Nazem joins the turmoil

After their first four games of the season the Toronto Maple Leafs were the best team in the NHL. Now, eight games later they are in the bottom three.

So what happened?

The defense has been OK, special teams have been poor and the offense has be non-existant.

In an attempt to stir up some sort of spirit amongst Leaf players, Brian Burke decided to call up the teams number one prospect Nazem Kadri.

After one game, and about 18 minutes of play, Kadri was fairly non-existant. He didn't do much good, but he didn't do much bad either. The only gasp was a late game three on one play where Kadri mis-handled the puck and was unnable to make a play.

Only time will tell if the Leafs can climb out of their slump, calling up Kadri though seems to be a step in the right direction.

He can play at this level and soon enough everyone will see it.