What a boring game. None of the sides were getting anything going at all!
Congrats on the win anyway.
What's the talk about Sundin now playing there next year?
Thanks, but I don't want the win. This organization is confused...they've dug themselves a hole for the last three years (signing mediocre players to huge contracts with no-trade clauses and can't get rid of now) and the only real solution is pulling a Pittsburgh (this is why I don't like Penguins) and strategically bombing out two seasons in a row to get two phenomenal players (like they did for Crosby and Malkin). However, the Leafs would rather play like shit for four months, and once they find themselves at the bottom of the conference, they'll start pushing for a playoff spot and just miss out.
They really let down the fans, who pay these astronomical prices for these tickets (the standing terrace tickets are $60 CAD, and they're high up in the third level). For a team with such a hockey history, it's really sad. I remember when I went to Maple Leaf Gardens, where they'd have these statues and pictures all over the arena, and my dad would explain all of these things to me. Now, if I'm fortunate to have children, what do I tell them? Do I say that the organization had a lot of money so teachers can have a nice pension when they retire (Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan is a majority owner and partially the reason for neglect)? Do I show them the housing complexes that Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment has invested in rather than the pictures of legends I grew up with hoisting the Stanley Cup in a Leaf jersey? When they ask when the Leafs last won the Stanley Cup, do I tell them that it was when their grandfather was 12? It's all quite embarrassing...
I don't know what Sundin's going to do...I just hope he doesn't waste his time in Toronto anymore.