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Originally Posted by pucksauce95

First time poster, and lurker since about 2 months before last year's draft!

Honestly, I could not resist saying something about how proud the Flames have made me this season after this win against the Sharks. Going into this year, the last thing I expected was for this team to give me such feelings of pride... I feel so fortunate that I'm cheering for one of the most exciting and hard-working teams in the entire league.

There's just so much hope with this team and so many amazing story-lines that have come out of this season. The emergence of Gio as a true leader, Monahan as an (almost) 20 goal scorer with crazy hockey IQ, Bouma and his unbelievable hard work and of course Stajan and everything he has been through, just to name a few.

It makes me feel old saying this (I was in the third grade at the time) but this team is the most entertaining team since 2004. They don't just play like a team, they play like... a family. There's just something about this year that feels different, where you can tell that all the players have not only bought into the system that Hartley has implemented, but they have truly bonded. Each player goes out and plays his heart out for the rest of the team shift after shift, night after night. All I can say, is thank you Flames.

Welcome to CP. Glad to have you on board.