Hockey Playoffs

Well Friends, it's hockey playoff time. Only it isn't for the NHL. At least the Red Wings won't win the cup this year, and I can rest easy knowing that the Blues won't choke in the first round. Here's to a repeat championship for your Milwaukee Admirals. Hopefully DB and I can get to an Admirals game here in the post season. I am not sure. We didn't make it to as many games as we had hoped this year. I think only three. Last year we went at leas twice a month. Not huge, but hey, we live over an hour away from the arena. We are also hoping for a nice showing from the St. John's Maple Leafs. It's their last year before the team moves to Toronto and comes back as the Marlies. Season tickets are on sale now in Toronto for a minor league team that isn't even there yet. In the mean time, nobody says word one about one of the Original Six, the Chicago Blackhawks. I'll tell my Friend, it's just crazy. Here we are, no NHL. No Stanley Cup. The last time there wasn't a presentation was in 1919, when a flu epidemic cancelled the playoffs. The next year, when the season and the playoffs resumed, the Ottawa Senators wone the cup. They beat the Vancouver Millionaires. I guess if I were a die-hard Senators fan, I'd be excited. However if I was born and raised in Vancouver, I'd be getting supersticious. So, that's the story about how the Grinch stole the Stanley Cup... almost like the year without Santa Claus. I miss you, NHL but I'm mad as heck!