Pauline Groen

Pauline Groen

It's all Darryl Sittler's fault. Salming. Wendel. Gilmour. Cujo. Thanks to these Toronto Maple Leafs icons, along with many others, I fell into the maddening vortex that is Leafs fandom and haven't made it out of there. Many riveting moments following this team over time. Fast forward to the present tense and it's pretty compelling, the sum total of this current roster. But beyond that, I simply love the game of hockey and will watch other teams hoist the chalice, because the dream belongs to everyone. Baseball and tennis turn my head as well. And, the Toronto Raptors will find new ways to excel. A very, very interesting time it is. A very good time to write.

UNIONDALE, NY - FEBRUARY 28: Toronto Maple Leafs Center John Tavares (91) carries the puck into the zone during a game between the New York Islanders and Toronto Maple Leafs on February 28, 2019 at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum (NYCB Live) in Uniondale, NY. (Photo by John McCreary/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 30: Mitchell Marner #16 of the Toronto Maple Leafs skates against the New York Islanders at the Barclays Center on March 30, 2018 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

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Nicholas Robertson, Toronto Maple Leafs (Photo by Kevin Light/Getty Images)

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NHL logo (Photo by Patrick Gorski/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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