Are You Ready?

My girlfriend and I are heading up to the 680 The Fan fan rally shortly.

But I've been thinking... unless you are an older fan and were in Atlanta and experienced the Flames playoff experience, then you may know. But even for those that have lived in Atlanta since then and remember it, it goes without saying it's been a very long time and remembering what it's like it something too far in the past.

But Thursday is a special time. Win or lose, it's the first playoff game in this team's history. If you thought Saturday night's last game was intense, it will be nothing compared to Thursday and Saturday night.

Are you prepared? Can you really prepare for the playoffs? Most of us have never experienced it. Will it feel like a game 7 of a World Series? With a 1-1 game, bottom of the 9th and runner on 2nd and two outs and you're up to bat with a chance to win it all?

Most of the media has picked the Rangers to win it and even go far. But I could really care less what they say.

It's a moment in history, years from now, you'll never forget. One day, god willing, you'll bring your kid(s) to their first-ever hockey game and you'll be able to share the story - I was here for the first ever Thrashers playoff game.

I just hope our fans don't pull a Braves-like post-season attendance. If we can nearly sell out a game in the middle of the week on a Wednesday, the house had better be ready to rock come Thursday night. It's only Tuesday yet it feels like a year away. It can't come soon enough.

I just can't wait.

I hope the Thrashers play like every game is a game 7. I hope no one gets hurt. I hope we go far. I hop we win it all.

But no matter what happens in the playoffs, this is a year we'll never forget with all the great players we have right now. One day we may look back and consider this a glory year. Or the yea that put this team on the map. The year. This is our year.

I'm ready... at least I think I am.... so, are you?