Two Things

[mmerriam]

1. Carolina was just too fast on the ice for Edmonton to handle, at least tonight.

2. One of the drawbacks to having 16 pieces out on submission is that sometimes the rejections roll in fast and furious and you start to feel a little battered.

Kind of like the Edmonton Oilers.

Comments

[cristalia.livejournal.com]

*weeps* ...so close.

[mmerriam.livejournal.com]

I know. :-(

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

It is very sad that while I was disappointed about the Oilers losing, my first thought was, "Well, Bobby would probably have been insufferable anyway." That would be Bobby Laird. Janet's older brother. My *cough* fictional character.

But he was the more worthy reason I was cheering for the Oilers in the first place.

[cristalia.livejournal.com]

You're awesome.

I just felt I should make that clear.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Why, thank you!

[mmerriam.livejournal.com]

I think that's a wonderful reason to have been cheering for the Oilers.

[nycshelly.livejournal.com]

I'm glad the 'Canes won. A rare time I was actually rooting for a coach. Peter got a raw deal in NY, so this is vindication.

Bummer about the rejections.

[mmerriam.livejournal.com]

Well then hey, congrats to the 'canes and to Peter! Never let it be said I'm not a good sport.

[nycshelly.livejournal.com]

heh. Cool. And thanks.

Actually, the 'Canes winning is a consolation prize because the Islanders have been disappointing. :)

[mmerriam.livejournal.com]

Ah well, there's always next season. I'll cheer on the North Stars, err, I mean the Wild, and hope for the best.

[nycshelly.livejournal.com]

There is always next season. ;)

[pezwitch.livejournal.com]

You know, I enjoy hockey. However, it just seems wrong to have hockey in JUNE.

[mmerriam.livejournal.com]

It seems even more wrong for the Championship team to be from the American south

[cristalia.livejournal.com]

The rule is you have to actually be able to produce the playing surface naturally to win a Cup. *g*

[ckd]

More wrong than having hockey in Tampa Bay or Phoenix at any time of year?

I must say that as someone who is still iffy on the whole wild card thing in MLB (I'd rather they add two teams and realign into eight four-team divisions, though I have no idea where they'd get the pitching for two more teams...), I find it silly to have more than half your teams get into the playoffs. (This applies to the NBA, too.)

[mmerriam.livejournal.com]

Wild card teams? Man, I'm still iffy about the DH. It's silly to have the playoff go as long as they do. That goes for baseball, basketball, football, and hockey.

[ckd]

I accept the DH as the last remaining vestige of having two separate leagues, given the merger of the umpiring staffs, interleague play, and so forth. If nothing else, it gives the AL managers something to worry about when they are in an NL park.

Though it's changed now, at one point I could make a case that the NL was the less traditional league despite being the senior circuit; more NL teams were playing in interchangable[1] multipurpose stadiums on turf, and more NL teams had moved since 1950. (For that matter, only one NL team still plays in a stadium built before 1960; even with the Tigers in a new park, twice as many AL teams do. :-)

Agreed, the playoffs run long.

[1] aka "ThreeRiverfronvet".