Lacking in Style & Substance

Someone asked subtlelikeseabrook to rank the 16 NHL playoff teams in terms of who she’d most like to see win to who she’d least like to see win. This was her response:

1. Chicago Blackhawks (Duh)
2. Boston Bruins (Also duh)
3. Nashville Predators (Because their financial future depends on it, really)
4. New York Rangers (I blame 24/7 for this.)
5. Florida Panthers (Even though they won’t really be ready for a deep run until a year or two from now)
6. San Jose Sharks
7. Philadelphia Flyers
8. Phoenix Coyotes (Because God only knows where they’ll be next year)
9. Los Angeles Kings (I don’t really want to see Jeff Carter rewarded for sadfacing his way out of Columbus, but I don’t hold it against the entire team.)
10. New Jersey Devils
11. Washington Capitals
12. St. Louis Blues (They’d be lower on the list, but they’ve never won a Cup, and their fanbase doesn’t annoy me.)
13. Ottawa Senators (Not because I hate the team, but because their fanbase will be even more insufferable than it is now.)
14. Pittsburgh Penguins (Ditto.)
15. Detroit Red Wings (Because they already have 11)
16. Vancouver Canucks (BECAUSE THEY DON’T DESERVE NICE THINGS)

Here’s my list, again in order of preference, not likelihood to win the Cup:

1. Flyers (Duh)
2. Canucks (Also, duh.)
3. St. Louis (Love their storyline this season)
4. Panthers (Would be sweet to avenge the haters/ignorers)
5. Nashville (They’re so much fun, but also kinda evil)
6. Phoenix (for same reason as above list states)
7. Senators (Loved their guys at All Star this year)
8. Kings (love my ex Flyers there, but they’d have to beat Vancouver to do it so that would make me sad)
9. Washington (I don’t hate Ovie and used to live in DC, so there’s that)
10. Chicago (they won recently so don’t need it again so soon)
11. Sharks (No comment)
12. Devils (No good reason either)
13. Rangers (Henrik is their only bright spot for me. And Torts when he’s funny and not ragging on Philly)
14. Boston (They just won, and suck it Timmy.)
15. Pens (Evil, just evil. Except for Malkin when he’s brilliant. That’s amazing to watch.)
16. Red Wings (they don’t need any more Cups)