When I think of winners, I think back to the 70's Habs as maybe the most dominant core ever assembled in hockey.  In a similar class of winners are the NY Islanders that followed and the Edmonton Oilers after them.  When I think of losers, I think of the Leafs... Years and years of shitty Leaf teams, despite a number of excellent players to have passed through that city... 

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Rumour has it that Burke has met with Alexei Yashin and has been chatting with his agent about signing a one year deal to play for the Leafs.

Once one of the most pure goal scorers in pro hockey and blessed with the strength of a bull, Yashin may be willing to give the NHL another try.  If this is true, a short trial contract wouldn't expose the Leafs to much risk and the potential upside of having a talent like Yashin may very well be worth it for the Leafs, who aren't expected to fill the net as much as fill the penalty box in 2009/2010.

Nonetheless, everyone in New York knows all too well that an unmotivated Yashin is just a black hole in which money vanishes.  Still, it would be fun to see what happens, wouldn't it?