I love these videos...I really do and never ever get tired of them.
We have been so fortunate and I wonder if some in here don't appreciate how good this team of ours has been over the past 12 years to be able and talented enough to have these playoff runs we have had.
Sure only one team win the Cup every year but to do what we've done in past decade or so is not something to just scoff over. What we've done is probably about the next best thing to winning the Cup itself to be as competitive as we are.Despite al the *****ing and moaning by the usual suspects in here and we all know who they are every single year this team gives us a solid regular season and 75% off the time, our team gives us enjoyable April's and May's.
Sure I'd love for the team to give us more enjoyable June's but I for one am very very grateful that we have a team we can be proud of and who every single year is a serious contender to win it all. And this year is no different despite this supposedly being a "transition year" and most experts and quite a few posters in here thinking before the season we wouldn't even make the playoffs.
I'm very proud of this team no matter how it shakes out and it's one of the reasons I don't criticize as much as some do seeing my expectations for our boys was tempered by fact I knew this was a transition year. Now that we stole an all important game at the Bell Centre that we absolutely had to win in order for us to win it and move on, I really hope that some of the pessimists in here truly start to realize how special of a season this team has had despite the flaws it has.
Next year I have not a doubt in the world with some tinkering here and there(ie...signing a Shatty, maybe a Roussel....getting rid of some contracts for the Kleins and possibly the Girardi's of the world...etc), the expectation level for the team is going to be off the hook. But for now, this is what we got and I for one am damn prooud of this team.
Tonight was just another example of the heart and pride this team has and we should all be appreciative of them despite the warts it has....just sayin....