Y'all talking about 20 years and the like scare me; that kind of predates my taking any real notice of the NHL's existence. (I mean, I vaguely was aware of the Jackets' existence, but didn't really pay any attention). It wasn't until roughly after the lockout that I was noticing at all. And I don't exactly last on message boards, generally; every other time I'd spend time on a message board about a common hobby it'd quickly fade after a couple of months or so. But then... all
this happened.
I blame George Matthews,
@BigFatCat999, and the opportunity to spite Jim Balsillie.