The Leafs

TO DEBATE WHETHER OR NOT MATS SUNDIN SHOULD GO INTO THE HOCKEY HALL OF FAME…
MAKES AS MUCH SENSE AS WASTING YOUR TIME DISCUSSING WHETHER OR NOT BERNIE MADOFF SHOULD ROT IN HELL…
TODAY SUNDIN ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT…
AS A RESULT…HE’LL BE ELIGIBLE TO GO INTO THE HALL OF FAME IN 3 YEARS…
WHICH MEANS IN NOVEMBER OF 2012…THE CITY OF TORONTO WILL BE “GIDDY” WITH EXCITEMENT…
TO UNDERSTAND HOW “GIDDY”…KEEP IN MIND…
THE LEAFS HAVE NOT BEEN TO A CUP FINAL IN 42 YEARS…
AND HAVE NOT SEEN A PLAYOFF GAME IN OVER 5…
IT GETS WORSE…A LOT WORSE!!!
THE LAST TIME A FORMER LEAF ENTERED “THE HALL” WAS DICK DUFF IN 2006…
NOW ASK YOURSELF…
HOW CRAZY CAN YOU GET FOR A PLAYER WHO RETIRED IN 1972…AND SCORED A MERE 283 GOALS…
PLEASE!!!
YOU THEN HAVE TO GO BACK TO 1986 TO FIND THE NEXT LEAF TO GET IN…
THAT WAS DAVE KEON…
JUST ONE PROBLEM THERE…
KEON JUMPED TO THE WHA IN 1975 AND WHEN THE TEAM REFUSED TO RETIRE HIS NUMBER 14…
HE TURNED HIS BACK OF THE ORGANIZATION FOR THE NEXT 32 YEARS…
LIKE THE MAN SAID…
“THE TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS…PUTTING “THE FUN” BACK IN DYSFUNCTIONAL”
SUNDIN ALSO SUFFERED FROM THIS DISORDER…
LAST SEASON HE WANTED TO END HIS CAREER IN TORONTO…
BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON…GENERAL MANAGER BRIAN BURKE REFUSED TO OFFER SUNDIN A CONTRACT…
SO HE PLAYED HIS LAST SEASON HERE IN VANCOUVER…
ALL THIS IS NOTHING NEW FOR WEST COAST HOCKEY FANS…
MARK MESSIER ALSO USED THIS CITY AS A “REST HOME”…
IN 2006 THE RANGERS RETIRED HIS NUMBER…
SO…DO NOT BE SURPRISED IF SOMETIME LATER THIS SEASON THE LEAFS HONOR SUNDIN…
BUT UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL THEY RETIRE HIS NUMBER…
GOD FOR BID!!!
AFTER ALL…HE’S ONLY THEIR ALL TIME LEADER IN GOALS AND POINTS…
NEVERTHELESS THE BIG CELEBRATION WILL TAKE PLACE IN 3 YEARS…AT THE HOCKEY HALL OF FAME…
ON THAT DAY…THE BOYS AND GIRLS IN TORONTO…WILL PARTY LIKE ITS 1967…