In Case You're Wondering

No I haven't given up yet. See what's happened this year. Did the Flyers give up after they lost the first two games against Boston? After they lost the first three games? You can feel it in the air, something magical is going to happen. So to all you bandwagon jumpers who decided to cheer for the Habs and have now given up, you may go back to your old team. It's far from over. The Forum Ghosts are waiting the arrival of Les Habitantes. Forever Proud.

Anthems

What really is the purpose of playing the national anthems at a hockey game? I can fully understand when it is the Olympics and you're playing for your country. But yesterday for example, when O Canada was being played, one of the Pittsburgh Penguins players was saying to it. And good for him. I can't remember who it was but obviously he is a Canadian. Just because his team is based in the States doesn't mean he can't be patriotic to his homeland. And I'm sure if any American-born players on a Canadian team would feel pride when the Star Spangled Banner is played. Maybe they should just have a generic "hockey anthem" and go with that.

Hockey Refs

Isn't it unfortunate that no matter how bad the refereeing is in a sporting event, whether it's hockey or football or baseball (not that anybody watches that). The players and coaches are not allowed to say anything or they get fined.

But this whole Burrows-Auger situation has nothing to do with the bad refereeing. That will happen. Calls are made for the home team, calls are made against the home team. Calls are missed and maybe even they didn't see exactly what happened. My problem (and I don't know why they don't concentrate more on this) is this whole "vendetta" thing. Did the referee go up to Burrows and say "I'm gonna get you" at the beginning of the game? Why is this being swept under the rug? I'm not defending Burrows, he's always been known as a diver and nuisance. But if the referee did say what is alleged, then he has every right to have said what he said in defence.

That being said, who's looking forward to the next time Auger refs at GM Place?