Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Canucks vs. Devils: A New Rivalry?



Whoa, easy guys. One glance at the comments on the last 7TH MAN POST and it's looking uglier than Obama vs. McCain or Stephen Harper vs...whoever that liberal guy was he ran against the other day.

Well, the Canucks already have good rivalries against two New York teams. We went 7 games with the Rangers in the '94 finals. We went...a few less games against the Islanders in 1982 and they were the team to whom we first traded away Trevor Linden.

Now, at least for a couple days on the internet it seems...we have Vancouver vs. New Jersey in a no-holds-barred throwdown of "My Country Can Beat up Your Country." New Jersey fans, you insulted our family and the Shao Lin temple and now the hockey gods have struck down Martin Brodeur as punishment.

I wish Martin Brodeur the speediest recovery possible. But I'd rather endure the 7th man at the beginning and end of every game, between periods and after every offside and icing call than root for a Brodeur-less Devils team.

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