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Monday, May 17, 2010

To put things in perspective

In comments to the preceding post, JP Stormcrow writes,

At this point I think I’ll root for whoever wins in the West. Just do not care for teams that barely qualify for the Playoffs winning it all.

Let me put that another way:  the Flyers are here because they won a shootout against the Rangers in the final game of the season.  That’s right, you win a shootout in the final game to squeak into the playoffs and you get home ice advantage in the conference finals.  It just seems wrong—because it is.

OK, granted, it’s not as bad as seeing the 1990-91 Minnesota North Stars in the finals with a record of 27-39-14.  The NHL can be a funny league sometimes.  Hey, remember the four years when Vancouver was in the Eastern division and Philadelphia was in the West?  I promise I am not making that up.

Also, I have a question.  I caught part of game six of the Celtics - Cavaliers series in that other sport, and I couldn’t help thinking about it while I was watching the speedy Sharks and Hawks pepper each other with a combined 85 shots (45-40 Sharks) in game one.  For those of you who follow basketball, was that first half exceptionally slow and poorly played, or have I gotten spoiled by things like Sharks-Hawks games and improbable Flyers comebacks?

Non-hockey blogging will resume shortly.  I have a good story (well, I hope it is a good story) to tell about the trip to Irvine.  No, not the one about how SEK overslept on Saturday and left me without a ride back to LAX at 6:30 in the morning.  That was OK—I walked some and hitched some.  It’s another story altogether, about my brief look into the Rorty archives.

Posted by Michael on 05/17 at 01:45 PM
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