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The failure of the Toronto Maple Leafs to make the playoffs for a seventh straight season means that more tinkering is likely on the way over the summer months.Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping . The question that Toronto fans might be asking themselves right now is simply, where to start? What needs to be fixed first on the Maple Leafs? The first big change has already been made - that is, the replacement of Ron Wilson as head coach by Randy Carlyle. And speaking of team management, what about the future of team president and general manager Brian Burke? Some Leafs fans have been calling for the GMs job, frustrated that he has yet to lead his team to the post-season since arriving in Toronto in 2008. The review of leadership may also continue with Dion Phaneuf. Named team captain prior to last season, hes endured his share of criticism for everything from his style of play to his ultra-quiet team leadership. He even topped a Sports Illustrated player poll this January that named him the most overrated player in the league. Is it time to ship Phaneuf out of town or choose a new player to wear the C? As for the rest of the team on the ice, many observers would start in goal and work outwards. In the weeks before he was fired, Wilson himself called into the question the quality of play provided by incumbents James Reimer and Jonas Gustavsson. Is it time to consider Toronto Marlies backstops Jussi Rynnas and Ben Scrivens for promotion next season? Or should Toronto start shopping for a new goalie? The Leafs blueliners stood up well in the first half of the season, but holes began to appear as Toronto went on a cold run through much of February and March. Toronto ranks 28th in the league in goals allowed, which suggests that improvements to both goaltending and defence may be in the cards. And up front, Burke has made it no secret that he desires another top-six forward for his team. Leading scorers Phil Kessel and Joffrey Lupul are both wingers, and only one of Torontos centres - Mikhail Grabovski - has managed to crack the 20-goal plateau this season. So theres a need for enhanced firepower, a stronger blue line, and room for improvement in the goal crease. So what needs to be fixed first on the Maple Leafs? Its Your Call! Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping.Nor for the Seahawks, Cardinals, Cowboys, Patriots and Broncos.Week 15 saw defending Super Bowl champion Seattle secure its passage to the playoffs with a 35-6 rout of Arizona on Sunday night. NFL Jerseys China .Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford broke their Canadian record to win the pairs competition Saturday at the Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final.SPOKANE, Wash. -- Adreian Payne sent Tom Izzo a text. He wants to leave a legacy. Consider it done. The 6-foot-10 senior played the game of his life Thursday, scoring a career-high 41 points to help fourth-seeded Michigan State look every bit like a March Madness favourite in a 93-78 victory over Delaware. "He was playing in another zone, not even in the ozone," Izzo said. "He was in Pluto and beyond." This marked the first 40-point performance in the NCAA tournament since Stephen Curry did it for Davidson in a win over Gonzaga in 2008. Payne set a school tournament scoring record, surpassing the 34 points Greg Kelser scored during Michigan States 1979 title run led by Magic Johnson. Paynes overall line: 10 for 15 from the field, 4 for 5 from 3-point range, and a tournament-record 17 for 17 from the free throw line. He chipped in eight rebounds, too. "Forty-one is 41, and he was a load tonight," Delaware coach Monte Ross said. "He was probably the best big man that I have faced in 21 years of college basketball." Payne thought long and hard about leaving for the NBA after last season. He decided to stick around to see if he could lead Michigan State to another Final Four. Asked what his best night -- at least so far -- in a Spartan uniform means to him, Payne said, "Leaving a legacy." "I talked to Coach about that," he said. "The other day, I sent him a text and were just trying to win games. We are here to win the weekend and thats the main goal." Michigan States next game is Saturday against 12th-seeded Harvard, which beat Cincinnati 61-57 in an earlier East region contest. Though his entire performance was sublime, it was never better than during a 105-second stretch midway through the first half. Payne scored 12 straight points to help the Spartans (27-8) open an 18-point lead over the 13th-seeded Blue Hens (25-10). Those points came three at a time -- a trio of spot-up 3s and one ridiculous, spinning left-hander from the paint while he was being mugged by Carl Baptiste. Payne stepped to the line to make the free throw with his right handd -- the hand he shoots most of his shots with -- and by then, he had pretty much proven his point. Cheap NFL Jerseys China. "He made the right decision to stay," Izzo said. "Hes a much more cerebral player, hes a much stronger player. He is starting to marry the inside-outside game. And if he does that on a consistent basis, I see him as one of the best 4 men in the whole country." With the game out of reach -- but Izzo less than satisfied with what he called an uneven effort -- Payne played almost to the end and the Spartans fed him. He dunked with 4:26 left to reach his career high and break Kelsers record. Points Nos. 40 and 41 came on free throws; the second one gave him the record for most makes in an NCAA tournament game without a miss. The previous holders are a couple of unforgettable names: Bill Bradley (1963, Princeton) and Fennis Dembo (1987, Wyoming). "When youre scoring like that and your games coming so easy to you, and you make a lot of shots, it feels like youre in a rhythm," Payne said. "It feels like you cant be stopped." For the brief moments Delaware did stop him, others stepped up. Travis Trice scored 13 of his 19 points in the second half to prevent the Colonial Athletic Association champs from turning this into a game. Branden Dawson, the Big Ten tournaments most valuable player, finished with 10 points, eight rebounds and four assists -- modest on this day. It was that run through the Big Ten that turned Michigan State into a trendy pick in brackets across the country. President Barack Obama has the Spartans winning it all, and Las Vegas has them favoured along with Florida and Louisville. Devon Saddler had 21 points and Davon Usher added 20 for Delaware, which made its first NCAA appearance since 1999. Ross looked at it all with a sense of awe. He thought his team played pretty well. 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