They say you can't win them all. But holy mackerel, did the magnificent Red Wings ever come heart-stoppingly close to winning tonight. In this year's S.C.H.L.U.B.B., mine was the last beard standing. Maybe that counts for something. It's a matter for history, anyway, as now it's been shorn (see above).
A beneficial side effect of participating in S.C.H.L.U.B.B.: You know the despair you feel when your team suffers a late-round defeat? Well, it's mitigated, if only a little, by the very pleasant thought that at last you can shave your scratchy, wooly mug.