The Daily Hive's Rob Williams weighs in on the bold promotion of Brock Boeser for next year's season tickets, fans buying in to a re-load of the team, and the confidence in Vancouver sports fans that Lionel Messi will show up to face the Whitecaps in the Champions Cup semi.

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Rob Williams: Are fans buying into a 'reload' for this core? Will Messi show up this time?