This article has been submitted by Kevin Smith.
This one won’t be a long rant, but it comes from the heart. I am a diehard Toronto Maple Leafs fan, always have been and always will be. I love to watch them, talk about them, discuss past glories and current controversies, and despite having little to actually cheer for the last few years, I love being a true fan of an organisation that I look up to. Why then would they take away a heart and soul kind of guy, a grit player that fans of other teams despise and call a plug, while people like myself buy Leafs TV almost exclusively to watch Wade Belak’s small show ‘Wade a Minute?’ Belak leaves to the Panther’s, who, despite the small nature of the trade, I believe will greatly benefit from his presence, for what? A fifth round draft pick when our first round picks either aren’t making it to the show or play for other teams (re: trading for over the hill power forwards).
Belak will make the Brooks Orpik’s and Steve Downie’s take notice when he’s in the line-up, which will be more frequent with coach Martin never being one to shy away from strong arming the competition when necessary – don’t think he didn’t have a strong hand in this deal. Everyone from Booth to Horton to Jokinen (if he stays, and I think he will) are going to benefit from this, so congratulations boys. On behalf of the Leafs, to Toronto fans everywhere, I am sorry we lost such a character guy for what will undoubtedly be so very little.
This article has been submitted by Kevin Smith.
One of the happiest moments of my life was the Saskatoon Bomber scoring an amazing goal scorers goal earlier this year. I’m gonna miss that funny looking funny spitting albino. God Bless you Wade Belak, fuck some shit up in Florida.
xoxo
He got a pretty raw deal in Toronto for the last few years so maybe this will benefit his playing time situation. We can only hope!
What will Edge 102.1 do without him??