Hockey is Back. Thank You, Baby Jesus!

Finally! After months of non-news and trades, and non-trades, and crappy innuendo about Mats Sundin, we can finally start writing about actual hockey again. Well, maybe not just hockey, but you know what we mean.

So what better way to start the season than having the most dominating team unfurl their Stanley Cup banner, then meet one of the league’s weakest franchises for a good ol’ fashioned romping. What’s that? Get the fuck out!

From NHL.com:

In front of a sellout crowd that turned out to celebrate the Red Wings’ Stanley Cup triumph last spring, the rebuilding Toronto Maple Leafs spoiled the party by taking advantage of some Detroit mistakes, then hanging on for a 3-2 victory over the defending champs Thursday night.

What. The. Hell. (?!?!?)My only explanation is that the Leafs kept saying “Happy German Unity Day!*” before and during the game which made the Red Wings believe it was still the October 3rd pre-season game. That would also explain why a teary Chris Osgood cried out, “You mean this was for realsies!??” during a post-game interview.

*Courtesy of my Heckler & Koch wall calendar - BANG! BANG!!