I am heartsick. I love the Jackets and the NHL. I went to my first game on March 29 , 1972 in Boston as the Bruins beat the Minnesota North Stars 7-3.
But the early 1970s Bruins were just awesome. Bobby Orr, Phil Esposito, Ken Hodge, Derek Sanderson, etc. If they didn't go out drinking every night, they might have won 5 or 6 Stanley Cups during that era. And if Bobby Orr didn't blow out his knee, he would have paired with Ray Bourque and they would have been winning Stanley Cups well into the 1980s.
In the early 1990s, hockey fell out of favor with me. The neutral-trap style of play and the sissification of the sport made it into a very dull game.