Vestibule
05-05-2013, 04:39 PM
Being a Canadian in the Great White North, this time of year is usually devoted to hockey and beer...
However... I swore after the last lockout that I would ignore the half season and playoffs. In effect, I am locking them out.
So far I have been true to my word. I did not watch one regular season game and avoided the sports page, stats and readily available iphone sports apps. I excused myself from conversations about the Canucks at work (yes I am in Vancouver, but I grew up in Ottawa before they had a team. One inevitably became either a Leafs fan or a Habs fan. I became the latter during the Scotty Bowman years... Go Habs!) and refused to explain my reasons beyond disinterest in a money grab to salvage a game that has lost the magic and passion it held for me as I was growing up.
And now the playoffs have begun.... while I do feel a twinge of interest... like a dark seed growing from deep within... I have continued with my efforts to block any info regarding matchups and series leads thus far...
Now I know the international base of this community may not have any interest in the NHL so I am directing this thread at those of you who may have felt the same sense of betrayal and yet love the game and this spring rite of passage that has become our pre-summer tradition.
I am allowing this as my only connection for purely cathartic purposes....
So are you watching? Give a shout and tell me who you are cheering for wether they made the playoffs or not...
Cheers!
However... I swore after the last lockout that I would ignore the half season and playoffs. In effect, I am locking them out.
So far I have been true to my word. I did not watch one regular season game and avoided the sports page, stats and readily available iphone sports apps. I excused myself from conversations about the Canucks at work (yes I am in Vancouver, but I grew up in Ottawa before they had a team. One inevitably became either a Leafs fan or a Habs fan. I became the latter during the Scotty Bowman years... Go Habs!) and refused to explain my reasons beyond disinterest in a money grab to salvage a game that has lost the magic and passion it held for me as I was growing up.
And now the playoffs have begun.... while I do feel a twinge of interest... like a dark seed growing from deep within... I have continued with my efforts to block any info regarding matchups and series leads thus far...
Now I know the international base of this community may not have any interest in the NHL so I am directing this thread at those of you who may have felt the same sense of betrayal and yet love the game and this spring rite of passage that has become our pre-summer tradition.
I am allowing this as my only connection for purely cathartic purposes....
So are you watching? Give a shout and tell me who you are cheering for wether they made the playoffs or not...
Cheers!