What grinds our gears
The “Arrogant Canuck Fan”, that’s who. The verbal battle and rivalry on and off the ice between Calgary and Vancouver is as unavoidable as Alain Vigneault’s receding hairline, perhaps even as reliable as Edmonton’s 30th place finish and annual 1st overall draft pick. The heat between us isn’t even 100% talent based, but rather over the incessant, nagging white noise from the ill-fated revival of how ‘awesome’ Vancouver is every season; and about how unfair the refs were towards Vancouver (as if the referees have some sort of vendetta out for the Canucks). Its one thing to be a fan that backs your team for a potential cup run, but to announce with rigorous declaration that Vancouver was, is and always will be the biggest “cat’s pajamas” of all time without holding the physical proof of an actual Stanley cup is a bit redundant, and misled. Detroit, for example, holds the power of uttering those words since they have proven on more than ten occasions that they could capitalize on what the Canucks seemingly are unable to accomplish. Don’t get me wrong, we are all proud of our home team, the difference between Calgary and Vancouver is that we don’t indoctrinate everybody and their unborn child about it. We only hope that this past season has taught “that guy” the ancient ritual of “being seen and not (overly) heard”.
Josh Glass & Adam Moulton
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