I'm
not sure what happened to you guys lately, but you aren't being
yourselves right now. You're not performing at the level that we all
know you're capable of. As a loyal Leaf fan, it pains
me to see you guys like this. I'm truly disappointed.
I
understand there are other factors such as the bad schedule, and the
horrendous officiating, but those are out of our hands. What is in our
hands however is our level of play, which just
hasn't been good, and you are much better than this, and we all know
it.
We
can't keep making excuses and pointing the fingers elsewhere, we have
to look within ourselves and point the fingers at ourselves. This is not
meant for one particular person, this is
meant for all of you. We win as a team, we lose as a team.
I
wish I had some explanation for what happened to you between last
season and this season, but you aren't the same team you were then. It's
as if you've lost your identity. Was it game
7? Did it completely shatter your confidence?
You
can't let the past determine your future. If anything, we should let
past failures drive us to future success. That future is now.
We
may have fallen out of a playoff spot, but I KNOW that we have what it
takes to get back in that top 8 and stay there. We just have to be
better as a unit.
You
guys have the best fans in all of sports. You could be in last place
and still sell out every night and honestly the fans deserve better than
this.
With the games we have left, I want to see nothing but your best. I'll accept no less, and neither should you.
If
there is anything that I can do as a fan to help get this ship going in
the right direction, please let me know. You'll always
have my support whether you're on or off the ice. That much I'll promise
to you. I need a promise from you however, that whatever it is that is
causing this slump, you'll figure it out amongst yourselves and correct
it. Lets get back to playing some good ole
fashioned hockey. Go Leafs Go!
Sincerely,
Abdalla Freihat (@AbTheLeafFan)
