Ferguson risks his job on callow youth

Ultimately, what's the difference between 40 years and 41, or 141, or whatever the Maple Leafs' Stanley Cup dry spell turns out to be?

There will be calls for John Ferguson Jr.'s scalp from the usual suspects today, perhaps lucidly, but credit Ferguson for at least identifying the way he wants the Maple Leafs to return to contention. Now, for his job's sake, all he needs to be is correct.

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