2macinnis2 Scoring Winger



Join Date: Mar 2006 Exp:

Coping rationally with the Canucks' success First, like the vast majority of posters on here, I will say I hate the Canucks team. Hate them a lot. As the likelihood of that team winning the Cup draws near, I figured I'd run risk of Fata by offering a logical argument for taking the Canucks' success in stride.



I live in NYC, and last week I was talking to my buddy, a very intelligent dude by the way, who is a die hard Rangers fan. He knows I'm a Flames fan. I was telling him how I was upset the Canucks had won the night prior. "Why would you care?" he asked me. I replied with the usual rivalry comments, etc. He responded, "Cmon man, Vancouver hasn't won anything ever. They're never even good, it's like they barely exist. If they do win it all, how can you be so upset that they get their moment of glory?"



I thought about what he was saying. I wasn't cheering against the Yankees, or Cowboys, or heck even the Oilers. It's the Vancouver Canucks. Sure, there are plenty of unlikeable fans and players on that team. But every team, Flames certainly included, have both. Niemenen was one of our most key players on that run to the Finals. Vancouver has waited a long, long time for this kind of team. Many tortured fans I'm sure. When the Yankees win the World Series, it makes you hate baseball. It's bad for the sport, what they do. If the Cowboys buy the best coaches and players and win the Super Bowl, same story. Those teams and fans have more championships than you can count. That is really what should upset us. Vancouver winning should not.



Now, I'm not saying to cheer FOR the Canucks. What I am saying is that if they win, there is good reason to not have a meltdown. Many Flames fans don't want to envision a world where they can't make 40 year jokes to Canucks fans. Well, that's just as obnoxious as the Canucks' fans you hate. If they win, congratulations, and on to next year, where we are all 0-0 (0-0-0-0 if you count SO wins and overtime losses).