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Tuesday, April 06, 2004

Non sequitur day

It is my considered opinion that Iraq is a bloody mess and that the next week or so will be critical for the entire region and that even if Kerry wins in November he’s going to be faced with a small handful of options each of which is worse than all the rest.

In the NHL playoffs:  Lightning over Isles in 6; Bruins over Canadiens in 6; Devils over Flyers in 7; Senators over Maple Leafs in 7; Red Wings over Predators in 5; Blues over Sharks in 7; Flames over Canucks in 6; Avalanche over Stars in 7.

Congratulations to my (adopted) St. Louis Blues for making the playoffs for 25 consecutive years-- a record among major professional sports franchises.  Of course, for the first eleven years of that streak, the NHL was a 21-team league in which 16 teams made the postseason, leading the late sportswriter Dick Young to quip that if World War II had been conducted like a hockey season, Poland would have made the playoffs.  Still, in recent years teams have needed roughly 90 points to make the playoffs, and sometimes in the West even that doesn’t cut it.

I know this doesn’t matter to any of you.  But I’m completely overwhelmed with horrible news around the world, and this might be the last gasp for the NHL in its current form.  During next year’s lockout, whenever I want to avoid reports of how the Iraqi resistance is galvanizing Islamists in Iran, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia, I’ll be reduced to watching my old videotapes of the New York Rangers’ 1994 Cup victory.

Posted by Michael on 04/06 at 05:21 PM
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