With a couple small-market teams in the finals, it's probably off the radar for most casual sports fans. As a Pens fan, I was expecting another boring, grind-it-out, defensive-minded opponent like Ottawa, until people started throwing catfish around. (Wouldn't it have been funny if the Trumpster's "confefe" got spell-checked into "catfish"? You're right, probably not...)
Anyway, of the four major American sports (no, soccer, you're still not on the list), I usually ignore hockey until the playoffs, especially because basketball in all its forms takes priority (except for threads about dividing up the minutes next season).
Well, I need a new monitor and keyboard after reading this piece in The Ringer from Mark Titus and spewing carbonated beverages all over the desk:
https://theringer.com/2017-stanley-c...w-6aa380f6e6c4
Also, Pittsburgh's Mayor Bill Peduto for the win. He must be reading DBR in his spare time:
http://pittsburghpa.gov/mayor/release?id=7371
"This has turned into a whale of a story. From my perch, I agree with Mayor Barry that we shouldn't be baited into interfering with this fish tale, but if the charges eventually make their way to a judge I hope the predatory catfish hurler who got the hook last night is simply sentenced to community service, perhaps cleaning fish at Wholey's."
"Is that a run-over, vacuum-sealed, Old-Spice-smelling catfish in your compression shorts, or are you just glad to see me?"