hockey

How do you go back to watching the Vancouver Canucks after such a brilliant season, but such a "hopes dashed" finish? I'm torn. The fall TV line-up is less than stellar, otherwise I think I would have waited until the end of November to tune into the Canucks again. They have been a better December/January team than early fall, and I'm having trouble handling the losses. I know that Luongo hung in for his first win of the season during the last game, but the possibility of a loss was always there.

Besides, at the end of last season I had my hospital stint thrown into the mix of emotions that was happening around the playoffs, missed several games when I was on a ventilator, and was in hospital about 5 blocks away from the riot when it broke out.  What were those people thinking? Let's give our city a black-eye for all of the North American hockey viewing audience to see? I could see the orange smoke from my hospital window and hear the helicopters circling overhead. The "code orange" alerts (mass casualties) rang every 15 minutes for most of the night, depriving us sick people of a decent night sleep. The poor nurses were rattled and weren't allowed to leave due to the code orange. Sigh.

So, do you cheer for the Canucks again, in hopes of them getting to the Stanley cup finals again, and hold your breath that the nitwits don't make their way downtown again on the last night? (Assuming that the city won't host a downtown venue again, the rioters spoiled that for the other thousands of people who just wanted to have a good time.) Or do you watch the Canucks reluctantly, with apprehension and less than the end of the year enthusiasm we all had in June. Well, I guess I'll just have to keep my fingers crossed and wish for fewer injuries, more goals, more wins and fewer shootouts. Wish. Hope. Sigh.