I think I’m still woozy from the Flyers/Penguins series. I mean, in two of the six games the Flyers scored a touchdown and a two point conversion and, in another, the Pens put up a touchdown and a field goal!! What the hell was that about?? I’m pretty sure the Flyers and Pens, in six games, out scored the Phillies and Pirates over the past 15 or so (don’t even get me started on the Phillies – everyone got hurt or got old all at the same time!!). I’ve never seen a playoff round where a goalie had a GAA of over 4.50…and still won!! For the first four games neither goalie looked like they could stop a beach ball if you lobbed it to them…but, in the end, Brys was a little less porous than Fleury and the Orange and Black were able to weather the storm. Good thing too cuz, although the Flyers may not have the goal tending to win another round, at least they beat the most smug team in the NHL…and that’s something that even New York and Boston fans can rejoice in. So, now we wait to see who’s next up – the Flyers have not shown all year that they can beat the Rangers but…they may not need to if the Boys in Blue can’t find a way to win game seven against Ottawa. Look, I know hockey is the least popular sport of the major four (not with me…just in general) and that some of you don’t even follow it and, therefore, have no idea what any of the above even means. To you folks, I apologize for this week’s subject matter. However, most of you non-hockey fans probably do have friends that follow hockey. And, if you do, chances are you’ll actually end up watching some playoff games with those friends. So, just so you folks (like Dave) don’t feel like you read this whole thing for nothing…let me offer some useful advice for hockey-viewing with one of your hockey-fan friends (like Me); If you don’t understand what’s going on and you can’t figure out the rules, all you have to do is, politely, keep it to yourself…I’m trying to watch the figgin’ game – questions are for the Internet!! I’m just kidding…I’d never watch a game with Dave.
Justin
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