Fair Deals Steve wroteCOLONit's ironic
TSN called the leafs "winners for not making any changes to a young team"
Sportsnet called us (and the flyers) "the big losers of the trade deadline"
LOL not ironic at all. TSN is like any news paper or any media for that matter, it caters to it's largest fan base. TSN tells Leaf fans what they want to hear just like CBC (minus Don Cherry, he gives his honest opinion at all times). If you are listening to the TSN panel for anything other than Leaf news, it is a pretty good place to go, but these guys know what fan base pays their bills and in turn tries to please them. Always has, always will and I can't blame them for doing so.
I do not think the leafs were winners or losers at this trade deadline. I think if they added Lou they would have the "never know" factor come playoff time and could make a serious run with him in net. That being said they are an organization going in a very right direction and aren't expected to win everything this year. They have time to wait things out as guys like Kadri are only going to get better. Staying put keeps them on their current track which looks very promising but nothing is a guarantee so you can't say it is a win either.
Oh and 100% understand your frustration Kyle. Hard to be in a league so dominated by one bias lol. Every fan is biased, just wish we had more biases represented in hear. We just need to start a thread for non leaf fans lol. Although we all know it would be over run by them in an hour lol.