Watching last night, I felt like I had the least emotional connection to the players I've ever had as a long time fan.
We've always had at least a couple home grown stars on the team whether it was MacInnis/Nieuwendyk, Fleury(I know, but he was popular at the time), and then into the Iginla/Giordano/Phaneuf/Brodie years, it was a let down after Iggy left, but we still had Johnny/Giordano and then Tkachuk came along.
When your biggest stars are new guys we handed big contracts to, who were more or less busts their first year, it's tough to have any kind of connection to anything but the jersey.
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