Management took a different approach this year, one that swerved away from past precedent: They would speak on Thursday, three days after players and Keefe. (Who exactly will speak was left unclear. GM Brad Treliving is a given. Team president Brendan Shanahan not so much. He’s spoken only sporadically throughout his decade in charge.)
Which makes for three days of uncertainty about which direction the Leafs plan to take, including whether Keefe will return next season.
What we do know is that more than a year’s worth of missteps from the people in charge are partly to blame for another lost Leafs season.
Most likely. “Hey look how much money we spent on forwards.”