The Draft

Again, I haven't posted anything in awhile. However, I am doing so now because one of my favorite parts of professional sports is upon us again! (No, not the exciting action of pre-season CFL football...) It's the NBA/NHL Drafts!

Yes, it's that time again. That time of the year where the season is over and everyone is optimistic about their favorite team again. Experts analyze (and often are wrong) on which players will become future stars in their respective sports, fans tout 1st round picks as the second coming of some Hall of Famer from that team's glory years.

Here in Toronto, it's a little different though...

Looking at past drafts for the Raps/Leafs are very painful things to see. While other teams have lucked out in capturing superstar players, Toronto hasn't been quite so lucky. Sure in the last 20 years or so we've managed to draft some pretty good players (Vince Carter? Chris Bosh?), the majority of picks don't exactly don't pan out. And if they do, it's usually not here and on some other team or they just walk away from the team as soon as they can. How fast is Chris Bosh going to be on a plane out of T.O. after next season? What about Roy Halladay? This is why I love the NFL Draft especially, there's no Toronto team in the league to let me down and my favorite team has been spectacular with their picks.

But enough negativity, because like everyone says every year, "THIS IS THE YEAR!"

I guess we'll see.