Kings up three games to zero on the Blues. Ummm, wut?
Devils leading against the Flyers, and to make matters worse, Flyers players are getting injured right and left. Martin Brodeur, who looked too old to be any good three years ago, is absolutely in the zone. The Devils will advance.
In what might be the most mind-numbing series in the history of the world, the New York Rangers are leading against the Washington Capitals. I don't really care who wins this series, and I've already accepted that because it stinks so much, it's going to go all seven games. It likely will be decided after 12 periods of meaningless, unentertaining overtime. You know a series is bad when the most interesting story is how little ice time the best player from either team is getting.
And then we have Nashville/Phoenix. No one cares, right? The punchline to this joke is, this is the best series going. It's been fun, exciting, and unpredictable. I could watch Predators/Coyotes games all day long. I'm thinking the 'Yotes will win it, but things could absolutely go either way. Hey, at least if the Coyotes win and go another round, someone might actually show a real interest in buying the team.
I predicted the Flyers would beat the Devils. Wrong. Blues over Kings. Again with the wrong. Preds over Coyotes. Likely, wrong. I said Rangers will beat Washington, but I hoped deep down I'd be wrong about that. The only one I might be right about is the most repugnant of the options. FML.
You have to think this whole thing is going to result in an LA/NY Stanley Cup Final. And isn't it about time the two biggest markets in North America faced each other in a hockey championship? In the words of Fluttershy, "yeah".
I should be happy. It's good for the sport, and all of that. Thank God Los Angeles and New York, the two most pointless, boring cities on the planet...two places that have absolutely nothing going for them...will finally win a championship of some kind. It's about time those two sad-sack locations finally get recognized for something.
The Kings are winning the cup this year, in case you haven't already figured it out.
I need to look on the bright side, because the rest of these playoffs won't be without charm. For example, I want to know if Dustin Penner can actually still lift the Stanley Cup over his head. I bet he lets out an enormous belch when he does it. If he can lift the remote to change the channel to watch a C.H.I.P.S. marathon, he should be able to life the cup at least to shoulder length.
I want to see Mike Richards and Jeff Carter, covered in champagne and staff from the nearest Hooters, thank the Flyers for trading them. Those deals aren't looking so hot right now, are they Philly? Carter and Richards might be jerks off the ice. They might party nightly like it's 1699. But they win cups. At the end of the day, all we remember is who won, not how they did it. Carter and Richards are winners. Enjoy all you can eat at the cheerleader buffet this summer.
There are a stack of ex-Oilers on the Kings. Watching them win is almost as good as watching the Oilers win. Right.
The thing to keep in mind is, the sooner this is over, the sooner we can get back to talking about what's important: The Oilers drafting Nail Yakupov. The Oilers moving out a few crusty vets who can't get it done. The Oilers hiring a coach who can win games.
The Oilers. It's all about the Oilers.
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