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EDITORIAL – Sure, the Oilers lost, but it’s not exactly a national crisis

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I WENT TO SLEEP last night feeling disappointed. I woke up this morning feeling somewhat depressed. As the day got underway, that was replaced with introspection over the events of the last few weeks. The Oilers lost. It seems like a big deal, but is it? I’m not a hockey fan, but I’m a hockey playoff fan. I disliked the Oilers when they were playing the Canucks, but once they were the only Canadian-based team left in the running for the Stanley Cup, I cheered for them. Watched every game of the finals against the Florida Panthers. It seemed ridiculous to me that Florida has an NHL team, let alone a good one. It seemed even more ridiculous that it’s been so many years since a Canadian team has brought home the Cup. Whatever happened to the good old days when we could depend on the Montreal Canadians or Toronto Maple Leafs to get the job done? When the NHL was truly Canadian, when Hockey Night in Canada was just that. Foster Hewett calling the shots. “He shoots, he scores!” he’d scream. Or gleefully describe pushing and shoving on the ice as “a real donnybrook.” [...]

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EDITORIAL – Sure, the Oilers lost, but it’s not exactly a national crisis

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