Posting this before I head to my lucky couch spot to watch the game.
I'm 24. I was 4 when the Rangers won the cup. As much as I think I remember it, I don't. I certainly don't remember the nuances of getting there. I have been raised to bleed blue from the moment I was born. My family got a season plan when I was 14. It's been 10 years since then. I am at an age where I can comprehend the magnitude of what could happen tonight. I've waited for this moment for my entire life. Well, at least the one that was able to grasp any true concepts.
I commuted to college to keep my season tickets so I wouldn't miss out on a season if they won the cup. I missed out on the whole colleg experience. And.... They didn't. I graduated, got a job, left that job and got another. Life has moved by, but my feelings for this team hasn't. I'm still young and I can taste it. I can taste possibly the greatest moment of my life up until now. I can taste a feeling of freedom.
Being a Rangers fan in my eyes has been akin to a jail in some ways. Ups and downs, my personal emotions flowing in line with the performance of this team. I'm hard on them but it's because I love them. More then almost anything on this planet. My life revolves around them.
Tonight is potentially a major step towards that feeling of freedom. That feeling of freedom I have dreamt of. That feeling of freedom that I was witness to something special. Something I wanted more then almost anything on this Earth. Something money can't buy.
Please get there tonight, boys. For younger fans like me, who didn't get to experience the reality of 94'. Please do it so I can finally get to that Stanley Cup Game. Please do it so something I have dreamt of my entire life will become a reality.
LGR.