1 – U2 – beautiful day, it will be the one time I actually enjoy a U2 song, either that or Zombie nation because that seems to be the go-to

2- No, both will max out at 25 while Heatly will probably rack up close to 60 with Jumbo Joe as his pivot

3-The Borschevsky eliminating the Wings goal, only because I was so bat shit delirious after the dougie double wrap around I dont remember actually seeing it, just the replays

4-I’d like to see the Leafs cup contenders next season or the one after that, unless magic happens its not going to happen this season so there is no use rushing it

5- attack dog dummy

As far as the goal goes I can only think of Sundin’s 500th. Now granted I may be a bit of youngin to remember the rest but having Sundin score number 500, on his 3rd goal of the game, in overtime, short-handed against Kipper?

That was one heck of a goal.

1. Anything by Nickelback makes me want to puke, ditto for Avril lavigne

2. They will be lucky to combine for 45, heatley will crack 50 imo.

3. Dougie wraparound, only because it defined my generation. i would pick a cup winning goal if i was actually around to experience it….

4. Id love to see the leafs to be serious contenders 2 seasons from now but I dont want to see all these 1st rounders gone… not sure if i can have both

5. LA Kings alumni

1 – haha Time of My Life from Dirty Dancing and there’s precedent among the MLSE family of clubs. In the last game of the inaugural season Danny Dichio scored in injury time to salvage a tie. As fans flooded the field and the crowd rocked in celebration that song came over the PA.

2 – Heatley is going to crack 40 without breaking a sweat. I think that sens’ pair can come close to matching that.

3 – Borchevsky’s goal because that was the first moment of success for my generation of fans.

4 – The team will be competitive this year, a contender within 3 seasons at most or I’ll cry but I am not liking the increase in price for Kessel. I do think, and Washington is a good case, that first rounders are a great place to get elite players. As much as possible these need to be protected. Trading one for Kessel is like using a draft pick to select a 30 goal scorer. Trading two gets a little tougher.

5 – Guide Dog trainer.

1. Depend on the moment – that being said, pretty much anything by Nickelback or Beyonce (and yes, I HAVE heard Beyonce go at a professional hockey game – it was sad) have the capacity to even ruin us winning the Stanley Cup. Although strangely amusing for introducing the Lollipop Guild.
 *edit: I’m inclined to agree with the Perfect Strangers theme – that would just be wrong.

2) No. But only because Joe Thornton will be continually bouncing pucks off Heatley’s head and into the opposing net.

3) I cannot remember who scored the goal. It wasn’t a pretty goal, it wasn’t the most beautiful, but I remember like it was yesterday. Winning goal, 3-2 in triple OT over the Sens in the 2002 playoffs.

4) I want our team to be competitive now – but not at the cost of being competitive in the future. As to the cost for Kessel – he’s a proven elite forward – which, frankly, no team can win without in this league. The cost of 4 draft picks (including 2 firsts) is high, but if you consider the fact that next years draft is questionable, and it’s unlikely we’d be picking in the top ten – doubly so for the following year (where we are most likely to get a player of Kessels calibre) – he is a player we can build around. If we can get him signed for reasonable money long term – well worth it.

5) Ottawa Senators head coach.

1. Walking on Sunshine by Katrina and the Waves

2. No, Heatley is just about a guaranteed lock for 50+ with Thorton feeding him the puck, and the fact that he should actually give a shit this season. My bet is that he ends Ovie’s streak and wins the Rocket Richard trophy with somewhere around 60. Michalek and Cheechoo put up 50 combined tops.

3. Sundin’s 500th. It’s all about the ding.

4. Sooner. I hate the idea of tanking to get good. Tanking has only worked for two teams, Pittsburgh and to a lesser extent Washington, and that’s because of the luck of such talent being available in their drafts. I still believe that the best way to get better is through in-house development and incremental growth, backed up by good free agent pickups.

5. Infommercial celebrity endorsement for the Hairclub for Men.

1. Leafs win the Cup, ACC erupts with a Nickelback cover of Ce Ce Peniston’s “”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxrWRN0aq2c" target="new">Finally"

2. Heatley outscores Cheechoo, Fisher AND Michalek

3. Of the ones I’ve seen, my favorite goal: Greg Terrion penalty shot in ’83; biggest goal likely Lanny eliminating the Islanders

4. I don’t think the Leafs will be competitive for another year (they may compete for 8th this year, but that doesn’t make them “competitive”). If they trade 2 1sts for Kessel, I think it will set them back as it depletes the inventory of what can be used for trade bait when it’s time for this team to get that last little push over the cliff

5. Hockey scout reporting to JFJ

Ah, Boney M.- the most successful Dutch pop band ever (from East Germany). At least they didn’t name that tune “Brown Ring On The Girl”.
1. Any pop music from the last 10 years or so.
2. Who cares?
3. A tie between Clark’s 3rd of the hattrick and Dougie’s wraparound.
4. Can’t really decide, but I would definitely choose a slower, deeper build for long-term momentum if tortured to pick.
5. Duh. Hairpiece model for TV ads.

