Go Ducks Go
With the Devils enjoying an early summer, the Rangers thankfully out of the running, and the work-related Sharks also exiting in the second round, I am running out of teams to cheer for or against. Fortunately, we can claim weak affiliation with the Ducks thanks to former NJ Devil Scott Niedermeyer and former NJ Devils Youth Hockey Club and Princeton University winger George Parros. If so many people from work didn’t love the Red Wings, I’d find a reason to cheer for the Squidward crowd, due to the presence of Matthieu Schneider (the highest scoring Jewish player ever in the NHL).
It’s getting hard to cheer for Parros, though, because he’s been scratched nearly every game of the Conference Finals. I’ve voiced the opinion in these very blog pages before that if Parros was given the chance to play, regularly, he might turn into a solid fourth line wing, rather than the very narrow “goon” role into which he’s been forced. The guy is far from a goon — Pronger is the one who is suspended for unclean play, yet Parros is watching from the press box with him? Attention Randy Carlyle — you might actually need everyone skating to win 6 more games.
If it comes down to Detroit-Ottawa, I’m going to cheer for it to be over in four so the free agency fireworks can begin.
Tags: niedermeyer, parros, schneider