And now TO is laughing at us how we can't even rebuild right. Sure TO, you try falling 5 spots in the draft in 2 years. How would the Maple Leafs look with Zacha and Dubois instead of Marner and Matthews?
Except, some of the decisions at the end were based on not trying to win, but to give players a chance to play. So they didn't directly try to lose per se, but they also weren't too concerned about winning. So the tank mentality was part of that.