KuklasKorner : Canucks and Beyond : Bright Lights, Small Town

KuklasKorner : Canucks and Beyond : Bright Lights, Small Town:

While I can appreciate what Houston is saying, I’m not convinced that it’s all bad to have one day dedicated to positive stories. After all, Hockey Day in Canada isn’t entirely about the sport—it’s a metaphor, idealized as it may be, about the people in this country.

HDIC builds its own mythology out of hockey vignettes across the landscape, stories that are ultimately about people’s lives as much as they are about hockey.

So I was happy to live without “journalism” for a day—I figure Al Strachan and others will be back in front of a camera fast enough. But meanwhile. I see no harm—and a great deal of good—in sharing a day of “fluff.” Shmaltzy as it may be.

Alanah is perfectly right here. Laurie and I loved Hockey Day in Canada, as usual. Seeing it land in Duncan where we’ve hung out a few times made it even better.

And the professional critics out there may not appreciate it, but there’s a time and a place for a celebration — and that’s what Hockey Day in Canada is. Maybe some of you don’t see why it’s a bad idea to bring up the bride’s long weekend with that bantam team up at the wedding reception, and for those that are so tied up in seeing the bad side, I feel sorry for you.

To me, I see nothiing wrong with one day a year where everyone sits down and talks about what’s GOOD about hockey. After all, isn’t that why we’re involved with it? If it isn’t or if you’ve forgotten how to see the good things, I REALLY feel sorry for you.

Hockey Day in Canada, keep it up. Well done.

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