If you have never seen this clip before, watch Jim Mora is one of the most epic press conference rants ever. I will not be going into too much depth to avoid too much contraversy on this topic. This week's Cultural Topic is:
PLAYOFFS
I am an avid sports fan. Sport of choice: NHL Hockey. I have watched an estimated 300 hours of hockey, both live and on TV so far this season. My team: The Calgary Flames. I did the same last year. I managed 6 live games (a personal best) in the 2008-09 regular season – Capitals, Stars, Canucks, Panthers, Blackhawks, Avalanche. Pretty good year. But, the highlight of my hockey watching career? My first playoff game: Game 3 v. Chicago Blackhawks.
The C of Red was fierce last night, my friends. Flames were down two-to-none after dropping two hard-fought battles in Chicago. Newspapers will report that the Flames played a spirited game and overcame adversity on their last chance for survival – only two NHL teams have ever come back from a 3-0 deficit in the playoffs, so dropping this one would almost surely dig them a deep grave.
I have never heard or seen a crowd like that at the Saddledome. Yeah, we can get some pretty good crowds out for some pretty exciting times, but nothing compares to the playoffs. I’m not going to ramble on too much. I’ll just let the pictures explain for themselves.
The Flames have made the playoffs now 5 seasons in a row and it has been exciting at the ‘Dome every year. Being able to see it for myself was pretty amazing. So even though he will never read this post, thanks for my uncle for allowing this to happen (despite all of his best efforts trying to convince my cousin otherwise).
The Oilers did not make the playoffs this year. In other playoff news, most analysts are predicting a Western Conference win, despite Boston being really good this year. Vancouver will likely beat St Louis in the next couple games (they are up 3-0) and that's fine. I am a fan of the Flames, but I'm also a fan of all hockey. If, however, the Canucks win the Stanley Cup this year, I will not follow hockey 2009-10. You heard it here first.GO FLAMES GO!
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You're a big liar Kai. You will follow hockey next year either way. You told me before this season you didn't plan on following also. On the same note seeing playoff games now that the flames are out is depressing. Lates
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