I’m an football guy through and through – but there’s something magical about hoisting the Stanley Cup.

Congrats Pens – you deserve it after this improbable season.

(AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Frank Gunn)

Now that we’re moving into the central portion of the Stanley Cup Finals (with the Penguins trailing 0-2 in the series – maybe I should rethink my previous post), playoff beards are aplenty.

For an excellent reference – check out this guide from playoffbeard.com.

Last year, I was convinced that I was a jinx for the Pittsburgh Penguins on their Stanley Cup run.  So much so that I only watched a few games during the playoffs.

This year?  Much different.  So far they’ve won all but one game that I’ve watched?  So – is the jinx broken?

Who knows.  They year the won the Stanley Cups I only watched the last games in the last couple minutes.

At the time me and hockey were not so much.

Go Pens!

It’s a done deal.  Let the disclosure of the whoring begin!  I’m sure we’ll learn who slept with who to get all this done.

Then, finally, we can get back to the most important business:  Operation Shutdown.