[skippy the wonder dog]

Leafs give Habs OK to talk to Sundin:
http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story...ockey/home

Here those Toronto fans slaver and snarl.... Good deal for the Habs to get Sundin, he's a great player, they need more strength at centre and he's big and strong behind the net. The impact player they're looking for.

But the Habs with all those good young prospects, exactly what the Leafs need to build on, and not a one of them Toronto-bound.... that's gotta hurt.

Well if the Habs are able to sign him then the Leafs will get some form of compensation

If they make the deal before July 1...

I have to think there's something here. Fletcher has given Gainey the exclusive right to talk to Sundin ... if Fletcher can't resign Sundin, he has to get something for him ... Fletcher has to have had conversations with Sundin about this ... Sundin would be public enemy number one in TO if he signed anywhere as a UFA, but if TO gets something for his rights then he can at least say he was thinking of the team....

Montreal with Sundin and Tanguay, Kovalev playing up to last season's level again, and all those good young players ... that would be quite a team.