Rachel Maddow screws me

She's a lesbian, so it's not possible, but she still ruined my life. I owe this to Andrew Tully and the entire country of Canada: Congratulations... Yes,.. congratulations on the single worst ending that could ever happen in my life. I thought when Sidney Crosby won the cup that it would haunt me forever, but now I have this.

Epic game for many reasons. People around me, though I was acting quite the ass, were asking questions about hockey. Shocking, but awesome. Legitimate sports writers on twitter were saying things like "why don't I watch hockey more?". Well, this was a big game for the country of Canada, USA, and the entire NHL. Lesbian look-alike Sidney Crosby's game winner aside, the gold medal game went into sudden death overtime. Single biggest event ever. (Jeremy Roenick's words, not mine). Zach Parise tied up the game and got my friends up in the air chanting "U-S-A" like it was the day the Berlin wall fell.

"Play them ten times they might win nine... "

Herb Brooks, Miracle

Well, that one out of ten times was last Sunday. This was one of those other times. Dammit. Great tournament and great effort by every team involved. It will have a ripple effect in the NHL and potentially could get hockey past basketball assuming the NBA goes on strike / lockout (whatever you want to label billionaires yelling at millionaires while unemployment is over 10%).

Overall thoughts of the tournament:

I thought the scoring system was incredible and that the NHL should adopt it as soon as possible (2010-2011 season). The shootout is awesome for the sport, great for the casual fan, and provides many amazing highlighted plays, but it is not fair to score that victory the same as someone pounding the Atlanta Thrashers 6-0 in regulation. The Olympic tournament had it right:

Regulation victory = 3 points

Overtime victory = 2 points (shoot out or 5 minute OT)

Overtime loss = 1 point (shoot out or 5 minute OT)

Regulation Loss = 0 points

This still gets no ties in the NHL, but rewards teams accordingly. Simple enough, you just add another column. It's only fair. It may separate some of the teams in the 5 through 12 seed range that usually make the final month of regular season interesting, but it will reward teams that have really earned it and are truly the best in the game.

No Ryan Kesler going legend, in fact, Rachel Maddow went even more legend than ever possible. Congrats to Canada. Great game. This was the only thing the country wanted. Not medal count, not women's hockey gold, not free Molsons. This is what they got and they closed out the olympics the way movies end.