OK, so I'm not someone that usually has a "second choice" team. I've been around hockey long enough that I pretty much have a good reason to hate each and every team. But when the Avalanche beat the shmevils in the SC finals around like 20 years ago, I developed a soft sport for them, especially since the franchise was new.
That is, up until Georgiev signed with them. I didn't think it was a horrible move for them; kind of the best of a bad situation.
All Ranger fans hate Georgiev, and the last thing I wanted to see was him beating the Rangers in the finals when he's not good enough to sharpen Shesterkin's dog's skates.
So thanks for beating the Avalanche. If we meet in the finals, I'll probably be calling you ugly f***ing pricks in silly ass ten gallon f***ing hats, but for today, you guys are OK with me.