1. Etta James’ “At Last” – talk about a buzz kill. Great song, for weddings, not cup champions.

1. No

1. Always loved Dougie’s double dip rope-a-dope move

1. There are no guarantees with draft picks. If we can get better faster with the right trades, then let’s go for it.

1. Crash test dummy. No helmet required…

1- I could see them playing “If i could turn back time” by CHER when the Leafs win the cup again. I’ll personally track down the ACC music dude and shoot him.

2- absolutely no chance.

3 – sundin’s 500th. i was watching it with 7 or 8 avid leaf haters, it was glorious. (glad to see the love for that goal around here too.)

4 – sooner. you can be competitive and still continue to improve your team. i need playoffs soon man. SOON.

5 – i’m not sure he’s suited for anything.

1. Anything by Metallica. Inflated self importance, never rich enough and in need of psychiatric help. Just too MLSE ironic.
2. Heatley will hold up his end of the bargain. The curse of the Trojan will ensure that any newly acquired Ottawa player will bask in the adulation then blow his load, followed by consecutive flaccid performances.
3.This one. No I wasn’t fucking alive, but that wasn’t part of the selection criteria.

Selected if only for the thought of the long summer that captain Hab must have faced after leaving two guys alone in the front of the net.
4. This year. We have 150 behemoths to play defense for the simple reason that it is necessary for our cup run. Simple Godzilla based logic.
5. Nasty, evil, lying, two faced, shortsighted son of a bitch hairstylist to the rich and famous.

1. They will play Queen’s “We are the Champions”. It will be horribly lame and no-one will mind.

2. With 12 from Cheechoo, it’ll be hard for Michalak to keep pace with Heatley.

3. Clark’s goal, because I really wasn’t expecting it and it was wonderful to see the guy come through when he wanted to most. And I was alive to see it.

4. This year. They can contend later, but it’s always time to be competitive. I would not, however, give up two first round picks for a player Boston evidently doesn’t want.

5. I don’t hate Kerry Fraser. Just don’t put him on TV like Marc Crawford.

No. 1 – You can’t ruin that moment. i don’t care if they play “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” – nobody will hear it anyway.

No. 2 – Not unless Heatley gets injured. Or Thornton does.

No. 3 – Leaning toward Wendel’s goal as the extra skater in 1993. That’s my fave. But you can’t really beat an OT Cup Winner as blue with age says above. (Note – that captain is Butch Bouchard, and he’s trying to cover for #10 Tom Johnson, who’s tied up behind the net with Howie Meeker.)

No. 4 – I want them to be competitive now. I expect it in maybe a couple of years or so. I have no sense whether this group will ever really challenge. It’s too early.

No. 5 – Meh – anything where he can’t do damage.

1. Lady Gaga. I could see it happening, and it horrifies me.

2. No, I don’t think they’ll outscore Heatley.

3. The only one I distinctly remember is Mats’ 500th goal, so that one wins. That said, I have since watched Wendel’s goal in 1993, and that one is rather glorious as well.

4. I think in another year or two they will be comptetitive. This year will be a large learning curve, so I am not expecting a lot.

5. I like PPP’s idea – guide dog trainer.

1. Thunderstruck, because they play it way too much and it’s getting annoying.

2. Yeah, and they’ll actually play defense too!

1. Cotton Eye Joe

2. Not a chance, unless injury comes into play Heatley will score 50-60

3. How’s about that 1-0 OT goal Sundin scored in Game 1 of the 1st Round against Ottawa that led to the big underdog sweep?

4. All about the ’tenders. If the Monster is the real deal we could be surprised sooner rather than later. See Cujo circa 1998.

