The Big Wrap Up
All righty, then. So The Hockey Gods have spoken, and whether you can blame/credit the Ghost of Raffi Devers or not, the 2024-25 Stanley Cup has an absentee Boston angle, because - of course it does. The Florida (Marchand) Panthers won the Stanley Cup. Yay. Please let's NOT have another former Bruin/Stanley Cup appearance at City Hall. Mayor Wu, don't do it. Marchand won. But not with the Bruins. The Cup does not belong at City Hall.
But Evan Jenkins does. Evan Jenkins, an honest to honest GoBruins rookie went wire to wire to bring home the Littlefield Cup. His 59.5 points eclipsed Randy Oldfield's otherworldly performance of last year.
Hey, Evan, do yourself a favor and read the Rules, particularly Rule 2. Then claim your prize. The Playoff Pool Panel-O-Judges are standing by waiting for your call.
As for the dreaded Claude, once again the losing team scored one goal in the last game, ergo the person who ended up second from last in the Littlefield wins the august Claude Cup - again again. (This is the third year in a row that the Final losing team has scored just one goal in the final game. Once again we had a tie. Gus Funnell and Ulf Rolst each were lolling in the second from last position. Which means we had to go to the "Total Goals Scored" tie breaker. Ulf predicted 24 total goals. Gus came in slightly higher, with 427 goals. Gus - you were soooo close! But not quite close enough. Ulf Rolst, skate on over to the Playoff Panel-O-Judges and claim your prize, but beware of Rule Number Two, aka The Dreaded Rule. This is not a joke.
The rest of you - scatter already! It's almost July. Time for hockey to go to sleep, at least for a wee bit.
So that's it, kids. Another year is past the half-glass and down the river. Congratulations to all (both) Cup winners.
As usual, if you happen upon me somewhere on a beach between Eastport, ME and Savannah, Georgia you spring for the chowder and I'll spring for the single malt.
Until then, grab a towel and head for the beach because the Pool is closed.
See you next year.
Go Bruins!