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It’s spring break. Or more accurately, March break – that time every winter when those who can afford it go south and the rest of us stay here while the kids recharge their batteries by driving their parents mad.

Spring break: Time to give yourself a break. Time to stop (please stop) enumerating the alleged failures of Geoff Molson, Marc Bergevin, Trevor Timmins, Claude Julien, the equipment guys, the marketing staff, the guys who sell beer at the Bell Centre. Time to stop obsessing for MB, 1C, left D and CJ.

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Take a break. Breathe. Give it a rest. Please – before this kindly old columnist decides to take a flying leap off the Jacques Cartier Bridge.

The last straw came this past weekend, when I retweeted a link to Ryan Poehling’s goal. You know, the one where Poehling comes striding in on a full-tilt breakaway and, with a defenceman bearing down on him, deftly flicks the puck between his skates and then reaches around to flick it into the top corner.