Quoting: csick
good luck improving. I think the current team will keep getting worse and not better
Based off what exactly? That's right, delusion. Matthews, marner, nylander, kapanen, kerfoot, johnsson, mikheyev, engvall, sandin, liljegren and dermott are all getting better as they grow. Their weakest forward looks to be Jason Spezza who had 25 points in 58 games. Hes a 3rd liner on most teams but a 12th forward on the leafs.
They are replacing one of the worst defenseman in the nhl with Liljegren or Lehtonen. They will find someone better then barrie so they will also improve there. Campbell improves their goaltending significantly. Their main weakness this season was goaltending, Andersen was the reason they were behind Tampa bay. If Campbell was there on day one they would have been 2 or 3 points behind boston.
There isnt one thing that points to the leafs getting worse and to say they should retool is one of the stupidest things someone could ever say