Not going to do a series-by-series breakdown....but a few things I've noticed.
- Holy crap is there a lot of nasty play going on. The other day I thought I was watching a Philly game from 1974 (you could argue that the Pens were instigating as much as the Flyers...but whatever). There's been head-shots and fights and controversy in pretty much every series
- Florida vs New Jersey : YAWN! .... actually...this could be the best series going on this year...but I'd never know it. I just don't care about either of these teams enough to even check the scores
- Phoenix vs Chicago - Gotta cheer for Chicago for having a) one of the best jerseys/logos in all of sports and b) a fanbase. I just can't forgive phoenix for getting another city's team and not appreciating it (and the NHL for digging their heels in so hard on keeping them there that a different team has replaced them in Winnipeg). I know they do have some hardcore fans...but as a percentage of the possible fanbase, it's pretty pathetic. Also...Mike Smith - career scrub turned number one....has been pretty awesome all year.
- LA vs Vancouver : the battle of the teams who have no idea what their team colours or logo are.....
I especially like the tagline on the Vancouver one "the colour of hockey"....what the hell.. Blue/green/white/yellow/orange/black/red...so ... pretty much every colour except purple? And depending on your personal colour wheel...some of those stripes on the Orca jersey are pretty close to a purple/burgundy.... so....every fricken colour available. Seriously. And 3 different primary logos....none of which reflect the team name whatsoever. They do have a johnny canuck secondary logo....but I guess they're too good for that.
Heck...they've gone through more colours/logos as the New Jersey Devils franchise...and they'd been 2 different teams before they ended up in NJ
It actually makes the King's drift from the gold and purple to silver and black to purple and black seem pretty consistent and reasonable. And a crown....that's even got something to do with a king....wow. Who-da-thunk-it.
- OVERTIME - there's been a few overtime games but nothing truly epic yet. That's probably my favourite part of the playoffs and the part I'm looking forward to watching with my daughter the most....the 4OT epic in the western conference late game that goes until 2am. Nothing quite like it. Watching two teams with nothing left just trying to put themselves over the edge, but still keep it close to the vest so they don't lose. These games are possibly the best part of my Flames missing the playoffs year after year....you can just sit back and enjoy without the stress of actually having some emotion riding on the outcome.
Well..that's all for now...maybe more after a few more games.
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