This will not, Ron Wilson insisted again and again, be a sentimental journey. Yes, tonight's game against the Sharks might be a homecoming of sorts as he returns to HP Pavilion for the first time since being fired as San Jose's coach in May. But don't expect him to get all misty-eyed. Here's something else Wilson, now the Toronto Maple Leafs' coach, won't be feeling — a grudge.
As Wilson stood outside the visitors' locker room at Staples Center, where the Maple Leafs were preparing to take on the Los Angeles Kings on Monday night, he said getting fired is just part of the coaching business and you can't take it personally.
"I've been through it before with Anaheim and Washington," Wilson said. "When San Jose fired me, I was on a red-eye flight and on the golf course the next morning. And I was on my boat that evening. I moved on. It's as simple as that."
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