Why do you keep saying its a high $ team?  They are under the cap and carrying all kinds of salary that is either gone this year or on IR.
Lupul, Horton, Robidas on IR which is 13.5M in cap relief if they want it.
They have Laich, Michalek, and Greening in the AHL worth 8.2M which is trades they made to dump players they didnt want (remember Phaneuf and his 7*7) - all 3 incluyding Robidas come off the books next year.

Youre implying that Leafs fans think they have a Cup  contender...of course they dont.  They are however excited to see such a young group of players thriving. at least I know I am.  After 10 years of drudgery and constant reminders of how poor they were from non-haters like yourself over the years its refreshing to see such a turn-around led by the young guys who only look to improve.  After all, the haters (sorry, non-haters) were going on constantly last year that this would be a 10 year rebuild giving the Oilers as examples...enough with the condescending speeches.