I've said it a bunch of times, in games threads in the past, that several years ago I moved away from being the emotional too much invested fan. Part of that could easily be chalked up to moving out of my early-mid 20's too though. The minute I'm not having "fun" is the minute I step away. Hockey is a sport, the NHL is designed for entertainment purposes, if it's not that anymore I'm not interested.
When I was a teen I would yell "yes!" loudly and pump my fists in the air. Now? Now when watching a game I'm more likely to notice a fan doing something weird in the crowd after the goal. Look in some of the game threads, I'm say "alright" but at home I'm not cheering at all, just enjoying it for the moment. I'm more apt to point out how weird it is that guy is wearing all pink or which now boy Bev has brought to the game, that saucy minx.
I shake my head at the way some just get so insane over a loss or the frustration some feel at a game. I've taken flack before for being a homer, some guy got upset with me because "MMF is such a homer he even likes Kerr!" was a funny quote, but at the end of the day I just try to enjoy hockey for what it is, fun.
Inbetween girlfriends last summer I was briefly seeing a girl who got upset when I told her "hockey is just a game". I kinda laughed and said.. well it is... when she replied "No, hockey is a way of life" I ended it shortly after what was an, average at best, handy jay. Sure it didn't help she was a Canucks fan but man, take a step back.
If the Flames don't "blow it up" at this deadline I'll be upset but.. they can always do it next year too. It's fine, I enjoy the wins, laugh off the losses.
Holy crap, what a wall of text. Understandable if you skip over flameswin post and only read mine. I wouldn't read his either, mine is better and more handsome.
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