The Playoffs: Root for the Nicest Laundry
When I can find no other factor in a playoff series in the NHL I root for the team with the better looking uniforms.
Seems reasonable to me.
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NHL First Round:
New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals - The Rangers have long had just about the coolest uniforms in sports, so picking them is easy. The Caps unis are boring and too busy.
Buffalo Sabres vs Philadelphia Flyers - Sabres uniforms are sweet and they have a Portland connection, owning the Pirates. Also, Tyler Ennis, who spent a good part of last season with the Pirates and made the game look easy, is a fantastically exciting young player. And Philly sucks overall. In every sport, in every way. They have the worst fans in sports, outside of the blase Atlanta crowd.
Los Angeles Kings vs San Jose Sharks - Hard as it is to root against former Bruin Jumbo Joe Thornton, I pick the Kings, who have always had bad ass uniforms, especially in their Raider wannabe days in the 90s.
Chicago Blackhawks vs Vancouver Canucks - Tough call. The Canucks unis are simply dreadful and dull, with no color. But no Canadian based team has won the Stanley Cup since the Canadians way back in 1993. So they are a sentimental favorite. The Blackhawks uniforms are historically great: bold and cool. These unis have been in movies like "...About Last Night" and "Wayne's World" and probably others I'm forgetting. If the Rangers don't have the most awesome sweaters in the league, the Hawks take it. Root for Chicago.
...the rest of the series, besides the Bs vs Habs? I can find no reason to root for any of the teams involved.
Seems reasonable to me.
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NHL First Round:
New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals - The Rangers have long had just about the coolest uniforms in sports, so picking them is easy. The Caps unis are boring and too busy.
Buffalo Sabres vs Philadelphia Flyers - Sabres uniforms are sweet and they have a Portland connection, owning the Pirates. Also, Tyler Ennis, who spent a good part of last season with the Pirates and made the game look easy, is a fantastically exciting young player. And Philly sucks overall. In every sport, in every way. They have the worst fans in sports, outside of the blase Atlanta crowd.
Los Angeles Kings vs San Jose Sharks - Hard as it is to root against former Bruin Jumbo Joe Thornton, I pick the Kings, who have always had bad ass uniforms, especially in their Raider wannabe days in the 90s.
Chicago Blackhawks vs Vancouver Canucks - Tough call. The Canucks unis are simply dreadful and dull, with no color. But no Canadian based team has won the Stanley Cup since the Canadians way back in 1993. So they are a sentimental favorite. The Blackhawks uniforms are historically great: bold and cool. These unis have been in movies like "...About Last Night" and "Wayne's World" and probably others I'm forgetting. If the Rangers don't have the most awesome sweaters in the league, the Hawks take it. Root for Chicago.
...the rest of the series, besides the Bs vs Habs? I can find no reason to root for any of the teams involved.
posted by joe sweeney at 8:33 PM
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