"Maybe it's an exaggeration to suggest that, in these parts, they're planning their first Stanley Cup parade since fans photographed the most recent on their Kodak Instamatics before driving to Montreal to enjoy Expo 67. But the optimism in Toronto is palpable, the Maple Leafs having been dramatically retooled for the 2010-11 season that begins tonight against the Canadiens (7 p.m., CBC, RDS, CJAD Radio-800). Only eight members from last season's opening-night Toronto roster remain with the Leafs, a ghastly 2009-10 crew that finished last in the Eastern Conference, 29th overall in the National Hockey League. That team opened the campaign with a record of 0-7-1, dropping its opener 4-3 in overtime to the Canadiens. (Surely you remember sniper Josh Gorges pinching in to score the winner with 12.8 seconds left. And Carey Price making 43 saves. And former Canadien Mike Komisarek taking 15 minutes in penalties, going to the box to feel shame before he went free after the Habs scored twice on the power play. And Andrei Markov ... well, we'll get back to him.) Leafs president and general manager Brian Burke took many summertime steps in a rebuilding project that began 43 years ago, when Toronto fans couldn't wait to get their colour (!) parade snapshots back from the drugstore and digital wasn't a camera, but a word a man preferred not hear from his doctor." http://www.montrealgazette.com/spor.../Canadiens face look Leafs/3635265/story.html
