CaptainAmerica

Congrats to the Bruins on the impressive win. As for the riots, I don't understand them at all. Vancouver lost? What are they rioting for? In America you riot when you win, but I guess in Vancouver they were having a frustration riot. Even so, the celebration in Boston was very orderly. After all the riots they've had in recent years from the Red Sox and Celtics, the Boston Police must be veterans at handling these crowds. And its always easier to deal with a happy crowd than an angry one!

You really capture the New York atmosphere! Nice work.

To be honest, I think the blame for the violence falls on neither team, its rather just the matchup. The Canucks? They are a shady team. They like to do the little instigating things, biting players, pulling hair, taking cheap shots, slashing, flopping, diving, etc. They get in the heads of the other team with their immaturity and get the other team off their game. Its interesting because I remember reading earlier in the year about how Kesler has really matured and become the leader, setting an example by abstaining from incidents. Yet it seems like he is the only mature guy on the roster. The Bruins? They are a classic physical hockey team. Lots of big old school hockey players and an old school coach. They protect their goalie [and he needs it, with his style of play] and are quick to respond to any sort of instigation with force. Having watched the Bruins all year, I have seen that they are quick to get bad blood with other teams [stars, Canadians, now the Canucks] simply because of their rough nature. While they don't often start beef with other teams, the slightest instigation can blow up the team because they are such a physical aggressive squad. They are the "What are you looking at? You wanna fight?" guy at the end of the bar. So because of this, we have a very violent finals. The Canucks continue their shenanigans and the Bruins aren't having any of it. I for one thing its great, it makes for great passionate hockey. Pretty much everyone who is following has developed hatred for either the Canucks or the Bruins, and that can often times be a bigger motivational factor to watch than rooting. Just look at the NBA...most people want the Heat to lose, not the Mavs to win.

California has enough to worry about with mudslides,fires, and earthquakes! [and the budget } Interesting thread, I had been told that it was going to be a big year in hurricanes, because of all the tornado action in the US this year. Is there any correlation? Tornado season kind of leads into Hurricane season?