Toronto Maple Leafs' Jonas Gustavsson: The Monster is Under the Knife Again

By Louis “King of Roncesvalles” Pisano

Jonas Gustavsson will undergo another surgery to correct a problem with his heart and will miss up to three weeks.

Stand tall, Jonas Leafs Nation is behind you!

Another blow to Toronto’s goaltending situation, which, as Leafs Nation saw early this season, was tough on their team.

With Toskala out with a groin strain and now Gustavsson out with what we all hope will be an easy procedure to fix his elevated heart rate, the majority of the goal tending responsibility will fall on Joey MacDonald.

After the first period against Montreal Tuesday and the Monster leaving the game, MacDonald came in and helped secure the tag-team shut out of the Habs.

All of our wishes are with Jonas Gustavsson, even though they say this is a minor operation, anytime you go in and mess around with a major organ such as the heart, it’s a scary thing.

Apparently this ablation surgery is a common thing in the twenties and sometimes the first operation may not fix it and must be repeated.

We all hope you have a speedy recovery Jonas, and all of Leafs Nation yearns for your return.

To read more about this procedure.

http://www.hrspatients.org/patients/pdf_files/Ablation.pdf

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