Love: Hockey (continued)

WHAT?! They fire Pat Quinn?! ARE YOU HIGH?

http://www.cbc.ca/story/sports/national/2006/04/20/Sports/quinn-leafs060420.html?ref=rss

First bringing on that yutz Lindros, then letting Eddie Belfour go, and now THIS?! The Organization is obviously passing a HUGE doobie around the conference table today. Idiots.

Love: Hockey

Within the space of half an hour Saturday evening my emotions went from hopefully optimistic to being robbed of that. I speak of The Toronto Maple Leaf's domination of the constant spoilers Buffalo Sabres. With their 5-1 win over the Sabres, the Leafs were to hold on to the hope of reaching the playoffs. But alas, with Tampa Bay coming out ahead of Carolina in overtime (with Martin St. Louis scoring splendidly) they effectively decided the issue for the Leafs by bumping them out of contention.
I love the Leafs. They are my team. They are so because after they forget how to play hockey sometime around December each year, they come back in with such an earnest desperation that you can't help but root for them. It is when injuries take out the big names like Sundin and everyone else is bruised, battered, stitched and bleeding that they truly shine on the ice. It is when I see (former Leaf) Gary Roberts playing with his face cut up and bruised like he was just run over by a bus and still out on the ice making things happen, Tie Domi and Darcy Tucker doing the same.
At least in the West, the Edmonton Oilers made it in. I'll have someone to root for for about five minutes before they get eliminated too.