The Hives opened the ceremonies, and then fell into a crack in the Atlanta sewage system, never to be heard from again. In the future, the NHL is giving us a third just for the hell of it, and we will lackadaisically giggle as we lose that one, too. This is pretty funny because Atlanta no longer has a hockey team, and in fact has the distinction of being the only city to lose two NHL teams to other, colder environs. I went to the 2008 NHL All-Star game in Atlanta.
