from Bruce Arthur of the Toronto Star,

It was less than a month ago Tim Leiweke leaned into a microphone and all but called the Toronto Maple Leafs broken.

The CEO of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment said he wasn’t sure they had the right environment, the right people, the right culture. He said making the playoffs two seasons ago clearly masked a deeper problem. He said the Maple Leafs lacked an identity.

A month later, and what have we learned? General manager Dave Nonis remains in place, superseded by the man Leiweke was introducing that day, Brendan Shanahan. On Thursday, the Leafs announced they have not only not fired head coach Randy Carlyle, but they have given him a two-year contract extension.

The more things change, it appears, the more they stay the same. If you follow the Leafs at all, you know this is not a promising sign.

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added 9:43am, from Elliotte Friedman of CBC,