The player that brought me here originally just got traded away and the biggest star of the team just died in a most horrible way. My excitement level for new season is about zero at the moment. And ********* that shit, driving drunk is so wrong and somehow it's even worse the first thought in this guy's head when the car in front of him goes more left is that it's because they are trying to block him overtaking and he needs to show who's the boss by overtaking from the right instead. Anyone living in the states who wants to make a difference somehow, please have zero tolerance for driving even "a bit tippsy" and also don't feed the road rage culture. If you want to "win" a road rage moment, do that by staying calm and letting the other driver make an ass out of themselves.
Puck drop is usually like 3AM or later for me, I'm not feeling like I'll be watching all that much hockey next season... I practically stopped watching regular season last year the moment Fantilli got injured. I enjoyed playoff hockey but I didn't really have a team I rooted for, just watched most of the series as a neutral fan, west especially. In the east I was low key rooting for Carolina and Florida.
I followed Laine here from the Jets board but can't see myself doing that again, I never felt all that welcome on the Jets board to begin which has never been the case here. This is the best part of hfboards, my honest opinion.
Now that I think of it, I actually want to watch at least the first few games of Jackets as a gesture of support for the team if nothing else. I guess there are Jackets hockey things to get excited (or at least curious) about but not really feeling that right now. Likewise with Laine, I'm sure I'll check out how he does in Montreal and I'm wishing him all the best, but I'm not hopping teams for him again. And something in my support for him has changed. Not sure what exactly it is or how to put it to words, I just feel different. I never really consider myself a fan of any hockey player, these are not people I'm a "fan of", it's more like they are "kids I'm rooting for" and maybe Laine got old enough he's no longer a kid I'm rooting for. I hope that's because PAP done him good and he's in a better place now and doesn't need "my support", however virtual that has been.
Sorry for the somewhat depressed and frustrated rant but that's just how I feel about hockey right now, I'm sure you all can understand.