In the End It's Right...

It's been a little over a month since the last game of the 2009-2010 Thrashers hockey season. With the playoffs in full swing and some changes being made to the team, it's finally beginning to set in that I will no longer be a season ticket holder.

It seems like just yesterday I was sitting in 218 cheering the boys on to the first ever Division Championship and their first trip to the postseason. A lot has changed since then. Coaches have come and gone, players have been signed and traded, and my seats have moved across the arena for a new perspective. However, despite all of the changes and differences over the past few years, the memories and friendships I have made will always remain with me.

As I move on to medical school and leave Atlanta, it will be odd not to be preparing myself for the upcoming season. Opening night will come and go and a new coaching staff will be hired. Free agents will be signed and some old faces will be sent off to pursue other opportunities. I'm not sure what it will feel like to have to watch opening night at home on television rather than at the arena, but I am confident that I will be there in spirit. One thing I am sure of is that I will miss everyone as I already do. I realize it won't be the same without Angry Steve there to put on a show by yelling and screaming or cursing under my breath about the annoying opposing fans sitting around me, but I'm sure you all will carry on. I will definitely be in touch and I wish everyone well. Have a beer and drop an F-bomb for me every now and then. Thank you for being such great friends. It wouldn't be the same without you and you will never be forgotten. Until we meet again...