How could you be so Heartless

If the Toronto Maple Leafs win the Stanley Cup, it will be without Mats Sundin.


Argueably the greatest player the Maple Leafs ever had, Sundin had led many different Leaf teams in a quest for Stanley. Unfortunatly they never got closer than the eastern conference finals.

At the end of last season, the Leafs and Sundin had parted ways, and eventually both seemed to be able to let the other go, until tonight.


Sundin, now a member of the Vanocouver Canucks, made his return to Toronto. Leaf Nation cheered with the tributes and jeered when he touched the puck.

In the end, Sundin had the last word, scoring the shootout winning goal, beating Vesa Toskala.


Marquee players who've called Toronto home once upon a time seem to find ways to make the fans cry. Vince Carter does this all the time, and a new member of the club, Bryan McCabe had done this earlier this year, you can now add Sundin to the list, and I am sure that AJ Burnett will be added sometime in the summer.

Sometimes the players excel with their new teams leaving Toronto sports fans to wonder what if. Other times they crash and burn once leaving Toronto only to regret it.

For as stubborn as Toronto fans may be, they certainly deserve a winning team led by a Marquee player that we all hope can have the sports version of the story book ending and win a championship and retire with the last shirt worn being a Toronto one.


But in the end its only a dream for most of us, and will continue to be, so just prepare yourself to see AJ Burnett winning a world series in pinstripes, or maybe Mats hoisting a Stanley cup in Vancouver.