The Mats Sundin banner raising ceremony and his speech. Like so many nights during his career, he was the best Leaf in the building. Thought his speech hit all of the right notes and the crowd was great.
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It still gives me the chills
I could watch that ceremony again and again.
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I thought it was perfectly done. The crowd was great, the montage was solid, Mats speech was bang on, and at just over 15 minutes it was just the right length. I was pretty much teary-eyed the whole time. As the crowd was quieting down and he was getting his speech started I yelled ‘We love you Mats!’ and it forced him to stop and start again.
That's "Da-ooo". Like the drink.
Was that you!?! Awesome.
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Nice, you are now a (small) part of Sundin’s Leaf history.
Related: you did something a lot of NHLers couldn’t do; slow down Mats at center ice.
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by mass9 on Feb 12, 2012 3:38 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 4 recs
Was it just me...
I felt that the song choice was a little odd.
Granted, there was no lyrics, but we all know the lines of that song.
Could be seen as a bit of a slap in the face? Or am I over analyzing?
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by mass9 on Feb 12, 2012 3:42 PM EST via mobile reply actions
overanlyzing? maybe, but the first thing my wife popped up with was “Ha! They couldn’t win a cup with him, and they haven’t without him!”
I glared and tossed the baby at her.
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“remember how you guys rand Saku Koivu out of town but begged to keep Kovalev?”
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 12, 2012 3:51 PM EST up reply actions
ah, that wouldn’t work, huge koivu fan and hated kovalev.
i made her change the poop filled diaper, watch the ceremony then left.
Dammit Gomez.
exactly, she got to see Koivu run out of town and her fan base protest to keep Kovalev
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 12, 2012 3:57 PM EST up reply actions
back pocket it
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 12, 2012 4:05 PM EST up reply actions
Awesome. Also, I came close to letting the tears fall every time they showed Kabby.
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by danishmarshmallow on Feb 12, 2012 10:09 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Well done. How can the team not win after that? I wonder what the stats are on home team wins post-ceremonies… It’s ok, in the long run, we’ll win one for Mats.
by Leaf in Habland on Feb 12, 2012 10:56 PM EST reply actions
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