We Canucks fans are an odd bunch.  We really do want to be confident that our team can do it, but there’s an underlying worry that they’ll choke… again.  So watching Game Seven last night against the Dallas Stars was excrutiating.  It didn’t look like the Canucks showed up to play in the first period so we were all getting into the mindset of a loss.

Then that second period happened and they dominated, tying the game up.  But still that worry was there — they were just teasing us with this great play and they’d somehow lose it all.  Something would happen that would fulfill our traditional Canuck play.

But it didn’t.  We held on to the lead until well into the second period, and Dallas finally had to pull their goalie for the extra attacker, and we put not one, but two away into the empty net to seal the game.  I honestly couldn’t believe it.  I had built up the “we’re going to choke” thought in my head so firmly that I couldn’t believe we had actually won.

And it was only the first round… I don’t know if I can take another!

Go Canucks!