It really was the instant karma for the automatic goals hurled into the net against St Louis.
We actually probably played a better game against the Rangers, ironically enough.
Watching and appreciating - not singing and beating drums.
I went to see the NAC Orchestra and no one was screaming and cheering during the epic fourth movement of Beethoven’s Symphony #4.
Very strange.
They aren’t real music fans like the ones you see at Green Day concerts.
As someone who was in the crowd, they have a good energy there. Igor chants were obviously common, but they have a chant participation in their goal song and they do things like arena wide karaoke which was fun (Mr. Brightside).
They also use the hockey organ far more than we do - more than half the stoppages I’d say. It makes for a cool old school vibe as opposed to Cotton Eyed Joe.
There were a fair number of tourists (it’s NYC marathon weekend) but it doesn’t have that executive vibe at all. One weird thing is that they tend to come and go to their seats a lot during play (these are jerseyed fans) which does not happen in Ottawa.
The concourse there (200 level) is extremely narrow, like half the width of ours, which I always found was already too narrow.
As a result, it’s a real crush between the periods. Florida and Nashville (obviously much newer buildings) have great wide concourses where you can get around easily in between periods.
I think there will always be limits to how much you can expand MSG given the original building and the surroundings.
