To suggest the often outspoken Ron Wilson was calling out John Mitchell this past weekend might be stretching things a bit.

But there is little doubt that the Maple Leafs head coach was delivering a verbal boot to the butt of Mitchell when he addressed the media last Saturday.

"In these final 15 games, (Mitchell) needs to play as well as he can possibly play to put himself into position to be up here next year," Wilson said candidly at the time.