Because of the unshakeable Tigger-like optimism. Shows admirable resilience. :)

And that is really funny on one hand but really annoying on the other cause the bruins might find themselves with a really high draft pick.

That would help a LOT. but they still would not make the playoffs unless some players actually started living up to their contract. (cough blake cough)

Yes, but I don’t see it happening with the current coaching setup. Here’s why

Quotes of Steve Simmons, Toronto Sun
Toskala hadn’t even finished his first game of the regular season before the questions were asked. And he didn’t get to finish his second start that only turned up the heat, which bothered coach Ron Wilson, who only likes it when he turns up the heat.
Wilson, at least, has a history with Toskala that extends beyond the borders of Mississauga. This is the sixth season he has coached the goalie. Most of that time, Toskala was a backup to Evgeny Nabokov in San Jose.

Quotes of Drew Remenda about Warren Strelow
He gains his goalies’ trust because he goes to bat for them. Remenda uses the phrase goalie advocate to describe how Strelow will work as buffer, conduit and intermediary with the rest of the coaching staff.

“He’ll go to the coaches on behalf of the goalie,” said Remenda. “When Darryl Sutter was here, he would tell the goalies, ’You’ll hear one voice and it’s not going to be me.’ If you have a problem, talk with Warren. If you have a problem with me, talk to Warren. He left it all up to Warren. Now with Ron Wilson, it works differently and Warren is still trying to work that out.”
Unless a head coach has experience in the net, it’s somewhat difficult to relate to goaltenders.

Quotes of Clint Malarchuk about Warren Strelow
“He’s very honest with you,” Malarchuk says. "A lot of head coaches, unless you’ve been a goaltender and you’ve been in those situations, you don’t really know the game as far as goaltending is concerned as well as you know the rest of the game. It’s always [let the] goalies on their own or let the goalie coach deal with them. A lot of times [coaches] can get down on a goalie without understanding that maybe it wasn’t the goalie’s fault The thing that Warren would do is protect you somewhat. If the coach is saying, "Well, that’s a bad goal.’ Warren is able to say, ‘Well, hang on a second here. Look at the situation. There’s a screen here or a deflection or whatever. So a goalie coach such as Warren can keep things in perspective, do damage control where a coach might get down on a goaltender.

Do I expect a second coming of Warren Strelow? No, but the further Toskala becomes removed from that steadying apporach to goaltenders, the more he will suffer. Perhaps only Nolan Schaefer has suffered more since the passing of Strelow.
sources http://www.torontosun.com/sports/columnists/steve_simmons/2009/10/09/11351981-sun.html

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FCM/is_4_32/ai_112904377/pg_2/?tag=content;col1

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As much as I loathe that people keep bringing up the Kurvers deal, it does have some eerie parallels to this, consider the 6 losses to begin the season

He was traded early in the 89-90 season. But the famous 1st rounder wasn’t the one from that season. It was next year’s 90-91 pick, which turned out to be a much deeper draft. Whether that was Lou getting lucky or savvy I don’t really know. But the man’s been known to have a horseshoe up his ass.

Kurvers actually played fairly well in his first season as a Leaf. 52 points in 70 games. The team played .500 and made the playoffs, losing in the 1st round.

It wasn’t until the next season that the trade turned ugly. I think they started something like 1-10. Team finished with 23 wins and 46 losses. Coach Doug Carpenter got fired.

The pick was a lottery one that turned out to be 3rd overall, which became Scott Niedermayer. The Devils won a bunch of Cups, and Leaf haters got a good decade of jokes out of it until it was briefly supplanted by subsequent trades for Wendel Clark and Owen Nolan.

I blame the fans.