The Goods and the Bads
Thank you Vancouver Canucks for such a great season. You guys did an amazing job, and created history despite today’s loss in the Stanley Cup Finals. The Sedin brothers, Henrik and Daniel were the first brothers to win back-to-back Art Ross Trophies, first Henrik last season and Daniel this season. The team also claimed their first President’s Trophy in franchise history. Kesler had a breakout season, scoring his all three of his career hat tricks in this year. Luongo was magnificent. We acquired great guys like Malhotra, Hamhuis, Higgins, Lappiere, and Torres. The team and its fans have so much to be proud of.
Am I disappointed that the Canucks did not win the Stanley Cup? Hell yes, I am choked. I felt like we could have taken it all the way, but in the end you have to give credit to the Bruins and especially Thomas. Fans can argue all they want to justify the loss, but the Bruins prevailed. Yes, some things weren’t fair and I think that they play some goon hockey sometimes. But in the end, they scored more goals and Thomas made incredible saves. Congratulations to them. Now that the series is over, I just want to say that I was sick of people thinking that the Bruins would just roll over and let the Canucks dominate them. It’s true that our team had amazing depth this year, but you have to give credit to Boston. They did too. I was sick of people who didn’t respect Boston for their skill, because they do have it. I think while games can be physical sometimes, it’s still important to respect your opponents. They didn’t get this far in the playoffs by sucking, that’s for sure. But this is not the end, life isn’t over. The Canucks will have chances to reflect, improve, and ultimately do better next time.
And with that point, I’d like to type a bit about the riots that occurred in downtown Vancouver after today’s loss in game 7. I think it’s disgusting behaviour and completely shameful to our city. What does it accomplish? NOTHING. I read Twitter feeds and saw news of some of the things that were happening in these riots and my God they were just disappointing to hear about. Vandalizing and flipping over cars? Lighting cars and other things on fire? Breaking in and looting stores? Starting fights? What are wrong with those idiots, seriously. They bring so much shame to our city and our ruining its reputation. How the hell do they even justify the rioting? “Hey Boston, we’re going to get back at you by trashing our own city.” That’s fucking stupid. This is all just so ridiculous, why would anyone be so dumb.
Not trying to single out a specific group of people but from what I’ve seen in pictures and news footage the people who are responsible for the riots look like they’re mostly punk boys and girls. So stupid. A couple of guys lit a flipped truck on fire and while crowds surrounding them cheered, tons of other idiots just watched with their cameras out, taking pictures or recording videos. Really? The news also took about how girls would POSE in front of bonfires and the like. Could that generation of people be any more messed up? The worst thing about youth/punks these days are that they’re so easily influenced. It’s like they see other idiots doing something that’s being cheered on, so they don’t hesitate to participate and join in as well.
I just want to say that although tonight’s riots have gotten Vancouver a LOT of bad press, please don’t judge the whole city. The people behind them are mostly punk kids who have nothing to do but hang around after the loss and create trouble and shame for the city. Most fans like myself and other people got out of their as soon as we could cause we anticipated something like this would happen and are condemning their actions as well as the rest of the world. At this moment I feel worse about what happened after the game than the game itself. It’s just so disappointing.
But to end this post, I just want to say thanks to the Vancouver Canucks for a great year and a great cup run! As I type this, I just realized we have another thing to be proud of despite the loss, we defeated the Blackhawks! That itself was a tremendous victory for all of us. I think why I also like this particular cup run, with it going all the way to the Cup Finals was that I was a part of it. People often mention the ‘94 Cup run (it also had its share of disastrous iots) but I was only two years old then so I could never really relate. The experience of this cup run was just great, and hopefully we will have another chance soon. Until next season Canucks.
