Sundin's Six Saves Leafs for Now

As I've been saying for a long time now, the Leafs are in big trouble and need a lot of help to make it into the post-season. Well, their captain, Matts Sundin, decided to show them how it's done.

Before last night, the Leafs needed to win all of their remaining five games, and hope that the Tampa Bay Lightning loses three of their last four. Their game last night was no easy task, facing the Florida Panthers who have more than their fair share of talent with Jay Bouwmeester, Gary Roberts, Joe Nieuwendyk, superstar Olli Jokinen, and All-Star MVP goalie Roberto Luongo. The Leafs struggled early, giving the Panthers a 2-0 lead, but then Matts Sundin went insane and score two goals to tie it up. But after the Panthers kept answering back with goals of their own, it seemed like the Leafs were going to run out of time. But no, Sundin steps up again, putting in another two goals, and assisting on another to put the game into overtime. And then who should assist on the game winning goal? Yes, the Leaf's captain.

This guy scored or assisted all six goals that the Leafs scored. It was his seventh career hat-trick. Now if only all the Leafs wanted to win as badly as Sundin, they wouldn't be in such of a mess right now.

But hey, they won last night, and the Lightning lost last night. If they can keep it going, they're on a good path. But, I still think it's too little too late.