I Salute You

i witnessed a beautiful thing today....a beautiful thing indeed. last night the oilers lost in game seven of the stanley cup final. a heartbreaking loss to a team that had fought hard to get to that point. they made this city proud.
this morning as i drove to work it felt different knowing there were no more hockey games to watch, no more stats to discuss until next year. i expected to see the world back to normal, no more oiler flags or signs in shops....the playoffs were over. we had lost.

but as i drove through the morning traffic, cars and semi-drivers, mini vans and trucks all had their oilers flags flying proudly, as if there was still one more game, as if the boys were still going. and i thought to myself, "why shouldn't the flags still be flying. we are their fans, they have done a good job. yes....they lost but they fought a good fight. fly on dear flags"

and so i salute the edmonton fans. the true edmonton fans. the ones that were at Rexall and continued cheering on the oilers after they lost at home. the ones that proudly wore their jerseys today and kept their flags a-flyin' on their vehicles. i salute you. it was fun. one might not even know the playoffs had ended and that my friends is a sign of a true fan. beautiful.