I went to Toronto this weekend, and ended up watching the Leafs/Canucks game in a pub in Downtown T.O. In addition to our drunken table of hooligans, the place was packed with rabid Leaf fans watching the return of Mats Sundin to the city. The game headed to overtime and eventually a shootout. I'm not sure if it was based on skill or sheer entertainment value, but 2 of the 3 Canuck shooters were former Maple Leafs. With the first Vancouver shooter scoring and the first Leaf unsuccessful, the game was on the stick of recent fat farm graduate Kyle Wellwood. If Wellwood had scored it would have made for a much talked about ending to the game, but alas, Toskala was up for the challenge. The Leafs next shooter missed as well, thus giving Mats Sundin a chance to play Leaf-killer during his triumphant return to Toronto. Just as he's done so many times before in the blue and white, Mats opened the blade of his stick and froze the Leaf netminder before going backhand, shelf to seal the 2 points for his new team. The pub in Toronto was silent. Not knowing if they should cheer or boo, watching Mats celebrate for the wrong team was a bitter pill to swallow.
On the other hand... it's one step closer to John Tavares.
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