Madness In The Middle Kingdom

The big Dong Bei Cup final is just over 2 hours away and I feel strangely calm. We have the winning offense, we have the winning defense and we have the winning goaltending - the only task that now remains is to put it all together for 40 minutes. If we do that we will earn it. If not the world will not come to and end and our value as people will be no less than it was before the game started.

This Cup has seen the good and the bad side of competition and I hope that todays game highlights the best that competition has to offer. After the game has been played and the dust has settled we are all gonna shake hands and down some cold beers together and celebrate.

Ok having said that - I really wanna win that Cup. We are all a bunch of hack ball hockey players playing for a trophy that only a few of us care about but to us it is our Stanley Cup. We want it no less than any Anaheim Duck or Ottawa Senator wants the Stanley Cup. Sounds silly but the drive to compete for whatever the prize is human nature. If you don’t think so play Pictionary some time. You’ll know what I mean.

To the boys who have worn Green this Dong Bei Cup I am proud to call you my teammates. The only regret I have is today will be the last time we don the colours and take to the court as one unit. As Mater says in the movie Cars - “Git R Done!”