Monday, February 25, 2008

Battle of Who Could Care Less

Is the Battle of Ontario currently the worst named rivalry in hockey?

It’s gone from a sea of heat and hatred to a whole pile of meh.

With the Leafs currently residing in the where-are-they-now-file, a Leafs Sens game has all the tension and energy of going to the old age home to play your crazy old aunt at Candy Land. Sure, it's hard to get up for a game like that and every once in a while you stop paying attention, the crazy aunt has a moment of lucidity, maybe some luck with the dice and you end up on the losing end of thing, but even though your aunt may have won a game it's not like she's on pace to crack the remaining unsolved list of Hilbert's problems.

I'm happy the Leafs won (and Ray Emery played nets like a little old lady) but I can't help but wonder how long it will be before these games actually mean something again.

3 comments:

  1. Anonymous10:14 am

    Candyland doesnt have nice

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  2. Considering that the only people who seem to care about this "rivalry" any more are the Ottawa media and a handful of radio call-in show losers, I'd suggest we rename it to "The Babble of Ontario".

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  3. Babble of Ontario it is...I love it.

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