They do this all the time, and yet Carlyle still has a job...Can't trade the players, they've got to change something. It's been like this ever since Carlyle has coached. The players either don't understand his system or his system sucks, either way, he should be gone by now.
The Leafs are using Carlyle the way the Avs did Sacco a couple years ago - keeping the dead man walking for a year until the guy they really want comes available. The real question for me is whether Toronto has a plan B if Babcock says no.