roof where they shot him with a tranquilizer dart as if they were hunting a grizzly bear. No, the Leafs security did not have him stuffed and mounted, thats being saved for the Carolina GM and his nutty Canadian affliction which the Leafs know it will only be a matter of time before that man flips.(if he hasnt already).

After the Rangers GM awoke, he was tagged and released back into the public. The Leafs however did show some good will by giving him the same phone number to the head shrink of the League that the Leafs gm had attended, hoping that may help him get through this tough time.

"we feel his pain and wouldnt want him to do something crazy like trade all of his Canadian talent to the Hurricanes. Trust me, our GM is at the end of his rope of sanity and who knows what would have happened had he not gone to see this guy."

Crazy or not, bottom line is the team still seems to be going no where fast and 1 win doesnt fix the problem. Lets see what happens after the next few games. We will be keeping an eye out for any other gms walking along the window ledges of the ACC. Hopefully other gms dont get any ideas from this and follow suit, the league may have to step in to fix what could be a underlying potential problem.