TORONTO – As the pre-season winds down hockey fans are using the preamble “I know it’s only the preseason but” to unleash their wildest and dumbest takes.
“I know it’s only the Preseason buuuuuuuutttt,” began Habs fan Mark Desmond. “Lane Hutson looks so good I think he’s a shoo-in to win the Norris.”
“Also, and I don’t want to overreact to a series of meaningless exhibition games where the best players barely try, but I’m pretty confident the Habs are winning the President’s Trophy.”
Other absurd opinions expressed with the comfort and safety of the “preseason” disclaimer included that a fringe 4th liner would score 30 goals this year, that a team that finished near the bottom of the league last year would win their Division and that the Oilers would give the best player of his generation a competent starting goalie.
“The preseason has shown the Leafs are deeper than ever, have top tier defencemen and a harmonious locker room. I’m thinking that this is the year the Leafs make a deep run in the playoffs,” said Toronto fan Jamie Cohen, who has said the exact same thing for 9 years straight.
One fan even made the absurd prediction that the Refs wouldn’t be an absolute fucking joke, this year but he was quickly kicked out of his fantasy hockey league’s draft party.
