let me say another thing: this cup run has given me such a bitterness toward the hockey establishment and the way they treat southern / non traditional market teams. from the refs to the announcers to the commentators at intermission to the journalists, it’s been made clear that they’ll never see our equal talent as exciting, our narratives as compelling, our goals as deserving of loud celebration, when compared to traditional market teams. we are fighting an uphill battle and we certainly ain’t gonna quit, but it is exhausting and infuriating.
u wouldn’t last an hour in the asylum where they raised me but it’s being forced to hear biased commentary against ur team that downplays everything they do.