Draft Withdrawal Is A Thing
The day is done, you are free to crash at the hotel, or like Yorkie go on another adventure, and be ready to go on Sunday. There are still 2 more games to go, anything can happen! A team with no wins could win the one game in the C final and exit as champs.
An undefeated team can lose both games on Sunday and get nothing. Going home as B champs somehow is more satisfying than becoming the A runner ups, for the 5th time. It is not a sprint, it is a marathon. Of course everyone wants to win the A, but it is not about winning, it is about having a hell of a time, meeting new friends, and forming lifelong connections.
Sunday night comes to a close, the champions and the challengers have been determined. Hockey bags and unis are packed, it is time to leave this place, be it Penticton, Niagara Falls, Canmore, Jasper, Toronto, Vancouver, Edmonton, or Calgary, or where ever else we were having a great time for the weekend.
It is a bit sad to leave all this fun behind, but the next Draft Tournament is just around the corner. Chances are you now know half the players coming. You make your way home to be greeted with a flurry of Facebook friend requests, and a few days later Facebook blows up with all the pictures of the weekend’s activities.
You sink into the couch, have a beer and go through a slow process of withdrawal, wishing the next Draft Tournament was already here.
Now, imagine for a minute, telling your buddies you are going to head to Boston, Chicago, Vegas, Nashville, Toronto, Canmore, Seattle, Calgary, Vancouver, Jasper or Phoenix to play 5 games of Hockey with a bunch of people you don’t know, next weekend.
Sounds absolutely crazy, right?
Anyone in their right mind would be hesitant to do something like this. And we don’t blame you. So send them this post. They too can get on the crazy train and join the #DraftFamily.
See you soon.
