...for my Conference Finals diatribe!
When I was trying to get some sleep after the Stars' 4-OT marathon Monday morning, something fairly dire occurred to me for the first time:
My fan bigamy will really bite me in the arse if the Flyers and Stars both get through to the Finals.
For as long as I can remember, big wins have been in short supply for all my favorite teams, and now that I actually have some emotional tie to two different teams in the same league, they might end up playing against each other for a championship? What a nightmare. I don't think I can bring myself to show up for every playoff game, up to the Finals, rooting for the Stars, then show up for the Finals rooting against the Stars. I'll have to go into hiding, or perhaps escape back to Philly for a week.
What I'd really like is for one or the other to make it through. Then, for the first time in a decade or so, a team I really like will be playing in the Finals... and -- bonus! -- it'll be against a team against which I have at least some antipathy (Detroit) if not outright hatred (Pittsburgh).
(I was rooting against the Sabres and Devils in '99 and '00, of course, but didn't become an actual Stars fan until after I moved here in '02, and it was gradual at that.)
But it won't happen; again this year I'll be watching a Stanley Cup Final in which, in every game, I hope the score is 0-0 and everybody gets hurt.
Predictions:
Sid The Kid and The Incredible Diving Mealtickets in 6
Red Wings in 6
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I was going to bring up this potential paradox. But I thought about for a millisecond, and I thought your life-long Flyers love would rise to the top. I too hate a series where you don't have a clear enemy. It's not as fun.
Judging by the Red Army's "playing with their food" display last night, the Stars will not be long for this round.
Voice in the back of my mind: "BUT IT'S JUST ONE GAME! BUT IT'S JUST ONE GAME!" My new mantra for the next 2 days.
One thing that is hilarious whn your team goes far in the NHL playoffs, especially in a generally hockey-retarded city like Dallas, is that the gaggle of "sudden experts" call in to the radio saying genius things like, "Why didn't the Stars just start hitting last night??!" and "The Stars reall need to show up and turn it on next game."
Genius.
Well, you can eliminate this possibility now as the Wings have officially turned the Stars in to the Washington Generals.
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