Editing Jason Allison (section)

===2009 attempted comeback===
On August 28, 2009, Allison received an invitation to the Toronto Maple Leafs' September 2009 training camp, and trained with them through the beginning of the preseason. Allison had not played professionally since 2005–06; in explaining the invitation, [[Brian Burke (ice hockey)|Brian Burke]], the [[general manager]] of the Maple Leafs, said: "He had some personal issues and some major physical issues at that time. He has solved all of those. In my mind, he is a guy who might give us a lift and he deserves that opportunity."<ref>{{cite web|first = Mike |last=Ulmer | title = Ulmer Catches Up With Burke | website = [[National Hockey League]]  | url =  http://mapleleafs.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=490631 | date = September 1, 2009 | access-date = January 2, 2010}}</ref>

In an interview after his first exhibition game back, Allison was as confident as ever. "I didn't contribute much, but that's to be expected, I'm just shaking the cobwebs off. I fully anticipate regaining my previous form as a point-per-game player."

Allison's bid to make the team on a tryout ended up falling short. The training camp invite yielded a memorable moment, when Allison fought with the [[Philadelphia Flyers]]' [[Darroll Powe]] during an exhibition game and ripped his helmet in half with his bare hands.<ref>{{cite news | first = Greg | last = Wyshynski | title = For Next Trick, Jason Allison will rip phone book in half | work = [[Yahoo! Sports]] | date = September 20, 2009 | access-date = September 20, 2009 | url = https://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Video-For-next-trick-Jason-Allison-will-rip-ph?urn=nhl,190676 | archive-date = September 25, 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090925015830/http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Video-For-next-trick-Jason-Allison-will-rip-ph?urn=nhl,190676 | url-status = dead }}</ref> It was not enough, however, and by September 28, Maple Leafs head coach [[Ron Wilson (ice hockey b. 1955)|Ron Wilson]] confessed that Allison was "out of the plans."<ref>{{cite web | title = Leafs Lose Final Preseason Game | publisher = [[The Sports Network]] | date = September 28, 2009 | access-date = September 28, 2009 | url = http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=292925 | archive-date = October 1, 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091001091505/http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=292925 | url-status = dead }}</ref>