quick thoughts about the potential BS up in Toronto

For those of you who might not have heard, apparently there are some suspicions that Ron Wilson violated the CBA by having an "undisclosed amount of cash" for the Leafs as incentive to beat the Sharks. He was going for his 600th career win, and to get it against his former team I'm sure would've been something special.

As luck would have it, word of this got out and now he may or may not have violated the cap. Here's the thing, I can understand where the league can say he is part of team management structure and to give out, or "pay," his players off the books is a violation of the cap. No one is certain whether it is a violation or not, but GM Brian Burke has already went into damage control mode saying they'll do whatever the league asks of the team. It's one thing to publicly discipline the Leafs, but I don't think this was done with any type of intent to circumvent the CBA at all. From where I sit, I see this simply as a coach wanting to beat his former team and doing whatever he can to motivate his players to a win.

The real question will be, was this Ron Wilson's own money, or did this come from the team? If it is team money, then yes we do have an issue, but I would like to think this was not an organized attempt to line the players pockets with tax free salary by any means. We'll just have to wait and see what the league determines, if anything. My only hope is that the league doesn't get over zealous, as it can do, and really try to hammer the leafs. As if sitting 12th in the conference wasn't bad enough