Even up through the 90s the central idea of most romcoms was "no means ask harder."

Would Geekie be ahead of Patrnak if he had a cool hockey name?

To TOR: Skate in the crease
To BUF: It was 4-1

Both franchises shed a viscerally painful memory.
Toronto gets to complain about being screwed in a cup final (and maybe let up some of the heat from Kerry Frasier).
Buffalo at least adds one more playoff qualification to their brutal recent history.

That rope at the end of a p speed section is just cruel.