from Rosie DiManno of the Toronto Star,

This team, as presently composed, comes awfully close to being simply uncoachable.

They might be unmanageable too.

And un-executive-presidented.

Nonis, who might as well have been hauling an anvil also, and a ball and chain, and rocks stuffed in his pocket, could be the next piece of the conundrum shed by Brendan Shanahan, who kept himself firmly beyond media range Tuesday, watching practice from on high.

For the love of God, say something. We are unaccustomed, in Toronto, to hockey executive clams. Give us a pearl of wisdom.

It’s never a surprise when a coach bites the dust in this town. The scowl on Nonis’ face after the Leafs gagged on their second two-goal lead in two nights last week, in Tampa, spoke volumes. The collapses — perhaps Toronto’s only defining characteristic — had been piling up, and the sense was that something had to give before everything went completely pear-shaped. Crucially, there was no indication that the losses were having any impact on team culture. Nobody took it hard. Nobody stood up and declared: This is inexcusable.

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