Mr. Bone - Something IS Up..

There is a reported board meeting scheduled for either tomorrow on in the next week.

Metaphorical scene of what is going on with the Leafs. They're gonna blow it up!

Richard Peddie is on the road trip with the team, and has experienced first hand how bad the Leafs are playing right now. This is some interesting lines on the TSN story:

"Ferguson didn't want to discuss the future of head coach Paul Maurice, but Peddie pointed out that it's a decision that would have to go through the Board."

"Meanwhile, the Leafs GM says he continues to have discussions with other GMs around the league and those discussions continued Friday. TSN's Darren Dreger reported in his blog on Friday that the Leafs were actively shopping winger Jason Blake.

Will anything happen on the ice, behind the bench or in the front office? At this point, Leaf fans are almost begging for it, something Peddie admitted he was hearing - even in California."

Jason Blake is being shopped? Of all the players on the Leafs lineup, trading Jason Blake would mean good-bye JFJ. You sign a 40-goal scorer, he comes to Leaf Land and becomes a huge flop - trading Blake right now should not be an option, no matter how bad he is playing.

Those words coming from Peddie and Fergie-Ferg regarding Paul Maurice don't sound too pleasing, and it sounds like the possibility is definitely being talked about. I understand John Ferguson has made bad decisions (ie. Rask for Raycroft), but Paul Maurice should not be the issue right now. According to the players, Maurice is a great character guy in the dressing room and away from cameras, and he is the biggest joker on the team. I think that is exactly the kind of coach the Leafs need in a city like Toronto with all of the media. Keith Acton should be first one rid of if the Leafs clean house and are changing around the scenery off the ice. JFJ is not the problem of the Leafs game-to-game struggles, and Maurice seems to be doing OK with the guys, so who do you look to? The same loser that was around in the Pat Quinn era, your assistant coach.

Now, for on the ice- as Mr.Bone has already said, Justin Pogge was called up from the AHL Marlies and Dominic Moore was claimed off waivers. I absolutely love the fact that they have such little confidence in Raycroft to fill in for Toskala if he is not ready by the SJ game, that they have to call up young goalie prospect Pogge from the Marlies to play. From all the rumours swirling around, I think they will first try Raycroft on waivers - while Pogge is already up. If someone takes him, fantastic. If nobody takes him, we are in the same position we are already in, so they have no reason not to try, as they have lost absolutely all confidence in Raycroft. There are many teams suffering bad goalie situations and could really use a backup goalie with lots of potential, and I would be surprised if he cleared re-entry waivers, seeing how if a team took him it is only half his salary.

I would personally rather have half of Raycroft's contract count against the Leafs, then to have such a brutal goalie that we can really NEVER count on. I say try the waiver wire, if it works let Pogge play one out of every 8 games to relieve Toskala, until he becomes the goalie he was projected to be. Ideal backup for the Leafs.