Hope

I like Tulips so much that after the last petal has fallen in the late May warmth, I begin posting Tulip photos so I can drag out the season a bit longer.

The NHL playoffs continue and us Vancouver fans have finally conceded that it is happening, once again, without us. We lost the series against Chicago, in the fourth game, by playing defensively against an explosive offensive team, thinking it would take only one goal to beat them. It was a coaching error in strategy, in my opinion.
Naturally the fans are terribly let down, but I was wondering what would have happened had we won the series, and even gone on to win the Stanley Cup. Of course, euphoria would have been the order of the day, and there probably would have been short lived riots in the streets with the associated policing costs. But what happens after that? Yes, you are right, dear reader, life would go on. The great hope that we Canuck fans live with, year in and year out, would no longer drive us into a new season. We would have arrived, but what would that give us? I am thinking that it is good to never win. Come close once in a while, but never win. They say that man can live months without food, days without water, but not at all without hope. So, you see, we need that eternal hope to keep us glued to our TV in the winter months, screaming at the top of our lungs, "Shoot the puck". We anxiously await player trades and draft picks and contract renewals all in the hope that maybe it will be next year. I highly doubt it, but we can at least hope.