Early January tends to bring out the remorse in people. “I’m going to quit drinking so much on Tuesdays. I’m going to start going to the gym to exercise, and not just have a wank in the locker room. I’m going to let my wife leave the house to vote”. But the repentance and apologetic nature of the new year is usually short lived, no matter how shameless the previous one might have been.
It’s January 4th, and I have just returned from the new Boston Massacre at the BankNorth Garden where the Leafs smote the Bruins 10-2. It was a great, even game for the first half a period – and I remember thinking how lucky it was that my uninitiated lady friend was getting to attend such a great contest as her first. But then it all skated downhill. By the early third, the less than humble Toronto fans near the ice in front of us were getting pelted with peanuts and had their baseball hats thrown out onto the ice. We scanned for further shenanigans as little pockets of trouble became visible around the Garden. Bad winners and worse losers had the golden-jacketed Remax security agents running ragged.
As I work in marketing, I know what spin is. Steen’s hat trick and five unanswered Toronto goals in the second period are unspinnable, even for the best of the silver-lining manufacturers. A brutal, soul-sucking night in North Station this evening. To make it worse, I have to fly to Toronto tomorrow. Whatever resolutions the Bruins might have made this past Monday morning, I’m not sure anyone is listening anymore.
i was never more happy to be out at Friday’s eating crappy food and drinking big beer more than last night. Why do you ask? Because i did not have to watch that abortion they call hockey in the garden
How is that they only have 1 fight in a 10-2 shellacking AT HOME in front of your own fucking fans and why did they wait until 16:21 of the 3rd period?
I’ll bet that really sent a message to the Leafs and the rest of the NHL. Do these guys have any pride? What is Chara’s lower body injury, no balls?
I would have thought they would come out against the Flyers in a foul mood on Saturday but I guess that did’nt happen either.
I throw up my hands
hopefully toronto can do somrthing with the team this year and not wait until the last minute to try for the playoffs. Also its REALLY nice to see Belak back in his ass kicking form of a few years back. peace!