Leo If there was one thing I had learned during my years playing competitive hockey, it was that attention rarely arrived without complications because praise created expectations, criticism created pressure, and curiosity usually created problems, which was exactly why I made the decision to ignore the anonymous note sitting inside my equipment bag after reading it for the third time the previous night, convincing myself that whoever wrote it was simply another person fascinated by the ongoing circus surrounding my life and that spending energy thinking about a random piece of paper would be a waste of time when conference semifinals, draft evaluations, captaincy reviews, and playoff preparation already occupied enough space inside my head. The strategy worked for approximately twelve hours. Maybe less. Because the moment I entered the locker room the next morning, Noah was already waiting with the expression o
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