Pwned!
It's 10:30 the next morning and my boner has almost gone away. Uh oh...I just thought about Tomas Kaberle's goal and now it's back. What a fucking move! Two things about that goal:
[1] That was the nicest goal of Kaberle's career. Period.
[2] That is the most worked up you'll ever see Tomas Kaberle. After scoring, Kabbie jumped up into the boards in celebration with a smile from ear to ear. This is a guy that could win an all-access pass to Megan Fox's ass and not crack a smile.
At this point, the only thing that can kill this erection is a picture of Sarah Jessica Parker's manly biceps. Thanks, SJP, I can always count on you!
The real news after last night's game was that Mats Sundin broke a couple of major team records. He passed Darryl Sittler to become the all-time leader in both goals (390) and points (917). Bones it! After having an assist (that would have broken the all-time points record) called back, Sundin banked a pass off the Islanders defense into the net. Not a picturesque goal, but a record breaker nonetheless. When I watched the audience give Mats a (second) standing ovation, followed by the chanting of his name, I could think only one thing: Mats Sundin is sports in Toronto. Good on him.
Good games were had by many last night. Matt Stajan had 4 points, was +4, and led all forwards in powerplay icetime. Andrew Raycroft stopped 30 of 31 shots - the one that went in was an expert tip-in by Ruslan Redotenko - for the win. Simon Gamache and Andy Wozniewski both scored their first goals as Maple Leafs. I was also impressed by Alex Steen (1G on a fantastic breakaway move) and Pavel Kubina (2A and superb special-teams play).
That was exactly the game the team needed after the loss to Carolina.
Woodward and Bernstein they are not:
David Shoalts of The Globe and Mail and Damien Cox of The Toronto Star were quick to point out the negative in the Leafs' big win. Both of these men lambasted the Leafs - after their 7-1 loss to Carolina - for being hopelessly sub par, and ill-equipped to compete with the better teams in the NHL. Suddenly, though, when the tables turned and the Leafs have dominated an opponent, they decided to focus on how bad the Islanders were rather than how well the Leafs played. Cox's article has a misleading title - read it and you'll find his caveats.
These writers actually made excuses for the other team instead of giving the Leafs - the team they regularly cover - a little credit. Both Shoalts and Cox, it seems, are more interested in consistently presenting negative opinion about the Leafs than they are objectively evaluating the team. Boys, if you're going to give the team the gears when they lose big, they deserve a pat on the back - at the very least - when they win big.
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