Toronto Maple Leafs: Will Their Offseason Deals Help the Leafs to the Playoffs?

At the beginning of last season, the deals that Brian Burke made this time a year ago seemed to be working well.

There was a brief point early in the season were many thought that Toronto even topped the league. Phil Kessel and Joffrey Lupul were tearing up the scoreboard.

For the first time in a long time, Toronto fans had something to be excited about. That was before their collapse in February.

The Maple Leafs went from holding onto a playoff spot to one of the worst teams in the league. No matter what Ron Wilson tried, he could not get the Leafs to win.

MLSE ended up letting Wilson go only a few months after he signed a contract