Moving on.. The Trade Situation..

Now that the oscars are done, I can move on to other topics.. so i figured i'd focus on the NHL trade deadline which is tomorrow.. so here I am waiting with bated breath on what's going to happen to mes habitants.. are they gonna make that trade for the impact player we've been told time and time again.

The Mats Sundin saga ended quite abruptly with him saying that he wants to stay in toronto. Although his intentions are noble, one has to wonder the long term repercussions of his decision.. Don't get me wrong.. I personally think that he is a great individual for staying loyal to the team especially when the team has treated him like shit over and over again. A simple question would be, y stay when the management doesn't want u to stay? will they really show you any respect? Knowing toronto management over the last 4 decades, i'm willing to bet my money that Sundin will be treated the same as all his predecessors. Doug Gilmour, Dave Keon, Wendel Clark, Daryl Sittler and many many more.

I read an article on the toronto star earlier today titled "Classless Leafs don't deserve Mats". This coming from toronto star columnist Rosie DiManno, a long-time supporter and die hard fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs.

"There is a recurring theme here in the melodramas of Maple Leaf Land. This is an organization without class and without conscience. Was a time that could be attributed to the deranged persona of Harold Ballard, a bully and misanthrope who abused staff, shamed players and held fans in contempt. But at least there was a face to put to the bungle and a desk where the buck stopped.

If you were to call the Leafs' front office today and ask to speak with the person in charge, who in the world might that be? It's a board of directors accountable to no one except shareholders and immune from scandal.

A few years back, the Leafs announced things were going to be done different. Alumni were welcomed back, the diaspora of beloved ex-Leafs embraced, vows of integrity expressed. In practice, little has changed. It remains a franchise without a soul, for all its iconic stature, thoughtless and disloyal.

Can you imagine the Detroit Red Wings treating Steve Yzerman, when in the eclipse of his career, as the Leafs are treating Sundin, even as respectful as Fletcher has attempted to be? Or the Montreal Canadiens similarly rushing Bob Gainey - his sweater retired on Saturday - out the door, with a slam-bang-thank-you capitaine?

The public has grown weary of sports idols who swap loyalties for the green, and rosier environments. Would serve the Leafs right if, denied a deal for Sundin at the deadline, he refuses to re-sign here now. But he won't. The guy's only crime is that he's not a mercenary, that he's true.

All else is false."

This is not to show my hatred for the TML organization but rather what i've been re-iterating for years about the lack of commitment and the lack of soul in the team. The time has finally come for the media and the fans to finally take a stance against the organization, to boycott the games, and to stop buying into the management's loose promises. But this has been an all too familiar a sight and is very likely to disappear into the background like all the previous years and the leaf organization, until a radical change is made, is doomed to failure.