Leafs vs Senators though. I love these games especially when the Leafs win. It really sticks in the craw of Ottawa-ians (?) so deeply. Hehehe.

The Senators go up 4-0 against the Leafs by the middle of the game with their first goal in just 13 seconds from the start of the game. Then the Leaf goals started. 4-1. 4-2. 4-3. And with five minutes left in the third period the score becomes tied 4-4 thanks to Mr. Third Period Matts Sundin. Overtime Nolan scores the winner. Sweet!

The Leafs were without their number one goalie Belfour, no Newy, no Mogs, Tucker and Nolan working through eye injuries, Nolan with the flu apparently. The Sens were missing a few players too most notably Chara and Redden. As the game progressed the flu started to take hold and by the third period, there were only 12 Sens players on the bench.

Best of all was the crowd. It was a home game for the Senators but like at any other Canadian city there is always a sizeable Leafs crowd and since Ottawa is so close it can be as much as half the fans. Back on Saturday in Toronto against Ottawa, the Leafs fans were booing the Sens captain Alfredsson everytime he touched the puck, for his crosscheck from behind of Tucker several years ago and the kneeing of Sundin that game. Last nights game it was great to hear Alfredsson booed in his own building by the Leafs fans. The Ottawa fans tried to counter with cheers but weren't as loud. HAHAHA!

Great fun! I hope there's another playoff meeting this year and the Leafs come out on top again. It'll drive the Ottawa fans nuts again. Apparently it's quite amusing to listen to the Ottawa sports radio stations after they lose to the Leafs. The angst, the anger, the vitriol... :-D

We don't get HBO or HDNET up here. Thanks to the CRTC and our idiotic Canadian content laws. Sure we get some HBO programs on a variety of our channels but we only get a fraction. Not getting HDNET really bothers me since I've had HDTV for a year now. An application has been before the CRTC for a year now. There currently is no competition for HDNET in Canada and thus nothing to protect but the CRTC continues to take their sweet fucking time with this! I could be watching 16:9 framed hockey games and a whole whack of gorgeous HD programs. But noooooooo! Bunch of bureaucratic braindead moronic fuckers!

You could at least listen to the Leafs games online. mojo640.com and usually the opponents team has a radio feed. Check the listings on nhl.com. Not the same thing as seeing it of course. Unfortunately for you it really boils down to what sort of audience the Leafs would draw on ESPN/ESPN2. Probably not enough to justify picking up the games. If icravetv.com wasn't killed by the Canadian and American broadcasters you could watch a TSN and Sportsnet online. It's so great how broadcasters put in a replacement product after squashing icravetv... *roll eyes*