 Thursday, April 12, 2007
The Stanley Cup Playoffs
The real hockey season, the Stanley Cup Playoffs, started last night. As great as hockey is, the marketing geniuses at the NHL have all three local teams (Rangers, Islanders, and D*vils) playing with start times of 7 pm, 7:30 pm, and 8 pm tonight.
What if you want to root for one team and root against the others? Remote control and picture in picture only work so well.
Here's an idea for the NHL suits. Start one of the three local teams on Wednesday night instead of all three within an hour of each hour.
Stanley Cup Hockey is a real two month grind that doesn't reward the best team but the team playing the best hockey starting now.
As for the locals, the Rangers have great goaltending and solid offense. The Islanders got on a roll during the last week but it will be hard to win it all with a third string goalie. The D*vils have the winningest goalie of all time, Martin Brodeur, but can they score enough goals? This question was posed by Brodeur himself in answering a question from Michael Kay on ESPN 1050 AM on Tuesday.
I have almost all of the anti-Jersey feelings out of my system except the D*vils and the Jets moving to Jersey so I can't root for the D*vils.
I can't root for the Islanders as I grew up a Guy Lafleur (Canadiens) fan and the Islanders broke the Habs Stanley Cup streak in 1980.
I think the Rangers are getting better but are a year or two away from playing for the Stanley Cup. BTW, the last time that all three were in the playoffs at the same time was when the Rangers last won it all in 1994. We'll see what this you brings.
I don't want to jinx the Sabres but cautiously optimistic that they'll win it all if they stay healthy, touch wood.
Since I went to college in Buffalo, go Sabres (and Rangers)!
Posted by the Tank in NY.
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