Here we are my fellow leaf fans,
a day that we all knew would sooner or later come, but kept hoping for the
best. First of all, I just want to put it out there how incredible it has been
to watch the leafs play over the past year. Hockey that I didn’t know could
even exist in the city of Toronto was played right in front of my eyes and I have
never been so thankful.
For the
first time in a really long time, it wasn’t a dread to watch a leaf game. All
throughout the season, and that playoff run, I was glued to my TV, watching
those young kids become something of themselves, and make something of our
city, that we all have been longing for, for a very long time.
As I watched
as that last goal sneak past Anderson tonight, I immediately thought of all the
great things this team is going to accomplish in the next couple of years. No
one even believed the leafs would be able to keep up with the Caps in this
series, but somehow they did and I feel so lucky to have witnessed it. Despite
the minor (and major) anxiety attacks I’ve had the past two weeks from the
leafs, I would never trade in that feeling of excitement for the world. This is
what being a sports fan is all about. Going through the crappy seasons with
your team (and in Toronto there have been many of them) to getting to the good
part like this. The part that you know great things are going to happen soon.
I know that
in a couple years when the Leafs do win the cup (because they will), I’ll
remember this day… how I cried for a good 15 minutes after the game ended, and thought
to the future for better days to come for the leafs. As for now, the season is
a wrap and the leafs can be proud of themselves for what they accomplished this
season. The maple leafs gained a lot of confidence from everyone in the city
this year. This is just the beginning on what is going to be a team that
Toronto has never ever seen before.
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