It was a great Saturday for me sports wise as the Boston Bruins and Philadelphia 76’ers both rolled with impressive first round home wins.
Very few in Oklahoma City follow hockey even though at one point back in the 60’s the Boston Bruins top AAA affiliate played in Oklahoma City and spawned my love affair with the game. Some really good pro players came thru here back in the day and I find it very sad that Oklahoma City has no pro ice hockey being played in the city currently.
Anyway, the Bruins are loaded this season with a roster put together to give the two-time Stanley Cup champs Pittsburgh Penguins all they can muster.
These Bruins can score goals and have a good netminder in Tuuka Rask.
So while the Thunder try and decide if Brian Davis is a racist or not I have not only the Boston Bruins, but my Philly Sixers alive as vibrant contenders this spring.
To be honest with you, my emotional gauge for these two teams is probably higher for them than the Thunder right now.
But still–of course I’ll watch the Thunder this afternoon. The diva lab much more prefers the hockey and the Boston Bruins. She told me she’ll sit with me during the Thunder game, but if I start acting up and cursing at the screen she’s going to the other room to watch hockey because those guys try all the time.
And the Sixers? Yikes. That’s where the future of this league is right now…in Philly. I hope somewhere in a bar…Sam Hinkie is at peace with himself for how it finally turned out in Philly.
But since I’ve got the underground Thunder blog and it appears there it isn’t one local sports journalist in Oklahoma City who can string two honest paragraphs together in regards to the Thunder…I’ll keep my head up and do the best I can on here to record this for historical reference.
It’s going to be a great sports spring…with or without the Thunder. Hopefully, with though. And since my son and daughter in law moved to Denver—I now even have the Avalanche and Colorado Rockies to follow. My sports cup overfloweth. But the Avalanche drew the Nashville Preds in the first round and that’s a very tough assignment.
Make me proud, Matt Pinto.