"The strange but unmistakable sound of booing came from inside the Maple Leafs' private quarters on Monday, with a smiling Dion Phaneuf emerging a few minutes later.

Coach Ron Wilson later said he'd given his captain a bit of the Bronx cheer as well during practice, all in fun, to help break the ice when Phaneuf goes back to Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver this week.

"He's going to to hear it in all three places I suspect," Wilson said with a grin. "I think he will be cheered by more people.

"But it's like Toronto. If 500 people boo, you guys will write that 18,000 booed. It's the Silent Majority. Most people don't want to boo. It's always a small amount of people who do it, but a little bit of booing sounds like everyone is booing.""