Turmoil in TO

So another season has come and gone and again the Toronto Maple Leafs find themselves on the outside of the playoffs looking in. Brian Burke may be many things, argumentative, belligerent, standoffish and those are his positive qualities, but at least he is honest and believes in what he says. He took responsibility for the failure of his team and did right by the organization by doing so. However, one interesting point came up when he talked about the fact that he and former coach Ron Wilson differed on the types of players need to win. When asked if he compromised to accommodate Wilson he said outright, no. But if he didn't, then where are these players? Wouldn't there be there now? New coach Randy Carlisle likes a tough physical team as does Burke and wants to dictate the game so it's safe to say changes will have to be made to accommodate this change in style and work ethic, something said to be lacking with this group. Burke also talked about the fact that he wants to improve his team through trades and acquiring pieces rather than free agency. He got outright angry when asked about the Pittsburgh method of building a contender which is to draft well and develop this young talent. He said and I quote "Pittsburgh method my ass! Pittsburgh won a lottery and got the best player in the world. Is that available to me?" Well, yes that certainly is the case and Sidney Crosby no doubt makes Pittsburgh one of the leagues top teams but he is forgetting they also drafted Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang, Marc-Andre Fleury and Jordan Stall among others? This is the core of the team, not one player. Where are the Leafs picks? Where are their up and coming stars, players with the ability to lead them to the top? They have a few pieces in Phil Kessel and Jake Gardiner but really, there is so much work to be done it's going to be years not a quick fix. There is no doubt Burke will go after big names in trades but does he have the assets to get them? And what will be done about the goaltending? He gave James Reimer a vote of confidence but said little about Jonas Gustavsson leaving speculation his time in TO is over. What Burke does it will be a challenge to make the playoffs in the east as he is not the only one to be retooling and many teams who also found themselves on the outside seem to be much closer than the Leafs.