In Rod we trust
If you're an 80's baby, chances are, unless you're that one friend of mine from elementary school who's mom was way too uptight, you've seen a Simpsons episode or 2.
You may remember a certain airing, in which an inanimate carbon rod was celebrated for seemingly preventing a catastrophe when Homer inadvertently caught it in the door during a nuclear 'meltdown'.
It made for a good laugh.
You know, it never registered to me until RIGHT NOW that this team is also in a similar, proverbial, nuclear meltdown both on & off the ice.
Layers I tell you, layers.
After last night's celebration of Kevin Bieksa's career as a Vancouver Canuck, it also made me think. And giggle. Is there any other franchise that (arguably) owes their entrance to a League Final to a pedestrian piece of pre-form plastic?
It almost plays as a Matt Groening satire, a team that just can't make it to the finish line, 3 times coming up short. Twice coming within a single victory. The faithful has now brought themselves to cheering for a piece of plastic that helped them finish second?!
Haha, I'm not here hatin'. Who am I kidding I was cheering too.
It's actually very clever, let's have a closer peek at some of the intricacies of this one of one piece of eye candy.
This was a fun gift, no denying that. It was something that fit Bieksa's bubbly yet quirky personality to a tee. Also immortalizes Shorty's call, which as a broadcast guy I love to see.
This fan base has been through it, just in case you needed another sign after the half century worth the city has doled out, this is it.
