Hockey: Or Why There's Going to be Few Updates this Month

I know that I haven't been updating this blog as much as I want to, but that's mainly because of my having to worry about schoolwork as well as doing my own writing. But it's April, and that means one thing:

It's the Stanley Cup Playoffs. If there's one thing that's going to keep me from writing, it's going to be hockey. But this year, much like last, won't be too much of a problem.

My team, the Vancouver Canucks, can't seem to win against the Chicago Blackhawks in any series ever and even though the series stands at 3-2 in favour of the Canucks, I'm not holding my breath for a victory. We were blown out of the water two games in a row: 7-2 in game four and shut out 5-0 in game 5. And this is after securing a 3-0 lead in the series. Let's face it, gotta give it to the Blackhawks for having the skills to beat us despite the great purge last year where they traded 10 players in order to remain under their salary cap. Canucks added depth to the roster but it never seems like enough to beat the Blackhawks.

It's hard to watch the game when the team, in it's regular season, was the president's trophy winner and have them lose two games back to back in blowout fashion. It's hard to watch the game knowing that the team leads the league in power play, penalty kills, goals for and goals against and have them play that horribly against the Blackhawks to games in a row. It's hard to believe after watching this, that this teams still has a legitimate run at the cup, knowing full well that the teams we may be facing against will either be the San Jose Sharks or the Detroit Red Wings.

This may not be our year but hopefully, it will be soon. Hopefully in a few years from now, I will have a full stoppage in writing and watch the Stanley Cup Playoffs with my team in the finals and their shot of finally winning the Cup.