phew! i slept well last night... :)

as you may have already noticed from my previous post, the leafs were able to pull out a game 7 victory over the despised ottawa senators, 4-1. a few of us got together at ebrian's to watch the game. we were all pretty nervous before the game started and we had a bad 6-0 feeling. haha. of all people, it was tie domi (???) who settled all our fears by playing like a man possessed. he must have dedicated this game to his brother. :) a couple of bad goals later, and this game was pretty much over. the sens managed to put a little scare into us at the beginning of the 2nd period, but belfour once again stood on his head the rest of the way. although lalime played pretty badly last night (and probably his last game for ottawa), he wasn't the reason why ottawa lost. toronto had an incredibly HOT goaltender that shut down the high-powered ottawa offense. end of story.

a funny thing after the game was that cbc NATIONAL news led off their broadcast with the leafs game 7 victory over the sens. haha. first, this only adds to toronto's superiority complex and ottawa's inferiority complex. (btw, what is the capital of canada? TORONTO. haha.) second, isn't there more important news going on in the world?! haha. no wonder everyone else in canada hates toronto! also, on my way home, yonge street was absolutely CRAZY. people were blasting their horns, running all over the street, hanging out of cars, waving their flags, and screaming like hyenas. like i said before, toronto fans are pretty fickle / silly--they were celebrating like we had already won the stanley cup. haha. it's so easy to forget last year's game 7 against philly when the leafs were the ones who laid an egg. back then, fans were ripping them for being an old team who relied way too much on their goalie. so isn't this year's edition the same thing?! =)

on a side note, eric also came out last night to watch the game--even though his beloved canucks were eliminated, he came out to cheer on the leafs with us. i am thrilled to see him back in toronto. it was nice to catch up with him and hear about the stuff going on with him now. it was funny when he asked, "so what i have missed in toronto since i've been gone?" we were all having trouble coming up with something significant, but in the end all we could tell him about was harding's rap at tccc. haha. anyway, it was great just to see him in person. hopefully, we can still continue to offer him prayer and support as he continues to recover / rehab.