Hockey and Canada go together like coffee and doughnuts; bread and butter, summer and ice cream. There's something about the game; the skill used to make a great stop, the player that can shoot the winning goal, or a well-laid body check that sings to us or the drama of a penalty shot. Everyone has opinons on it; were the Refs wrong to have called that one penalty? Did that one shot go in, or was it kicked it in by a skate?
15 years ago Winnipegers lost their team to Phoenix. And now the NHL has given it back approving a deal that moves the Atlanta Thrashers to Winnipeg. Hockey and Canada should be a winning combination, and I really hope this works out for Winnipeg this time. Experts say it should work out for Toronto too; there's speculation that when they realign the conferences, they're going to put the Red Wings in the Eastern Conference; meaning the Leafs are going could be seeing a lot of the Red Wings triggering another rivalry as old as the Original Six.
In a City where the saying "Maybe next year" has become a part of the vocabulary a competitive team in Winnipeg could give the Leafs' management a kick in the pants to make some changes. It may be the only thing that can.
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