A glorious day in Toronto, not only weather wise, but sports wise as Hockey, albeit preseason, has returned to the Air Canada Centre.
It's been a long wait for hockey fans and now getting a glimpse of some of the new-look Leafs in their crisp new-look uniforms is a thrill indeed though the score wasn't.
The Air Canada centre sang the national anthem all together without musical accompaniment, perhaps an attempt at getting a usually lack lustre crowd pumped early. Yet no sooner had the anthem finished and to my shock, horror, and disbelief they played the pathetic Leafs song"Go Leafs Go..this is Canada's team..blah blah blah! Alan Frew HAS GOT TO GO! Get it through your heads, IT'S SO WEAK! Scuse the minor rant.
Notables: Players missing:
Forwards:Nikolai Kulemin, Phil Kessel, Mikail Grabovski, Luca Caputi, Tyler Bozak, Fredrik Sjostrom, Colton Orr, Clarke MacArthur, John Mitchell
Defence:Francois Beuachemin, Mike Komisarek, Luke Schenn, Jeff Finger.
Goalie-J.S. Giguere
Nazem Kadri,Jerry D'Amigo and Brett Lebda got their feet wet.
Most likely Marlies that got to play: Forwards: Ryan Hamil ...
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