It’s finally over. Congratulations to the Chicago Blackhawks on winning the Stanley Cup in what I would consider the weirdest hockey season ever. How fitting was it then that Patrick Kane scored a weird goal that seemingly only he saw go in to win it all? I’m telling you, this was a spooky weird season, and while I am glad it’s over from a pain and suffering standpoint (see weird event number 50: Boston losing 4 straight) I am eagerly waiting October to start anew.
One thing that is not unusual, or weird in any way, was the lack of class on the part of the Philadelphia Flyers fans. There were a lot of fans left in the building when Gary Bettman handed out the Conn Smythe, and Lord Stanley’s Cup. I get the booing of Bettman, as there isn’t a more universally disliked figure in hockey, but to boo Jonathan Toews when he received the Smythe, and then again when he received the Cup was totally uncalled for.
I guess it’s impossible to show a little class in the face of defeat. I have to be honest, I was convinced the Flyers were going to win it all, and I was wildly impressed with their resilience. But then the fans went and boo like that and the goodwill went out the window, turning dark faster than a date with Jordan Van der Sloot.
The trouble with Flyers fans is they think they are just passionate. Well, I guess to a point they are, but they are also the most obnoxious group of people on Earth most of the time. I can say I’ve met a cool Habs fan, and a cool fan from pretty much every rival the Bruins have with the exception of the Flyers. Universally, they all suck.
So, Kane won it for the Hawks in OT setting off a party in Chicago that hadn’t been seen since 1961. That leaves the Toronto Maple Leafs with the longest drought now, and the beloved Bruins are right there with them. Looking at both rosters, and the way the draft will fall this year, I’d like to think the Bruins will be raising the Cup sooner than the Buds, but one can never tell in this new NHL. I am looking forward to June 25th and the NHL Draft. Hopefully the Bruins don’t fuck it up.
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