I don't think he was a cancer, and was good enough to shut his mouth during the season as to not be a distraction, just a seasons worth of frustration boiling over for him now. He can be a 20-30 goal scorer on the second line, and he's done it 3 of the 5 years he was in Toronto, getting dumped on the third line with checking duties didn't help him this year, probably not a role he enjoyed either. Carlyle does have a reputation now for misusing players *cough* Lupul *cough* You don't pay an offensive player 5+ mil to be a checker. Even so he played hard every time he was on the ice, as a player I had no complaints about him, overpaid obviously, but a good player.I also really enjoyed Grabovski calling Carlisle a "fucking idiot" today. Yeah bud, that kind of attitude is really going to ensure you get a good contract in free agency. Everyone loves overpaying for a fucking cancer in the dressing room.
Will be interesting to see what the Leafs do tomorrow with all that cap space.