Fan… I mean fanatic is defined as the following:  

1.       “A person with an extreme and uncritical enthusiasm or zeal for a cause, as in religion or politics.”

2.       “A person marked or motivated by an extreme, unreasoning enthusiasm, as for a cause.”

There is also a great Winston Churchill quote that states…  "A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject"

I’ll even pull out a Peanuts quote and more specifically a Linus quote; “A good fanatic is always ready for a good argument.”

This is to be a short, quick, article complaining about how the Toronto media, and in particular certain journalists, constantly bash the Maple Leafs, and in turn its fans. Bash to a point that I would consider fanatical. As well as us, the actual fanatic, and our excuse for continuing to surf the web, television, radio and newspapers for anything remotely Leaf related. (Such as this article)

Yes, I am a fanatical Maple Leaf fan. Yes, I think they have a shot at making the playoffs every year; But isn’t that what being a fan or fanatical is all about? It even says so in the above definition I quoted. "An unreasoning enthusiasm, as for a cause."

No matter how many articles I read how and why the Leafs won’t make the playoffs, or why they won't finish as high in the standings, will not change my opinion or the glimmer of hope I have, that maybe, just maybe they will squeak a game or two out and could possibly over achieve and give me one round of playoff hockey. Maybe they ride hot goal-tending into the second round? (See there I go again)

Some of you will mouth off, call me an idiot, because obviously the 08-09 Leaf roster is sub-par at best. I will ask you this: Isn’t cheering for your team regardless of the outcome a true definition of what a fan is? What’s wrong with hoping we succeed? Yet I have to continue to read how crappy we are, and we probably are, but still, give me something a little different from time to time. Even a taste of positivity. Even if it's just about how tasty the hot dogs at the ACC are. I'll settle for anything.

Only a team with a DEEP

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