“It’s a lovefest when everybody gets together. A lot of people haven’t seen each other, you know? It’s the crowd that would show up at a funeral, but they’re pulling the Stanley Cup out of a case and not your body,” McPhee said, and then let out a laugh. “I never understood that, and you have to go through it, I think, to really experience it. I remember driving away from Guelph, going to Toronto the next day, and had this weird feeling in my chest. What’s going on? Geez, at my age, I sort of feel homesick today. I miss all these friends. I miss the family. But for the Stanley Cup, I don’t
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