Just One Small Concession

Okay, I don't want everyone to flip out Jerry Maguire style. So just sit down and remain calm as I tell you this. I'm allowing myself to root for the Bruins. Yes, the Boston Hockey team. BUT THAT IS IT. When I moved, everyone loved making jokes about me jumping on the Sox and/or Patriots band wagon, which will NEVER happen. I am confident that I can justifiably be a Bruins fan.

First of all, I came to Boston with an absolutely clean slate in terms of Hockey fanaticism. Okay, so maybe I was a fake Rangers fan for 5 minutes in the 90s when they had Messier and those other good players. I, however, can't even tell you what the other players names were. I think Gretzky may have even played for the Rangers for a year? In other words, I know NOTHING about hockey. I think that permits me to root for the Bruins.

Secondly, why NOT root for them this year? It's the playoffs already and they're doing well. This could be instant gratification at its best. I have nothing to lose by rooting for a team that has a chance of winning the Stanley Cup.

Finally, I'm dating someone who is a Boston sports fan. Between baseball and football seasons, I figure this brief lull where we can sit and watch a game without worrying about witty and slightly cutting remarks whenever key plays are made will be delightful. So, it is not so much a compromise as a political maneuver.

All of that said, playoff hockey is really entertaining. Three goals were scored within the first 10 minutes in last night's game three of the Bruins vs. Flyers conference semifinals series. Sure I have no idea what icing means and sort of hate that they allow fighting, but what the heck, when in Rome.