make sure there's room for me!

[healingmirth]

"We're probably gonna have to get a bigger bandwagon." - Dustin Penner of the Los Angeles Kings, after scoring the game- and western conference series-winning goal in overtime.

So, hockey. I'm still not sure how this happened. I am likely to continue to suck at being a fan of any one team, because I want everyone to win. I got a little misty-eyed at how dejected the Rangers were after they lost last night, and I seriously could not have cared less about whether the Devils or Rangers advanced to the Stanley Cup finals.

Very High Dreams: Making the NHL from Non-Elite Hockey Countries

Anze Kopitar learned five languages and went alone as a teenager to a completely different country in order to get good enough to make the NHL and nobody says shit about it except, hey, a Slovenian guy, that’s crazy. Canadian kids get praised for how hard it must have been to go to high school part time and move from Moose Jaw to Calgary.

Also, You Can Play finally produced a video in which the dude isn't quite so obviously reading off cards behind the camera: Cal Clutterbuck. Brooks Orpik came close, bless him for trying.

I still wish they'd make their videos with language that's a little more inclusive, but it's progress, I guess.