Tuesday, June 08, 2004

How is it possible that a team from Calgary, Canada LOSES the Stanley Cup to the Tampa Bay Lightning? It just seems wrong somehow. And it seems I'm not alone -- there's something Freudian about the Tribune's "mistake" (and yes I worked in the news biz - there were always two version ready to go...) I know that players come from all over but the mental image I have of Calgary is much more befitting of the Stanley Cup than a balmy city like Tampa Bay. But that brings me to another issue -- why in god's name are we still watching hockey in June. I think the hockey season should start say, at the first sign of frost -- and I think the Stanley Cup should be decided by the last recorded snowfall of the season say, in International Falls, MN. Doesn't that make more sense?

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