A lot of great memories but what sticks out to me was how for that glorious 60 days they erased 15 years of what seemed like a culture of losing. I skew a little negative as a fan and in general find myself assuming things won’t go how I hope they will. To me game 7 in round 1 was such a turning point and turned me into a true believer. Something I hadn’t had since 89 and honestly haven’t really had since. Iginla misses on the empty net and Vancouver comes back and ties it sending it to overtime. I don’t think I remember a more soul crushing goal as a flames fan. I was 100% sure we were going to lose, absolutely certain. When Gelinas scored it was like a seismic shift had occurred and all of the sudden we were the team who got the breaks, scores the clutch goals etc. By the time the San Jose series started I almost felt like a different person. So optimistic not just about the Flames but about life in general. It was such a great run .
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