Vancouver Canucks

THE NEW OREANS SAINTS ARE THE DEFENDING SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONS…
SINCE 2004…THE BOSTON RED SOX WON…NOT ONLY 1…BUT 2 WORLD SERIES…
AND 6 MONTHS AGO…VANCOUVER HOSTED THE GREATEST WINTER OLYMPICS…EVER…
THOSE WERE 3 THINGS THAT YOU WERE ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED…YOU WOULD NEVER…EVER…SEE IN YOUR LIFE TIME…
YET…ALL 3 HAPPENED…AND ALL HAPPENED IN JUST THE LAST 6 YEARS…
IF SPORTS HAS TAUGHT US ANYTHING….IT IS THIS…
ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE…
ON FEBRUARY 10TH 1990…A LITTLE KNOW FIGHTER BY THE NAME OF BUSTER DOUGLAS…GOT INTO THE RING WITH MIKE TYSON…
“THE BADDEST MAN ON THE PLANET”…
NOBODY BELIEVED DOUGLAS HAD A PRAYER…INCLUDING THE BOOKIES WHO LISTED HIM AS A…”42 TO 1” LONG SHOT…
WHEN THE SMOKE CLEARED…DOUGLAS WAS THE NEW HEAVY WEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD…
THE BOOKIES ALSO DID NOT LIKE THE NEW YORK JETS IN SUPER BOWL 3…
THE BALTIMORE COLTS WERE 18 POINT FAVORITES…
BUT JOE NAMATH GUARENTEED A WIN…AND THEN DELIVERED…
ON AUGUST 13TH 1969…THE NEW YORK METS…WERE 9 AND A-HALF GAMES BACK OF THE CHICAGO CUBS…
THE METS CAUGHT FIRE…WON THE PENANT…AND THEN SHOCKED THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES BY WINNING THE WORLD SERIES…
SPEAKING OF MIRACLES…
HEADING INTO THE WINTER GAMES IN 1980…THE SOVIETS HAD WON 8 OF THE PREVIOUS 9 GOLD MEDALS IN MENS HOCKEY…
BUT AFTER THE AMERICANS BEAT SHOCKED THE RUSSIANS 4-3…AL MICHAELS CALLED OUT…
“DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES???”
SO IN THE LIGHT OF ALL THIS…
WHY IS IT SO DIFFICULT FOR HOCKEY FANS IN THIS CITY TO BELIEVE…THAT THIS NHL SEASON…
THE VANCOUVER CANUCKS CAN WIN A STANLEY CUP???
YEAH…YEAH!!!...CERTAINLY 40 YEARS OF HEARTBREAK AND DISSAPPOINT CAN LEAVE A FAN…SOMEWHAT…JADED…
BUT…MOST OF THE HOCKEY EXPERTS NOW PICK THIS TEAM TO GO TO THE DANCE…
NEVERTHELESS…IF YOU ARE STILL HAVING SOME TROUBLE GETTING YOUR HEAD AROUND ALL OF THIS…THINK OF IT THIS WAY…
IF BETTY WHITE CAN HOST SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE…
THEN IT “IS” TRUE…”ANYTHING” IS POSSIBLE!!!