5. Barry Melrose’s sex slave

1. Taylor Swift- I hate her music more than Kanye does

2. I am going to go off the board and say yes they will – Heatley is an asshat

3. I loved the 500 Sundin goal.. but the playoffs are soo much more important I would have to go with the double Dougie

4. 2 seasons from now – deep run for the cup

5. That depends, is he still the head of the Wayne Gretzky fan club?

1. None of us are rich enough to be in attendance at the ACC for the Leafs winning the cup.

1- Beautiful Day by U2. Man I hate that song
2- Not a chance.
3- The first one that came to mind was Sundin against Ottawa in the 2001 playoffs
4- I don’t like the idea of an indefinite rebuild. Two years and we should be looking at a deep playoff run.
5- He can hold a tackle shield for the Springboks.

1. Any Nickelback song.

2. Heatley scored more than Cheechoo and Michalek combined when they were with Thornton and Marleau, so he should have no problem doing it again.

3. Mats Sundin scoring with about 20 seconds left against Carolina in 2002 to tie the game and extend the series a little more…

4. Realistically…start with the 2010-11 season.

5. A barber. But he won’t know how to be one, he doesn’t know what a haircut is.

1. something by Kanye West…too soon?
2. I say it will be close, with the pair of new Sens beating Heatley when his knee explodes when he is trampled after winning the gold medal
3. The Dougie special, I remember it vividly, jumping off the sofa. A few others listed are just as important. My dad (another immigrant who learned to love the Leafs) always talked about the Baun goal. “He scored on a broken leg. That man was a beast.”
4. I figure each of the next 3 seasons will be staging points to a solid team with real aspirations, but we might knock in less. Not this season.
5. Please, we all know Fraser will be working for TSN as the 327th hockey insider and spare talent hair stylist. Panger needs a wig!

1) Anything by the Jonas Brothers

2) about 45-50 goals (most of them by Michalek)

3) Mats’ 500th goal

4) This season or next season the leafs find their way back into the playoff picture

5) Grow a mullet, and become Barry Melrose’s body double

1. I missed the bus.. I missed the bus..

2. Do own goals count?

3. Darcy Tucker takes 10 yeas off of Sami Kapanen’s life

4. All hail the hypno-Burke!

5. Kerry Fraser is appearing as a central tunnel support on the new Victoria Line

1. A Guns And Roses Song. Apparently they are Gods of rock. I could never understand why.
2. I’m probably dead wrong and talking with my heart here, but I’d rather have Cheechoo and Michalek, they might not score more goals they’ll bring more heart and character.
3. The Borschevsky goal. I was on a beer run(literally) to the kitchen as the play developed and ended up seeing the goal sliding into the living room with 3 beers in my hands overflowing everywhere. Also, don’t remember the game but Wendel scoring on a penalty shot with a slapshot was beautiful – ‘I don’t even need to put a move on you, I’m Wendel Clark’.
4. I’m sold on rebuilding. Even in the pre-lockout Quinn era when the Leafs could always buy free agents to fill holes I wanted to see more home developed players. Could be that Kessel will end up being better than all current Leaf prospects and their next three 1st rounders but I’m excited about guys like Tlusty and Stalberg and Kadri. And nothing sucks more than a draft in which your team doesn’t pick until the 3rd round, and in the Leafs case it would probably suck just as much for TSN. On the other hand the guys who used to be ‘players of the future’ with teams like LA and Edmonton are nearing retirement age now. Rebuild or Rut?

I don’t know what I’d hate to hear most when the Leafs win it all, but it won’t matter because I’ll find a way to get in there, subdue the tech crew and put ELO’s “Do Ya” on in lieu of whatever was planned.

1. Gotta agree with Nickelback. Hate them so much…such rage. Katy Perry too…holy shit. Anyway….
2. Heatley wins, though it’ll be close. I may be dumb but I expect a rebound from Cheechoo and some average production. I see those two combining for 40-45 and Heatley likely scoring 50 or so.
3. Don’t know how you can go against a guy scoring the cup winning goal on a busted ankle, so that’s my pick. But the one I remember clearest is the Boreshevsky goal to eliminate the Wings. I had some family staying at the time from Ottawa and they hated the Leafs and were sitting with my buddy and me watching the game and slagging the Leafs all the way through it. When the chef scored we celebrated loudly and rudely.
4. Kessel is a sexy pick, and certainly the type of player Leaf fans have been aching for: a bona-fide top winger with speed and scoring ability. But I’m really weary of giving up more than one first rounder to get him. As Chemmy said before, and I agree, 1 first rounder is perfectly justifiable, but 2 would be a definite overpayment IMO. I’m content to wait this out and see what a rebuilt scouting staff under Burke and Nonis (for as long as he’s here) can create with our own picks.
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