[bigrangy]

Ever since game 2 of the second round last year everything that could go wrong has.

Vezina goalie melts under the pressure
Young star forward would prefer to play somewhere else and gets traded for a superstar who has the worst season over season points drop in history
Face of the franchise decides he’d rather play somewhere else last minute
Sign the big free agent known for his competitiveness who ends up putting in 0 defensive effort all season (and reps the team in the all star game)
The most fun d-man (and my #1 favorite) quits hockey, maybe never to return
Local talented prospect gets passed over repeatedly, will probably leave as a FA
Northern joke franchise and their players proceed to set scoring record after scoring record
Rookie goaltender dominates the AHL while the NHL pairing sinks the season
Ex-young star forward puts new team on his back and drags them to playoffs and beyond, gets Hart nomination
Presidents trophy winner and defending champs implode in the first round, clearing the way for Northern jokes to make a cup run
Team finishes a point ahead of the team currently in the other conference’s finals, picks 16th
Team GM bails
Franchise legend Coach who everyone thought was the reason GM left gets fired a week later


But now, the grease are out and I feel like the Oettinger curse is finally lifting.

Finally I have hope again.