Why I feel like watching playoff hockey... 1) eye/brain candy keep your eyes on the puck! fluidity of movement: seemingly random, game-changing events happen unexpectedly, yet observation of patterns and energies allows for anticipation in the moment, ie: hope* temporal mind fuck: time speeds up and slows down in a variety of juxtapositions with the ticking clock 2) narrative structure 1st period 2nd period 3rd period regular season starts off exciting, ends boring long and boring, ends the same way the 1st period ended final 7-3 minutes may or may not be interesting play off hockey exciting tense like a chess match tense like a chess match played by exhausted people (all hell breaks loose) sudden death overtime aaaugh! *note: I say "hope" because I usually don't care very much who wins and just want to see the hockey players do cool stuff. For real fans that would have to read "hope & dread."

plus, at playoff time, everybody tries....they skate instead of hug, and since they really really want to win, they don't bother about beating on each other so much.
- mister anchovy (guest) 4-26-2011 8:28 pm

- VB 4-27-2011 1:33 am

oh my goodness who are those yellow guys. Is that Pittsburgh?
- sally mckay 4-27-2011 1:45 am

It's an old incarnation of the Bruins. Bobby Orr is sitting behind the bench right near the beginning. www.bruinsjerseysmall.com/bobby-orr-jersey
- M.Jean 4-27-2011 2:07 am

no way. I mean, yes, I see the Bruins and Bobby Orr. But I'm wondering about those dudes brawling at 1:35.
- sally mckay 4-27-2011 4:19 am

Those are the L.A. Kings actually - Marcel Dionne era. Lovely outfits.
- joester (guest) 4-27-2011 11:57 am

Not a hockey fan, but I was inspired to watch all the playoffs after I read Dave Bidini's Tropic of Hockey.
- L.M. 4-27-2011 12:10 pm