Yes, Hockey is THE sport here in Canada but I don't believe the riots were truly about hockey. Win or lose, the riots would have assuredly happened. Sadly, it seems that any event that is big enough to draw national or international attention has become an excuse for the new global sport of rioting.
The sad part is that these guys are not even true anarchists in the political term. They had no cause. Worldwide, rioting has just become the cool thing to do. They are nothing more than hoodlums and idiots and a second category of drunks who get drawn into the mob mentality. Hockey had nothing to do with this except to provide opportunity.
Perhaps most sad is that we live in one of the most free countries in the world and all this does is create excuses to reduce our freedoms in the end. Large public gatherings will less accepted and even prevented. More hard line tactics will be used, quicker. More street cameras will go up in more places. These people are setting our freedoms backwards, not promoting it.
As for Bruins fans.
There are a lot of them here in Eastern Canada. Probably third to the Leafs and the Canadiens. However, I think it is actually 16 or 17 Canadian players out of a roster of 22 that are Canadian or have dual citizenship. Still a big majority.
We had a hometown boy on the Bruins here in PEI so we will get to see the Cup visit this summer. Well actually, Adam McQuaid is from a town about an hour from me but when your entire province is only 2,194.57 sq miles, everyone is a home town boy!
