Toronto Maple Leafs on Valentines Day: How Do I love thee?

TORONTO - OCTOBER 4: Too celebrate the achievements of three former Toronto Maple Leafs players, Leonard "Red" Kelly, Clarence "Hap" Day, and Borje Salming, members of the Toronto Maple Leafs wear their numbers on their jerseys prior to the raising of the banners barring the numbers 4 and 21 to honor their contributions to the hockey club on October 4, 2006 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Senators defeated the Maple Leafs 4-1. (Photo by Dave Sandford/Getty Images) /

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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – FEBRUARY 04: Jack Campbell #36 of the Toronto Maple Leafs speaks during the Media Day as part of the 2022 NHL All-Star Weekend on February 04, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images) /

JACK CAMPBELL (Sonnet 43, E. Browning)

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways
I love thee to the depth and breadth of height
My soul can reach, after every sound bite
I love thee more than the Cujo craze
And more than Belfour parties at night
I love thee freely, you make Holl’s wrongs right
I love thee purely, as you deflect all of the praise
I love thee with the passion that unties us all
In my old griefs and childhood heartbeats
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With playoff defeats. I love thee as I grow up
Through smiles, breath and tears, and if God choose
I shall but love thee better after a freakin Cup!

JOHN TAVARES (“She walks in beauty”, Byron)

He walks silently, like the night
Of monotone and temperate skies
And though all those skills and prowess bright
There is a deadness in the eyes
Thus mellowed by the bedsheets sight
That viral pic hath no demise

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