I usually rely on my child or VHS tapes to help relive my youth, but these days that duty has fallen upon a couple of athletic teams competing for championships in their respective sports.

When I was a kid the best team in the NBA was the Boston Celtics, and the best team in the NHL was the Edmonton Oilers.

Here we are 40 years later and history is repeating itself, once again letting me relive my aforementioned childhood.

Celtics did their job last night, moving up two games to none in their series against the Mavs.

The Oilers have their work cut out for them, but that work can become much easier with a win tonight in Miami.

Come on, Edmonton, we can’t let an ice hockey team based in Florida win the Stanley Cup.

(Fifth year in a row, by the way, that a team from Florida has appeared in the Finals while a team from Canada hasn’t one since 1993.)

The Oilers? Ils sont dus.