is it october yet?

In the hockey off-season, fans do some incredible things. Some visit Montreal to go to the draft. Others join in UFA/RFA prediction contests (yes, I'm one, and I'm losing). Almost everyone goes nuts on July 1 on the opening of Free Agency (let the frenzy begin!). 

What did I do? Apparently, I jumped ship in a strange, dramatic way. I moved to Alabama… quite possibly the most unrelated place to hockey. Down in Alabama, they worship college football 365 days a year, and attend football games more frequently than church. But, instead of joining the craze, which I do have a team from living here before, I still continued my love for hockey. Less than 2 weeks after I had returned, I met another hockey fan… and not just someone who knew about the Red Wings playing in the Stanley Cup. This guy had PLAYED hockey. Enter: the Goalie.

The Goalie is from Boston, making him a Bruins fan by nature, but an even bigger Red Sox fan. I kid with him all the time, but it's quite similar to the life of the move "Fever Pitch." He knows his players, their lives, and he gets sentimental when he's talking about Fenway Park. It's quite adorable. And while my team, the St. Louis Cardinals, lost to the Sox in 2004 in the World Series, I let him have his fervor for baseball… I just don't like to talk about that year… even if everyone in the entire country was cheering on the Sox. Probably even the Cardinals, just to break the streak.

We talk hockey smack all the time, and he's been amazed that I've followed the free agency. In fact, I've been sending him info since the trades began over text messages and phone calls. But, the worst news ever came a fews days ago when I found out about the opening game of the season for MY TEAM… the Capitals take on the Boston Bruins… in the Garden. This is gonna get interesting.

The Boston Bruins made a commercial about dating within hockey during their playoff run this past season. It's one of the funniest hockey commercials I've seen.

Luckily, the Caps AREN'T in the same division as the B's, but they are in the same conference, which also means that they can't play each other for the Stanley Cup. But, I'm getting ahead of myself…

Since the initial game of the season is both of our teams against each other, we thought we'd make a small bet. Pending the winner, the other has to face the humiliation. If the Caps win, the Goalie has to wear my old Caps jersey on a visit TO BOSTON. If the Bruins win, I have to wear one of his B's jerseys on a visit TO D.C. Either way, one of us is gonna look like an idiot. I'm just hoping since he's a funny guy that it's him, and not me. If I have to wear a B's jersey in D.C., it'll be on top of a burka. But, a bet is a bet, right?

So, with that… is it October yet??? Because I need a good Caps road win to start the season off right!

UPDATE (8/11/2009): All bets are off.

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