For nearly two thousand years, man has sought the holy grail. Is it in the Middle East, France, or England? Is it a cup, or rather a reference to the bride of ol’ JC himself, Mary Magdalene? Do we have to trot around, pretending to ride horses with squires in tow banging coconuts together to foley a horse hoof sound?
Well, none of you are right. Devout Christians, Pagan Christians, believers, nay sayers, da Vinci, Dan Brown, you are ALL WRONG. For the Holy Grail is not this cup…
but rather this one.
Yes, we Canadians have known the true nature of the Grail for some 100+ years now. And tonight, the long but exciting run as to who lifts the glorious chalice in victory begins. Canada, with a resurgence in teams due to fairer economic rules of play, are fielding four of their five clubs.
Now Toronto fans may not understand the math. Though the knee jerk reaction would be to assume Montreal is part of Quebec and not Canada would be their primary response, it would not fit mathematically as Montreal made the playoffs, and more importantly Montreal is the major part of Quebec that keeps the province Canadian, and thusly is a VERY Canadian city.
Rather, it is Toronto that is excluded from the list of being Canadian. Though they deny it, Torontonians secretly harbour desires to be American, they’re the one city that abysmally fails in supporting Canadian Football Rugby, as they truly want an American Football Rugby franchise. Thus, Canada casts Toronto out of it’s jurisdiction (at least as it pertains to the blessed game, Hockey).
As for me, whose “new” hometown team, the Canucks, completely collapsed and missed the playoffs, I have one goal I’d like to see (but have no control over less maybe karma), that being an all-Canadian final. As such, my predictions for the Canadian content of the first round is as follows:
Oilers def. Red Wings, 4 games to 2.
Senators def. Lightning, 4 games to 0.
Flames def. Ducks, 4 games to 3.
Habs def. Hurricanes, 4 games to 2.
Oh Canada!
