I fear lots of things. Thunderstorms. Georges W. Bush. My dentist. Most of all, i fear those vacuum-scealed items in hard plastic packages. I always cut myself opening them.
Lately, i've developped a new fear. What if the Habs don't score a goal in their next game ? Or the game after that ? Or ever ?
I exagerate.
As bad as the past week has been for Habs, i find the whole situation kinda funny now. In sports, most of us have really short-term memories and the panic-o-meter goes apeshit from time to time. Every team goes through a bad streak once in a while during the regular season. Might as well be now and have the guys enter the playoffs ( i hope ) with good sensations after gaining back their confidence. And if they don't, well, there's always next year, right ? To quote Carey Price : " Chill out. "
I'll admit, during the games, i get into it. I blame Gomez. I point Jacques Martin. I curse the refs. After it's all said and done, i move on to the next game, or the next team. Yes, there are 29 other teams in the league and i love the sport too much to limit myself into watching just one team. I get to be pissed off at other players, other coaches, other refs; makes me feel good.
Which brings me to my pet peeves.
Irritants include :
.Matt " Out To End Your Career, But I'll Change " Cooke.
.The " U.S.A " chant in some U.S arenas, most of which are home to teams composed of a majority of canadian players.
.Chris Lee
.The Detroit Red Wings and The Philadelphia Flyers. The fact that they're both having great seasons doesn't help much.
.The New York Islanders' entire management team. It's like the Groundhog Day of the Milbury Era over, and over, and over.. And while we're at it, their goal song sucks too.
.R.J. Umberger. I'm still bitter about his incredible playoff run against Habs a few years ago. I did get rid of the voodoo doll when he got traded out west though.
.Don Cherry. No further comment.
.Tim Thomas, for being so damn likeable. Also, he's a pretty good goalie if you watch him play other teams than Montreal.
.The entire Sutter family, who got me believing that Jacques Martin has endless facial expressions.
." Inside Hockey " on HNIC presented by Viagra, and overtime presented by Cialis. Too obvious.
.The entire NESN broadcasting team. All teams have somewhat biased men calling their games, but these guys take the cake.
.Last but not least, the Puppet Master, Gary Bettman, for slowly killing the sport, one player at a time.
So you see, even though Habs haven't scored in over a week, i'm fine.
