Thoughts on the Toronto Maple Leafs from an 8 Year Old Super Fan

Toronto Maple Leafs - Morgan Rielly (Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images)

The Toronto Maple Leafs have been eliminated now for a few weeks and we’ve all had time to come to terms with the team’s latest failure.

The Stanley Cup Final is ongoing, and while we wait for the Toronto Maple Leafs to swing the off-season into full gear with the draft, free agency and some trades, we’ve been making due with news about the team’s assistant coach and fourth line.

One person who is very much looking forward to next season is my son Holden, who is eight-years old and is perhaps the biggest Leafs fan in existence. His favorite player is Morgan Rielly and I thought that his optimism and belief in his heroes…