There is no such thing as too many Blues fans. Be ready for some heartache before the year is over. Being a Blues fan is almost like being a Cub fan, only the Blues actually win during the regular season. I will be at as many playoff games as possible, and hope I am still going in late May.
Bart, we here in Buffalo are no strangers to sports pain. We've watched the Bills flounder in lower mediocrity for years and the Sabres are banking on high draft choices to get back to respectability. For now we will have to live our sports fantasies in players like Miller and Ott, who are big fan favorites here, and their exploits in St. Louis.
I like the "sports pain" reference. We have been exceptionally fortunate to watch the Cardinals for this past decade, as their success has offset the Blues and the Rams challenges. Miller has been doing great, and I am sure Ott will become a bigger factor when the playoffs start. Having a former Captain is a great asset to Hitchcock and the team.
Oh man, this will either bring out the Leafs fans in droves or drive them deeper into their decades long depression. Q: How do you know when it's spring on Ontario? A: The Buds are out.
We always say that you can tell when it's almost spring because the Leafs start falling. All due respect to our brethren from the Toronto area, they have a much better team than they have had for years. At least they are in the playoffs, or probably will be, and that's more than we can say in Buffalo. Now with Ralph Wilson's passing we may not even have a football team here at all. That will add to the local sports pain big time.
Playoff tickets are on sale tomorrow. I am hoping for more than two games in STL this year. No chance of playing the Kings in Round One.
woohoo Are you like me? Always Doin a happy dance, a fist bump, wearing a constant grin on this most happyest day every year, on the hockey calendar? The day the Laffs are eliminated and you thereby know Stanley's Mug is safe for another year. As Badger Bob used to say "it's a great day for Hockey"
I'm torn. I grew up in southern Ontario and, despite being a lifelong Habs fan, have fond memories of watching the Leafs when they were a threat, or at least exciting in a good way. Sittler, McDonald, Salming, Tucker, Vaive, Clark, Gilmour, etc., "the good old days". Last year against the Bruins was a thrill until the wheels fell off the cart in dramatic fashion and I had hopes that they had somehow turned a corner towards respectability. Oh well, maybe next year...... said every Leaf fan since 1967.
