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Abel to Yzerman

Final Day and Final Game

04/09/2017 at 4:00pm EDT

Well, the season of our absolute discontent ends today. What a shit show.

But, the Holland Failure pales in comparison (temporarily) to what this game means.

One more game at Joe Louis Arena.

One more game in the place where Steve Yzerman was essentially born, where Darren McCarty scored the greatest goal of his career a few months after he beat Claude Lemieux to a glorious, bloody pulp (about 90 minutes before he scored the second greatest goal of his career).

It's the place where the Cup was raised after 42 years of impotence, where Octopi flew, where Bowman skated, where Probert prowled, where "Don't Stop Believin'" became a legitimate anthem.

I mentioned it yesterday. My greatest moment came with one of you. Osrt and I attended game 1 of the Cup Final in '08. You can read about our adventure here.

In 2010, we did something at the Joe. We, you and I but mostly all of you, brought Herm to Hockeytown. 7 years ago. Holy hell. It honestly feels like longer. Our boy, Herm, in Brazil, had never been to a Wing game but he was as ferocious a Wing fan as any of us. So, we got him to Detroit. Read about it here.

I tell you, I haven't been as emotional as some about the closing of JLA. But, when you think about us, about the community that started with A2Y and expanded to other blogs and around the nation (the world, actually), it was always the Joe that somehow brought us together.

See ya, JLA.

LGRW. It's a live blog, bitches.

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