The Thrill is Gone

THE HONEYMOON IS OVER…
NO MORE MOONLIT WALKS…
NO MORE HOLDING HANDS…
NO MORE STARING INTO EACH OTHERS EYES…WHILE LISTENING TO THE GREATEST HITS OF MICHAEL BOLTON…
NO…THE LOVE AFFAIR BETWEEN TORONTO AND BRIAN BURKE IS OVER…
AT LEAST FOR NOW…
NOBODY SHOULD BE SURPRISED…ALL THE SIGNS WERE THERE…
ON SATURDAY NIGHT…PITTSBURGH DROPPED THE LEAFS 5-2…
TORONTO FANS ACTUALLY BOOED THE PLAYERS…AS THEY LEFT THE ICE…
LASTNIGHT IN NEW YORK…
THE LEAFS WERE BLOWN OUT 7-2 BY THE RANGERS…
IT’S THE FIRST TIME THE FRANCHISE HAS LOST 5 STRAIGHT TO START A SEASON IN NEARLY 20 YEARS…
THIS MORNING WHEN TORONTO FANS WOKE UP…THE BLOOD WAS ALL OVER THE SPORTS SECTIONS OF THE LOCAL PAPERS …
THE HEADLINES IN THE TORONTO STAR READ…
“MELTDOWN IN MANHATTAN”…AND…“LOUSY LEAFS”…
THE TORONTO STAR WENT WITH THIS LITTLE GEM…
“”TORONTO’S UGLY DISPLAY”…
NOW KEEP IN MIND…
THESE ARE THE SAME MEDIA TYPES IN TORONTO…WHICH HAVE FOR THE LAST YEAR…HAILED BURKE AS A “SAVIOR”…
IN FACT…IT WAS JUST LAST MONTH WHEN THE TORONTO STAR RAN A HEADLINE WHICH READ…
“BRIAN BURKE SAYS LEAFS BUILT TO MAKE PLAYOFFS”…
THE NATIONAL POST HEADLINE USED THIS QUOTE FROM BURKE…
“WELL ON OUR WAY”…
NOT SO FAST!!!
AFTER 5 GAMES INTO REGULAR SEASON…ALL THAT TALK HAS SUDDENLY STOPPED…
TONIGHT AGAINST COLORADO THE LEAFS WILL START THEIR THIRD STRING GOALTENDER…JOEY MCDONALD…
AND HAVE SENT 2 VETERANS…MATT STAJAN AND NIKLAS HAGMAN…TO THE PRESS BOX…
THIS SEASON HOCKEY FANS IN TORONTO MIGHT HAVE HAD SOMETHING TO GET EXCITED ABOUT…WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF DRAFTING FIRST OVER ALL NEXT JUNE…
EXCEPT…WELL…BURKE HAS ALREADY TRADED AWAY THE PICK…
AND THEIR FIRST ROUND PICK IN 2011…
THAT’S THE TROUBLE WITH “LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT”…
WAKING UP THE NEXT MORNING…