3 things the Toronto Maple Leafs need to do before Training Camp

The Toronto Maple Leafs have had one of the most boring and un-inspiring off-seaons I can remember from any professional sports team I have followed.

The Toronto Maple Leafs ended their season with a wimper against the heavily favored Boston Bruins and promised changes to their roster that would end the frustration of the NHL's biggest and most disapointed fan base.

Those changes turned out to be extremely underwhelming.

The Leafs changed coaches, which, who cares? The coach is not a major change in a league where there is almsot zero stylistic variation between teams. The only difference is the voice in the room, and while that does matter, for fans it really won't make too much of a difference.

Other than the coaching change, the only other major change was just as superficial. The Leafs changed captains, which is even less important and more superficial than a coaching change.

As for the roster? It's the same, just slightly better. Chris Tanev is in, and Tyler Bertuzzi is out. Net gain from that move? One win, if we're lucky. Oliver Ekman-Larsson was added, but he is just a more expensive Giordano.

Everything else is the same. The Mitch Marner Situation hangs over the franchise like the Sword of Damocles. The Blue-Line can now move the puck slightly better, but it's old and extremely average. The forwards are good, but unless Easton Cowan and Matthew Knies take steps towards stardom, there isn't much here that is going to be better than last year.

Ultimately, it does feel like Treliving and Shanhan are out of ideas and that they will go through the motions until next year's disapinting playoff performance when they will be unceremoniously fired and we'll do the whole thing over again! Too cynical? I blame the fact that I'm a life-long Leafs fan!

So with all that said, let's see what the team has to do before the season starts.