Not just any puck either, greedy NHL and greedier NHLPA folksies:
make sure that once you do drop it, AT LONG LAST,
for the beginning of the 2012-2013 season,
it will be THIS PUCK RIGHT HERE (see picture below)
that you will be dropping:
That's right, L.A. Leo -
you are not repeating
just as the B's did not repeat
and just as ANY previous champion
-for the last 14 seasons at least-
has been unable to repeat
and raise that ashtray
on two consecutive years...!
WHY?
I'll tell you why:
because they overtax themselves
outplaying their opponents
outlasting their bitter rivals
outmuscling their hated enemies
on the ice
and, come a shortened summer break
rife with non-stop partying
(what they call Cup Celebrations - ha!)
and another training camp
at the end of which they are labeled,
hailed, lauded, praised
and soundly targeted
as the Defending Champs,
they begin the defense of that title
without ever having fully recuperated
from the grueling ordeal
that crowned them as such...!
And, so totally spent
and devoid of energy,
having to go through
yet another rigorous schedule
of over 80 games,
in which EVERYONE is aiming
with added gusto
at your defending champions' butts,
you get to the playoffs
(or, as Europeans call it, The Tournament!)
and you just can't go on anymore...!!!
Still, the Boston Bruins were one heck
of a championship crew,
giving it all throughout their defending campaign,
finishing in a top, pole position
and it took an extremely lucky bounce
IN OVERTIME, IN A DECIDING GAME 7,
into their net to actually knock them off
So...
Given NOW
that they are fully rested
that the season is shortened
and that everyone (almost)
is back and healthy -
the Boston Bruins
can be champions
in 2 out of 3 seasons
EASILY.
All they need to do
is get back on ice -
and for that to happen,
well, the NHLPA and NHL team owners
have to swallow their avarice
neuter their audacious propensity to flash it
and GET A DEAL SIGNED!
Personally?
I don't think they can do it!
Neither side is giving an inch so far
neither one seems able to give nor take!
Both are equally contaminated by greed
and pride, probably...
Neither side cares about the fans -
they only care about the money
that can be potentially extirpated from them!
Under these conditions,
I figure that there will be no working agreement
and the entire season will be cancelled.
I could be wrong
but it is of little consequence if I am not;
for life without hockey
has proven to be quite pleasant indeed
- once again!
And even if there is no hockey,
we know in our hearts who the champions are:
the Boston Bruins!
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