A New Decade...A New Squad....?

For the first two periods of tonight's game, the case was the same old, same old. The Canucks were predictably losing to a basement team, and when Burrows tied it up, Souray immediately responded to put the laaaaaaast place Oil up again.

The Aussie hostess who's been in Canada less than a year, strolled up to the bar and offered her assessment:

Sheila: I know what's wrong with the Canucks.

Me: Oh yeah? What?

Sheila: The Canucks could be a great team but they have no consistency. They're maddeningly inconsistent. This is my second season watching - I came to Canada during the playoffs last year- that's what I see.

Me: You don't say....

Me: .....

Me: Well you've hit the nail square on the head there. It's been that way for the last 5, 10 years, hell it's been like that for the last...well forever!!! We'll sneak into the playoffs and crap out in the second round. Then everyone around here will scratch their heads in the off season wondering what went wrong. And goddammit aren't you sick of it??!!! I know I am! Year after year after of the same shit!!!! We're losing to a last place team!! Again!!! SO FUCKING PREDICTABLE!!!!!!! GODDAMMIT IT'S A NEW YEAR, AND A NEW DECADE AND I DEMAND A NEW TEAM!!!!!

Packed up and left in a huff. Or a tizzy. Or both. It was the second intermission. Marched all the way home. Fired up the blog. Checked the feeds expecting the inevitable.

Only to find....this?