The “NHL” season is over and it didn’t finish quite the way I wanted
There are millions of other Canadians that are feeling downhearted
The “Oilers” put in a valiant effort only to come up short
They had this proud nation behind them for support
Coming back from three games down and tying the series up
Only to lose in the seventh game and the “Panthers” winning the “Stanley Cup”
“Connor McDavid” won the “MVP” of the playoffs even though he was on the losing side
Once again a team from north of the border has been denied!
It was the closest we have come to finally ending this curse
After what they accomplished it all seems so much worse!
For all the athletes involved it has been a long haul
They have a few months to recuperate before the coming fall
The “NHL” did their draft on this past weekend and free agency starts today
So many players could be moved before they all come back to play
So what do you do until “October” just to fill this empty space?
Do you pursue other sports in an effort to take hockey’s place?
I guess I could watch some “Blue Jays” baseball for a spell
Maybe turn my interest to football and watch some “CFL”?
So I decided that I would watch them pass the pigskin today
There isn’t a game on the schedule and it’s “Canada Day”!
This season will run until the “Grey Cup” game on the seventeenth of November
While this is proceeding, the “NFL” starts early in September
I know this month just started but remember it’s a “leap year”
On the 26th of this month the “Olympic Games” will appear
This year the games are in “France” with “Paris” being the host
We all we be watching and cheering from coast to coast!
These are mere suggestions, I don’t know if I am even going to follow my own advice!
I may abstain from all sports until my “Blackhawks” are back on the ice!
I may just enjoy the summer and put the “sports fan” part of me on hold
Get out and enjoy the warmth before we get back into the cold
Take in some more walking and get out for a bike ride
Do all that I can before I am forced to stay inside
Then I can take advantage of the summer that lays ahead
Not sitting in front of the television watching pro athletes instead
I will have all the long winter to watch my favourite sport
Get out and enjoy the sunshine because summer feels so short
The Black Sheep Poet 