Very funny article by Greg Wyshynski of Puck Daddy fame having to do with a controversial outdoor mural of Chicago Blackhawks' captain Jonathan Toews in Chicago.
Have a look below.
Have a look below.
Besides the fact that the Blackhawks officially jinxed themselves out of winning the Stanley Cup until the mural comes down (mind you, this painting is the first time the Blackhawks have had the Cup in Chicago since 1961), the other controversy with this massive painting has to do with the misrepresentation of Toews’s, *ahem*, snout.
The obviousness of the awkwardness of the nose is clearly evident from the highly trafficked Eisenhower Expressway. Why it wasn’t fixed, who knows. There are plenty of muzzle gags circulating the Web right now, but a lot of the better ones appear in Wyshynski’s article, so make sure to check it out.
Hockey is – as even the most common of fans will tell you – a very superstitious sport. So to put an image of the Cup up – next to an image of their Captain – before the playoffs have even begun – has a lot of fans in the Windy City throwing their arms up saying, “Well, you might as well bring out a goat, black cat and Steve Bartman.”
I say, relax Blackhawks fans. This could be worse. I mean, it’s not like you jinxed the team at the beginning of the season by allowing one of your star players to be the cover boy for EA sports NHL 2010.
Oh wait.
The jinx certainly didn't do what it was supposed to do. Go Hawks, you beat the jinx!
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