Madcombinepilot wrote:
We were just talking about this and how the media abuse can affect a team. Not media pressure, but media abuse. As much as Torts seems to think that media abuse can give him an edge, and as glad as I am that its starting over there, there is no way that the Canucks become the darling of the media in Canada. If Ottawa gets to the second round, they will be it.
Gotta agree. Even though Van has played a much more disciplined game during the last year, fewer blow out, less chirping at reffs, more answering the bell and not hiding behind reffs and the like, we will still get the most hated team moniker. For now, Ottawa will be labelled "Canada's team" and once they are eliminated, the Toronto media will look for an American team with high CDN content to re-tread as "Canada's psuedo team".
Canucks are filled with dirty swedes and petulant americans supposedly.
With luck we go about our business and eliminate the Kings without injury or significant exertion. then Doughty can complain all he wants from the 6th tee.