I feel bad for Vancouver

I'm no British Columbia resident but I do feel for them on this of the many somber days ahead.

Their NHL Canucks team dropped the ball (puck) last night in grand disappointing fashion. After what appeared to be a dominating open to the series a couple weeks back slowly devolved into a nightmare for Vancouver on the road. Allowing some seventeen goals Luongo was back at home for game seven waiting for his chance to finally put everything to rest.

But it didn't happen. The Bruins stormed the zones and crushed Van with a relentless physical assault. With Tim Thomas guarding the net behind them and a wall of would be superheroes Boston now will hoist championship flags since 72.

But one thing lingers in my mind. Why does Vancouver or more importantly Luongo shrink in big games? I mean we just got done with the whole Lebron fiasco and now one of the most notorious (that I know of) choke artist in the NHL does it again. This time in game SEVEN of the final game of the year.

But I will not harp on the man. He tried. They all tried. And while I am far from a Canucks fan I must feel something, some sort of empathy to watch a city so full of energy and ready to celebrate after a seemingly eternity to be turned away yet again. It happened in 94 and now it happens in 2011.

It is simply amazing that the president cup's winner and all around favorite to win will go into the off season one game away but so full of questions and doubt especially at the Goalie position.

And because of their unfortunate play some handful of drunken idiotic fans will further disgrace their fall with what can only be described as heartless, juvenile, and in poor sportsmanship. Losing sucks but trashing the city because of a loss no matter the size is down right unacceptable. Destroying public property, looting, and causing general mayhem over a GAME is most assuredly the most stupid thing you can possible do. And for this I hope those rioters get their just due reward.

While I will never root for you Canada (I mean from a hockey standpoint, otherwise good looking out) and you may have you're own private quarrels amongst yourself that I don't quite understand, I do quite get what you may be feeling today, hell the year for that matter. So chin up Nucks, as they say in Chicago, LA, NY (when they don't win) or anywhere when things look the bleakest...

There's always next year.

-Rossini

(Course the pessimist would include [To choke] at the end.)

P.S. Congrats Boston, you earned it. Just saying in case I went too Van Van and forgot to give credit where credit is due. Oh and thanks for an entertaining series.