Ron Wilson; New Maple Leafs Coach

Welcome to Tyler's Take, a new sports blog where I voice my opinions about sports. I'll be ranting on mostly baseball and hockey, but don't be surprised to see some variety showing up at different points.

Anyways, back to business. Ron Wilson, the San Jose Sharks coach of last season, has reportedly agreed to terms with the Toronto Maple Leafs on a four year contract that will pay him anywhere from $5-6M with incentives. An official announcement will likely be made Tuesday morning in the form of a press conference.

Now that the Leafs vacant coaching job seems to be filled, rising speculation about Brian Burke coming to Toronto to be the new GM is coming in to the picture once again. Burke said that he wouldn't leave the Ducks right now, he has one more year left on his contract. The most I've heard is that once he deals with the draft, free agency, Corry Perry and all of his off season goodies, he would join the Leafs.

Now it's time for my take. Ron Wilson going to the Leafs looks like a decent move. The Leafs get a pretty good coach in Wilson, who has done enough to get his Sharks in to the playoffs, but not much further than that. Wilson will be going in to a pressure cooker and will have to realize that if he doesn't produce results, quickly, he'll be hearing it from someone.

As for Burkey. I see him with the Leafs at some time in the near future. He has built up a mighty Duck empire (whoa, I didn't do that on purpose) that looks strong. He could do the same thing for the Leafs. He'd get more attention in the center of the universe, and move up the list of GM's with power, or something like that. Regardless, Burke's future seems to be with the Leafs, and sooner or later he'll realize that if he hasn't already.