It's been a long time since any hockey was played. OK, not nearly as long as the summer drought, but when you are in the middle of playoff season, five days seems like an eternity. The Los Angeles Kings finished off the Phoenix Coyotes more than a week ago. The New Jersey Devils beat the New York Rangers last Friday evening. You think the NHL could start things a wee bit sooner? Nope. They are rigidly set in their scheduling ways and will not deviate. Even if continuing momentum might actually help build an audience who can quickly forget what they had for lunch, much less remember there is still hockey to be played. But at last it happens. For Kings and Devils fans, they have been itching for this. If you are a Ducks fan with any long history with Anaheim, you kind of feel like....meh.Who do you root for? You can't root for the team up the road. That would be like USC and UCLA fans changing their loyalties. You can't really root for the Devils, who vanquish...
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May 30, 2012
