Cross posted from i_wanna_puck
Okay. So, although last night didn't even go (remotely) as planned, I think it's time to write my boys some pre-game letters to cheer them on against my other boys (I hate it when Boston plays Tampa. Really. A part of my soul dies and I get confused).
Dear Bruins,
My heart, my soul. My favorite team, like...ever. You know I couldn't abandon you, and if my thoughts of abandoning you waned and disappeared even after that miserable 8-3 loss last night, you know how much I truly love you. Was that what last night was? A ploy to make me realize 'you love us far too much to abandon us, and you thinking about it is laughable. So here's what we'll do, Lizi, we'll lose miserably and when you still love us, you'll see that this is one of those meant to be team / fan loves, that won't go away.' Mission freaking accomplished, and I love you boys for it. Thanks for keeping me from making a really huge mistake. <3
So, now. Here's my advice. Since I didn't give it last night and we lost, like, miserably. To everyone on that ice but Hannu Toivonen (and Hannu, if you so choose), hit the net with your attempts, please and thanks. It's make scoring a lot easier, and my life a lot less miserable. Last night on NHL radio they said a statistic that was something like only 10 of the 20 shots on the first period were actually on goal. That, folks, I ain't buying. Really, that's not acceptable. You know what the goal is, right? That big metal-and-mesh thing with the padded guy standing in it? And not the one on our side of the ice. The one with the not-black-and-gold-wearing cat in it. Aim for that. Glen, Marco, Wayne, that does not apply to you, because you scored. To you, though? Maybe aim for the open area of the net? Maybe we'll get more than three goals that way.
Don't get too donwtrodden, either. I know that when I was only listening to the game, I could feel your faces sinking to the floor when they scored twice and went up two-zip. I could feel it in my fucking bones. That's how much I love you guys. I could feel that this was going to turn into a blowout. I could just feel it. And what do you know...it did. I know you guys. I really do. 2-0 is not that bad of a deficit. Really, it's not. It's not killer, and we've come back from worse. I seem to remember being down 4-0 at the end of one against the Lightning (conveniently, tonight's opponent), and then coming back to win 6-5 at the end of the game. Do you remember that? We can do it again, guys. But that is only if we let ourselves get down that far. Try to avoid that.
To our 'tenders, and I'll say this to both of you (because you never know what'll happen), although I hate Tim Thomas with the fire of more than a thousand suns (probably even worse than Chara right now). No matter the score, the game is not over until the final buzzer sounds. Don't beat yourselves up too much, because you work so hard for us and we don't do the same for you. You do your jobs. We can't be proud when we say that we don't do ours. We love you, Hannu, and know you can do this. Really, there's nothing else I can say, except for do your best and we'll see what comes from it. We know what your best is--both of you (I seem to remember a 3-0 shut out against a certain Ottawa team last season by one of you, and then a 5-0 shutout by the other), so do it.
To our defense...don't crumble. Really, don't do it. There's always hope. I don't really know what to complain about with you, because I didn't see enough to know...but I know that it's likely that you guys got nervous and crumbled. Don't do that. Please. And to everyone else? WORK ON CONVERTING ON THE POWER PLAY! PLEASE! We were 1-7 on PP last night or some insanely pathetic stat like that, and I didn't like it. And PK? K some P's SVP. They were 4-8 or some insanely pathetic statistic like that, and I didn't like that, either. Please, just do it. I beg of thee.
To end this, I'll say...bring the W to the next city, please. We deserve it.
All my love,
~~Lizi
Dear Tampa,
Please take it easy on us tonight. We're a fragile, broken unit, and I don't think we can take another loss like last night. I love you guys, still, but, like...just don't murder us. Maybe let us have a win by one? In OT would work. Maybe on a fluke?
Beseechingly yours,
~~Lizi
Dear Bruins,
My heart, my soul. My favorite team, like...ever. You know I couldn't abandon you, and if my thoughts of abandoning you waned and disappeared even after that miserable 8-3 loss last night, you know how much I truly love you. Was that what last night was? A ploy to make me realize 'you love us far too much to abandon us, and you thinking about it is laughable. So here's what we'll do, Lizi, we'll lose miserably and when you still love us, you'll see that this is one of those meant to be team / fan loves, that won't go away.' Mission freaking accomplished, and I love you boys for it. Thanks for keeping me from making a really huge mistake. <3
So, now. Here's my advice. Since I didn't give it last night and we lost, like, miserably. To everyone on that ice but Hannu Toivonen (and Hannu, if you so choose), hit the net with your attempts, please and thanks. It's make scoring a lot easier, and my life a lot less miserable. Last night on NHL radio they said a statistic that was something like only 10 of the 20 shots on the first period were actually on goal. That, folks, I ain't buying. Really, that's not acceptable. You know what the goal is, right? That big metal-and-mesh thing with the padded guy standing in it? And not the one on our side of the ice. The one with the not-black-and-gold-wearing cat in it. Aim for that. Glen, Marco, Wayne, that does not apply to you, because you scored. To you, though? Maybe aim for the open area of the net? Maybe we'll get more than three goals that way.
Don't get too donwtrodden, either. I know that when I was only listening to the game, I could feel your faces sinking to the floor when they scored twice and went up two-zip. I could feel it in my fucking bones. That's how much I love you guys. I could feel that this was going to turn into a blowout. I could just feel it. And what do you know...it did. I know you guys. I really do. 2-0 is not that bad of a deficit. Really, it's not. It's not killer, and we've come back from worse. I seem to remember being down 4-0 at the end of one against the Lightning (conveniently, tonight's opponent), and then coming back to win 6-5 at the end of the game. Do you remember that? We can do it again, guys. But that is only if we let ourselves get down that far. Try to avoid that.
To our 'tenders, and I'll say this to both of you (because you never know what'll happen), although I hate Tim Thomas with the fire of more than a thousand suns (probably even worse than Chara right now). No matter the score, the game is not over until the final buzzer sounds. Don't beat yourselves up too much, because you work so hard for us and we don't do the same for you. You do your jobs. We can't be proud when we say that we don't do ours. We love you, Hannu, and know you can do this. Really, there's nothing else I can say, except for do your best and we'll see what comes from it. We know what your best is--both of you (I seem to remember a 3-0 shut out against a certain Ottawa team last season by one of you, and then a 5-0 shutout by the other), so do it.
To our defense...don't crumble. Really, don't do it. There's always hope. I don't really know what to complain about with you, because I didn't see enough to know...but I know that it's likely that you guys got nervous and crumbled. Don't do that. Please. And to everyone else? WORK ON CONVERTING ON THE POWER PLAY! PLEASE! We were 1-7 on PP last night or some insanely pathetic stat like that, and I didn't like it. And PK? K some P's SVP. They were 4-8 or some insanely pathetic statistic like that, and I didn't like that, either. Please, just do it. I beg of thee.
To end this, I'll say...bring the W to the next city, please. We deserve it.
All my love,
~~Lizi
Dear Tampa,
Please take it easy on us tonight. We're a fragile, broken unit, and I don't think we can take another loss like last night. I love you guys, still, but, like...just don't murder us. Maybe let us have a win by one? In OT would work. Maybe on a fluke?
Beseechingly yours,
~~Lizi