{"id":1360,"date":"2010-03-25T22:57:24","date_gmt":"2010-03-26T02:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heroesinrehab.ca\/blog\/?p=1360"},"modified":"2010-03-25T23:21:19","modified_gmt":"2010-03-26T03:21:19","slug":"invitation-the-2009-2010-maple-leafs-end-of-season-banquet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/heroesinrehab.ca\/blog\/2010\/03\/25\/invitation-the-2009-2010-maple-leafs-end-of-season-banquet\/","title":{"rendered":"Invitation: The 2009-2010 Maple Leafs End of Season Banquet"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Look what I found lying around yesterday…<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\nMarch 25, 2010<\/p>\n

Dear Valued Employee:<\/p>\n

As a Toronto Maple Leaf player, you are invited to attend the annual Toronto Maple Leafs end-of-season banquet and awards ceremony.\u00a0 This year, the banquet will be held on Saturday April 17th, 2010 at Jack Astor\u2019s, unless of course we make the playoffs.\u00a0 Ha ha, just kidding!\u00a0 Seriously, though, the banquet is on the 17th at 7 p.m. sharp.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not including a map to (or the address of) the specific Jack Astor\u2019s restaurant we\u2019re going to because it\u2019s important that we keep the location of our team shindig confidential, to avoid having any unwanted guests.\u00a0 In unrelated news, I\u2019ve told Rickard Wallin (through a Swedish interpreter, he doesn\u2019t read English) that we\u2019ll be at Wendel Clark\u2019s Classic Grille in Oakville.\u00a0 He has been instructed to arrive early, demand to speak with the owner, and threaten him with trouble if we don\u2019t enjoy our evening (which I have booked under the name \u201cFetisov\u201d).\u00a0 Don\u2019t spoil the surprise for Ricky – remember how many stitches it took to close up the wound in Jason Blake\u2019s face last year?\u00a0 Oh, right, almost none of you were here for that.\u00a0 Well trust me, it was good times.<\/p>\n

The dinner menu at the actual, non-fake, banquet location includes: beef.\u00a0 If you do not want to eat beef, or if you are a vegetarian or have other incorrect desires, let me just say that Edmonton gets pretty cold in the winter and – as incredible as it may sound – the Oilers are less likely than even us to win anything anytime soon. Jonas Gustavsson can have pickled herring, but only because he has a couple of doctor’s notes and I don’t like to get covered in exploding heart blood.\u00a0 Remember, for this meal, the \u201cWellwood Rule\u201d is in effect so portions will be limited to six servings of 48 oz. each.<\/p>\n

After dinner of course, we\u2019ll be handing out the end of season awards.\u00a0 By tradition, your Master of Ceremonies will be the longest serving Leaf player, Tomas Kaberle.\u00a0 As you know, also by tradition, the M.C. is ineligible to win any of the awards.\u00a0 We offered to move Kabby out of that spot, but he insisted that he isn\u2019t concerned about winning and wanted to stay (why does this sound familiar?);\u00a0 in fact, he would like to MC both this year and next.\u00a0 I can say that we\u2019re prepared to meet him halfway on that one.<\/p>\n

Awards to be presented this year include:<\/p>\n