Well. it has been a while since the last parade on Bay Street. My shrink has advised that the bandage must be ripped off with a clean swipe. I have honestly had enough. It is bad enough when I am too stressed out to watch the actual live game but now it has become a serious mental illness. In 2013, the Leafs came back from a 3-1 series deficit, only to tie it up and then sink the whole ship when winning game 7, 4-1 yet, with 8 minutes left. That left emotional scarring. Now in 2024, Nylander has concussion protocol and Matthews has food poisoning …huh ? truly this team is cursed.
Hence, my application for the bandwagon membership. I promise to cheer appropriately, actually have the stamina to watch the games live, (not for years have I been stable enough to watch the Leafs in real time) and even get Brock whomever jersey and follow semi-religiously.
I await, with some degree of trepidation, your decision on admission, prepared to accept whatever indignity that this may entail.
D.
