The 2022-23 NHL season is only about a week away! Granted, the game is a far cry from what it was during my youth (epic fights, horrific goaltending, and no penalties to speak of, unless decapitation occurred), but I still love the sport, and probably always will...at least unless the AI implementation continues unabated, and it becomes visually indistinguishable for a Borg subroutine. But until that day, I am a fan, and I'm always happy for what it means when the calendar flips to October.
Growing up in LA, being a Kings fan was comparable to being sexually intimate with a radioactive garbage disposal covered in active tear gas grenades (at least according to my Rabbi). But those days are over--now, I liken it to the same, but with reduced radioactivity. I don't anticipate my boys amounting to much this year; their special teams remind me of a Three Stooges skit, and they still have the "Beavis and Butthead" offense (we're never gonna score!) that they've had basically since they shipped Gretzky off to St. Louis in '96. But I always said that after they won a Stanley Cup, I'd be released from my years of frustration, and not need to care so much anymore. Sure enough, that's precisely what happened, and here I am, with only a few grey hairs in my head. Hell, they even won a 2nd one. Funny how liberating it is.
So, whether you're just a casual fan or a face-painting Canuck clutching a Labatt Blue and screaming at the ref on TV (hey, at least Dan Marouelli has long since retired!), I look forward to hearing some good hockey chat on here. What's your team? How optimistic/pessimistic are you about the upcoming season? Who do you have winning it all in June? And last but not least, let's hear those grievances! Don't make me be the only complainer here, dammit!!
P.S. Home teams are supposed to wear whites, road teams are supposed to wear dark colors. PERIOD.
Growing up in LA, being a Kings fan was comparable to being sexually intimate with a radioactive garbage disposal covered in active tear gas grenades (at least according to my Rabbi). But those days are over--now, I liken it to the same, but with reduced radioactivity. I don't anticipate my boys amounting to much this year; their special teams remind me of a Three Stooges skit, and they still have the "Beavis and Butthead" offense (we're never gonna score!) that they've had basically since they shipped Gretzky off to St. Louis in '96. But I always said that after they won a Stanley Cup, I'd be released from my years of frustration, and not need to care so much anymore. Sure enough, that's precisely what happened, and here I am, with only a few grey hairs in my head. Hell, they even won a 2nd one. Funny how liberating it is.
So, whether you're just a casual fan or a face-painting Canuck clutching a Labatt Blue and screaming at the ref on TV (hey, at least Dan Marouelli has long since retired!), I look forward to hearing some good hockey chat on here. What's your team? How optimistic/pessimistic are you about the upcoming season? Who do you have winning it all in June? And last but not least, let's hear those grievances! Don't make me be the only complainer here, dammit!!
P.S. Home teams are supposed to wear whites, road teams are supposed to wear dark colors. PERIOD.