Tank Nation has been pretty glum lately. Cliff Fletcher was unable to blow up the team. Then the team goes on 3 week stretch where they are playing their best hockey of the season. So with Nik Antropov and Mats Sundin on the shelf for a while, Tank Nation must be feeling pretty good these days.
Right now the Leafs are in 25th place overall which takes them out of contention for the 1st pick in the draft since you can only move up 4 places. But they have an 6.2% chance of winning the lottery which means 2nd pick overall. And if the Islanders who are 3 points behind the Leafs can catch them, the Leafs will have an 8.1% chance at the 1st pick overall. Let's hope that Swedish groin hurts for a little longer.
It's incredible how little depth the Leafs have. Colorado, Detroit, Boston and Pittsburgh have had injuries to key players and continued to win. You would expect high-priced help like Darcy Tucker and Jason Blake to step it up but that hasn't happened. Makes you wonder why so many people voted to keep Blake in my poll in the sidebar.
On to one juicy Sundin rumour. The source is Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun. The same Steve Simmons who said last summer that Sundin needed potentially career-ending hip surgery. It's funny that after that story was proven to be false. Anyway Simmons has reported (cough cough) that the Montreal Canadiens had offered for Sundin - Christopher Higgins and their first, second and third-round draft picks. Toronto agreed, but Sundin refused to go.
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