"As far as game preparation tactics go, it has to rank as one of the stranger things Toronto Maple Leafs coach Ron Wilson has tried in his 17 years behind an NHL bench.

With his team about to embark on a three-game swing through Western Canada, where defenceman Dion Phaneuf will face his former team, the Calgary Flames, Wilson let loose with a few catcalls for his captain at practice here Monday.

"I was booing Dion because I think he's going to hear it," Wilson said. "He's going to hear it in all three places I would expect. We were just trying to have fun with Dion and getting him prepared."

The Leafs play the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday in Phaneuf's hometown to begin the trip and the Canucks in Vancouver on Saturday to close it, but it's his return to Calgary on Thursday that continues to receive most of the attention."