Highs
Attending game 6 vs Washington with my dad and brother. It was the last game we ever went to together and even though we lost it was an unreal experience. The moments leading to Matthews tying goal still give me shivers, they were playing thunderstruck by acdc in the arena. Literally the entire arena was stomping their feet to the tune, you could feel the vibrations. On the very next shift Matthews comes in on a breakaway and scores over the glove, unreal moment.
Watching Matthews score his 50th goal live, it was actually exactly 1 year ago today. Popped up in my snapchat memories, had a blast at the game with my brother, unreal moment again. The entire arena chanting "we want 50" "mvp"
Drafting the young core of Nylander/Marner/Matthews
Lows
2013 game 7, I'll never forget the ending. Gunarsson unable to clear the puck twice when Boston had the net empty, Chara's big ass in front of Reimer and 2 Boston goals.
Game 6 and 7 last year, genuinely feel we were robbed of a fair chance to compete in those games, should have won. Just brutal calls and missed calls.
The Toskalol era. The cycle of garbage players and coaches, hanta yo baby. We had to watch Toskala let in 200ft shots, Lebda on the blueline, Hagman missing empty nets every night, Stajan the #1C, when we thought Lee Stempniak was untouchable, Kulemin 30 goals and not trading him for Pitts 1st, Jake Gardiner, Komisarek the future captain, and I still would watch all 82 games. Dark f***ing times. When people complain about this team sucking now, I just look back and remember and think "you have no f***ing idea what a shit hockey team looks like"