Not Leafs Nation

Tuesday night was another one of those moments where Toronto believes it is the centre of the universe. I turned on the TV just before 7:00 p.m. and found the Leafs-Lightning game still in progress, but only a couple of minutes to go. Judging by the score, and the time left on the board, I assumed it would go into overtime; but, I also assumed TSN would switch the feed in the West as soon as the Canucks games got underway. Oh how wrong was I!

I was subjected to not only watching Leafs-Lightning overtime, but then it went to a shootout! The Leafs and the Lightening are two of the worst teams in the East. The Leafs are also the worst Canadian team in the league. Why the hell would I, or any red-blooded Canadian outside of TO want to watch hockey teams with no chance of making the playoffs, versus a gritty showdown in the West, of two of the hottest NHL teams. Dallas was last in the West mere weeks ago, but now they have slid into 8th - that be post-season territory. And the Canucks: a win on Tuesday would tie them for 4th in the West with Chicago, put them only 3 points back of Calgary to nab 1st place in the NW Division, and would break a franchise record for most consecutive wins on home ice...

But the people at TSN kept it on the Toronto game until the shootout was over. I missed almost 7 minutes of the opening period, which included a power play goal by Daniel Sedin - that's like a Sasquatch siting folks, and I missed it. And a good chunk of other Vancouverites missed it too.

During the Leafs-Lightning overtime, TSN kept flashing tune into TSN2 to see the Canucks game. Well, that's all fine and dandy if you have digital or satellite TV. But I don't, and I'm sure many others wanting to watch the Canucks game don't either.

I know TSN isn't regional like the CBC or Sportsnet, but you'd think with all today's tecnology someone could have changed the feed west of the Rockies.

Maybe it was just a bitter Leafs fan working at TSN. Bitter because Mats Sundin is now a Canuck, and lighting it up. And bitter because the last time Vancouver and Toronto met, Vancouver won, in a shootout, courtesy of #13.

This is not Leafs Nation...

...but we are all Canucks.