Against all odds, when everyone said it couldn't be done, spiceblogger is going for it: 4 blogs in 1 day.
On the other side of the coin, if they lose tonight it will be the 5th or 6th (I stopped counting after 2) year that the leafs won't make the playoffs. However, as those who know me will attest, I'm the ultimate optimist. I guess you could say that I am able to see the forest through the trees.
What is it exactly that I mean by this? Well, last summer I had the privilege of meeting with Brian Burke (or as I call him, Burkie) who as most know is the General Manager of the Leafs. I "joked" (I wasn't really joking) with him, asking when the walk-on try outs with the leafs were. His reply was that they don't do walk on tryouts. At the time I figured that's fine and dandy. But if they miss the playoffs again this year and then don't do walk on's again next September, he will almost certainly be fired.
That's where I come in. As most of you know, I was more or less being fast-tracked to the NHL through the Belleville Minor Hockey Associations Houseleague System in the early 2000's. I had an unfortunate 'tweek' of my knee injury, which derailed me off track to the NHL (or as those of us in the athletic community call it, "The Show"). But, I'm happy to report that for the past several months the knee has been feeling fine. Furthermore, I'm in the best shape of my life and could easily hang with the boys in the show. Last week I ran a 7.30 in a 40 yard dash, and I can easily touch the mesh of a 10 ft high basketball net - so yeah, my verticals not bad either.
My old Ray and Jims Trophey's coach used to tell me I had more raw natural ability than anyone he's ever coached. So, now that I am finally able to match that raw talent with physical ability, surely all I need is a walk on try out to get my hockey career up and running.
In summary, when your watching the game tonight make no mistake - I'll be cheering for the leafs. But, don't get too upset if they lose, because it could mean opportunity is that much closer to my doorstep.
I hate to burst your bubble, but as a member of the track and field community, the last thing I would want to be bragging about is a 7.3 40 yard dash. The AVERAGE male 60 meter time is around 7.3, which means it takes you the same amount of time to run 20 less meters.
ReplyDeleteBut keep your head up, keep training, and maybe you'll be running with the rest of the pack next year
@slicvic
ReplyDeletethat may very well be true for track and field, but in the hockey community it's not all about speed. Considering how much extra muscle mass us pri/amature puck players have, 7.30 is the equivalent to a 4.20...and that's 4.20 seconds...but thanks for the encouragement
by the way, didn't you get blasted off that track
team? Keep training and maybe you'll get to where I am one day.
The dog
She will never tell you they cut her. Whats a better way to say they told her to empty out her locker, that she couldn't use their team facilities anymore and that she could never come back?
ReplyDelete@ Bill Dozer
ReplyDeleteSounds like they cut her to me
I quit, completely different than cutting.
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