It's hard to understand how a team in full tank mode could be paying more than US$6 million per season to a coach who mumbles incoherently through interviews.

And, on the topic of embarrassing wastes of money, the Leafs are two points behind the Hurricanes and yet spend US$14 million more than Carolina on player salaries.  Most fans probably couldn't name anyone in Carolina's management team and yet Carolina's executives  have been far more successful on a value-for-money basis than Toronto's dream team of Brendan Shamaplan,  Kyle Dumbas and Lou Diaper Phillips.

Thankfully for MLSE, Leafs fans have demonstrated an indifference to cost-benefit analysis through their willingness to pay grossly excessive ticket prices.