Brett Favre/Maple Leafs...Hot??

Brett Favre...Calling it quits after 17 years in the National Football League, 16 starting for the Green Bay Packers. He led the Packers to two Super Bowls and set all kinds of records. He set the NFL record for most touchdowns but also set the record for most interceptions, definitely a ying and yang type player. My memories of Brett Favre have been the guy who never backs down. Any type of injury he shrugged off, starting every game since taking over the starting position for Green Bay in 1992. My favorite memory of Favre was a game in the mid 90's against the Steelers. Favre was hit hard on a play and had to go to the sidelines and was coughing up blood! But again, shrugging it off and throwing a touchdown pass to Mark Chmura on the very next play! Even though, I was young at the time, I got the message from Favre, never give up! The other is hands down the 2003 Monday Night game against the Raiders, just a day after the passing of his father. Favre went on to complete 22 of his 30 attempts, 399 yards and four touchdowns in the win. What are your favorite memories of the Packer great and where does Favre rank on your list of Top NFL Quarterbacks?

Onto the Toronto Maple Leafs…Are they for real? No one would have thought so a few weeks ago. The Leafs have strung together a solid stretch of games putting them only three points behind Buffalo and six behind Philadelphia for that desired number eight spot in the Eastern Conference. In it's last ten games, Toronto is 7-2-1 and fresh off of a 8-1 thumping of another hot team in the East, the Boston Bruins (although the Bruins have lost their last three). It's usually the hottest team entering the playoffs that teams fear the most. I know it's still a stretch but my question to you, viewers, are the Leafs hitting their stride at the right time or is it too little too late? Will Toronto's late emergence bring back that hatred rivalry when the Leafs and Sabres play out their final three meetings?