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A Few Hours Before Stars-Edmonton, “The Monster” Will Be Let Loose in Toronto

Posted on October 6th, 2009 3:50pm by Jeff Miller
Filed under Dallas Stars, Hockey

Courtship of "The Monster" (L) included trip to Rangers Ballpark with GM Joe Nieuwendyk (DRC)

Rookie goaltender Jonas “The Monster” Gustavsson, whom the Stars tried to sign over the summer, will get his first start for the Maple Leafs on Tuesday night at home against Ottawa. This comes after Leafs no. 1 goalie Vesa Toskala has been beaten in Toronto’s first two games.

After the 24-year-old Swede signed with Toronto, the Stars added veteran Alex Auld as backup to Marty Turco. It’ll be interesting to see how Toronto coach Ron Wilson handles this, especially if Gustavsson plays well and wins. (Even Wilson calls him “The Monster.”)

Surely there will be plenty of coverage on this during Versus’ 6 p.m. Washington-Philadelphia telecast.

One Comment to “A Few Hours Before Stars-Edmonton, “The Monster” Will Be Let Loose in Toronto”

ludwig's mullet @ October 6th, 2009 at 4:52 pm

ugh, i’m still bitter about this.

while we dont know if dallas really had a chance against Toronto (there were some low-lying reports that it was Toronto all the way) this one has the feeling that it’s going to be a tough pill to swallow for years to come.

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