Top 10 reasons why Toronto Maple Leafs coach Ron Wilson put Curtis Joseph in goal for the shootout

by Neate Sager, Out Of Left Field

10. TSN's Pierre McGuire had not had the chance to praise Wilson for "thinking outside the box!" enough.

9. Cujo asked really nicely.

8. Before the game, opposing coach Randy Carlyle reminded him that he still owed $10 for a pizza they ordered when they played for the 1977-78 Dallas Blackhawks.

7. Has to meet quota of shootout losses to satisfy Gary Bettman.

6. Hey, you take your chances with the one Leaf who was actually alive when Toronto last won the Stanley Cup in 1967.

5. Figured regular goalie Vesa Toskala would let Anaheim's Teemu Selanne score, since everyone knows those Finns are in cahoots.

4. Wanted Toronto to remember it should try to fix one NHL team before it talks about getting a second one.

3. Had to get home to watch the last quarter of the Raptors' pre-season game.

2. Ducks GM Brian Burke has been so depressed by his team's slow start that he only has enough ego for 5 people.

1. It's the Leafs, for God's sake.

(Here's what happened.)