Should the nhl for the leafs organization to fold

Excellent wording of a question.  Did you make it past the 3rd grade?

This is a very serious question to all.  See,  the nhl is miles behind every other major sport around.   The NBA ,  MLB, and  NFL all destroy the nhl in every capacity possible. Soccer and criquet for god sakes destroy hockey,,, I wouldn't be surprised if more people watch lawn bowling then people that watched the leafs play the Capitals.

The leafs are an embarassment to the sport of hockey, and if the fans truly care about our game, would picket the air canada center, asking them to close the doors.

Your  thoughts would be very much appreciated. Please answer in sentences, and don't be afraid to use commas, periods, etc.   Vulgar language will not be tolerated since I am a professional and you leaf fans are simply dog poop.

thanks again

me

The leafs have certainly been a frustrating team to support but obviously your question cannot be taken seriously. They make more money than any other team by far and that is what it is all about. No one is going to ask Bill Gates to shut down microsoft because PC's suck compared to Macs. No one is going to ask Rodgers to shut because their phones, their service and everything else thet do sucks. In fact, no one is even asking Air Canada to shut down. For god sakes, even Northern Telecom still exits. So I guess we have to put up with the leafs and hope that the salary cap is what was needed to establish an environment to encourage them to focus on winning. I for one think that they finally get it. But having said that, I think that we need to tell them that we are not putting up with the players they push out in front of us every game. 

Why would anyone even suggest that.I am going to guess most of you,not all,remember

the California/Oakland Golden Seals,or the Colorado Rockies,or the Atlanta Flames,

well those organizations were far more inept than the Leafs could ever be.I mean

they pu the 'duhh' in dumb.What the Leafs need is someone that can evaluate talent,

and tell the suits to shut up.Thats all it is,they pay too much for lesser talent,if that is

fixed,than all will be well.By the way,it is not only Leaf fans that act that way,All FANS OF

ALL TEAMS,act that way,prime example the Dallas Cowboys,whine about everything.

Lastly,if they are so bad,why does every player say,'it's an honor to wear the Leafs sweater'? Answer that!

Sorry, I forgot one other item.The Leafs are one of the highest valued nhl team,so

why would they even think of that?

WOW!  Not a Leafs fan, but who cares?  Getting rid of any one of the original 6 teams would strip the NHL of any credibility.

The history of the game has to be honoured.  The Leafs are part of the pre-expansion NHL that gives birth to some of the greatest rivalries in all of pro sport.

Besides, if winning championships made you worthy of keeping a team, there's alot of baseball teams that should be losing their teams first.

Loyal Hab

I'm not saying a team should have to win a championship to survive, I'm  saying thta there should be EFFORT on behalf of management.  The toronto Maple Leafs, are a joke of a franchise and an example of a team that HURTS the league. Nobody in northamerica where the league tries to expand gives a crap about an "original 6" team.

They turn on their  tv on a saturday and watch rotten hockey, then they stop watching the game completely. Then tv ratings drop even more,  attendance drops for the american teams,  salaries don't drop, and poof, here we go soon with another work stoppage.

How can a team making so much money not care at all about winning??

You say  they are GOOD for hockey,,, I SAY NO WAY...

Actually, alot of people in North America give a crap about the original 6.  If the Leafs for some stupid reason were "forced" to fold despite the fact that they are the NHL's single biggest revenue generating team, then fans of teams like Detroit and Montreal would begin to question their ability to stay in the league.

I think that even if all the owners care about is money, the fact that they're good businessmen suggests that they already realize that more playoff games = more revenue.

As far as American cities becoming disinterested in watching crap hockey, most of the cities in danger of losing interest have a crappy team of their own, so it's not the Leaf's fault.  In fact, if you read the Sens and Habs boards, they're quite entertained when the Leafs get blown out, so that argument doesn't hold any water.

Yeah they drive up the salary cap.  Perfect!  We lose teams in Atlanta, Nashville, Carolina, Florida, etc.  that don't deserve a team anyways.  Relocate them to Winnepeg, Hamilton, Quebec, and you'll have teams that pull their own weight.

leafssuck,aaahhhhhh what,ponder nothing,and i am going farther from the leafs,lets go to the entire pro sports,start with the tampa bay bucs,did the nfl tell them to fold,when they were 0-100 or whatever they were,or should the mlb tell say the devil rays,your not wanted anymore,or how bout all these years we put up with the dismal phillies,they are still here,and they were ten times worse than the leafs,we can go to any organization and see bad years,should we tell a losing team,well you suck and we do not want you.

come on,be for real.but i do understand what you are saying,just dont agree with it....

its not the bad years dude.. it's not seeing a light at the end of the tunnel... you knew when ballard was there, things would get better when he passed away...  this board is going nowhere.. this ownership is here to stay and the leafs are never goin to succeed.

the only way they can, is if the fans turn their backs on them,, don't buy merchandise, don't help tv ratings.... picket the front offices....  force media to hound them... then and only then will anything change.

if it was just "bad years" i would never suggest they should be gone.. but  when there is no light and a cap keeps going up, ,well, you know what i'm saying