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I'm trying so hard to like Hockey

eViL jEsTeR

By eViL jEsTeR,
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i disagree with this whole post. the biggest thing working against hockey is no TV contract. tonight for example. the game is on versus. LOL

i also believe the season is too long.

This has a lot to do with the league president. He=assclown

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well...I sort of disagree with that....he's done a poo load to try to grow hockey in the US and it just really hasn't caught on as wide spread as he wanted. Phoenix for example would be back in Winnipeg by now if not for Bettman. He is also negotiating with ESPN to try to get hockey coverage there once again and another all American Stenley Cup feeds right into that.

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I don't see how anyone can say that the National Freethrow Association is more exciting than the NHL and keep a straight face.

I can watch an NHL game from the second it starts to the very end. In NBA, it's the same thing every single game. Regular season is beyond boring, and the post season is just laughable. David Stern(using the refs as his minions) picks a team that he thinks will end up earning him the most money by winning or losing, and the game is officiated accordingly.

I've never seen a sport where the officiating has such an impact every game. Sure, there are some bad refs in the NFL/all sports, but nothing like you see in the NBA. If you're a star player, you shouldn't be allowed to do anything you want to get to the free throw line. That's the way it is now. Give the ball to Lebron/etc, he drives it in, and it's an automatic trip to the line. Ridiculous. Any other player that plays the way Dwight Howard plays would be suspended, but he gets away with it. Either remove the ticky tacky bullshit fouls or call them fairly.

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well...I sort of disagree with that....he's done a poo load to try to grow hockey in the US and it just really hasn't caught on as wide spread as he wanted. Phoenix for example would be back in Winnipeg by now if not for Bettman. He is also negotiating with ESPN to try to get hockey coverage there once again and another all American Stenley Cup feeds right into that.

i don't think it's widespread in america, especially in the south or west because we didn't grow up as kids playing and loving it. our exposure was usually limited to the olympics. however, now, like soccer, kids are playing in school and in rec leagues. i'm 42 and when i grew up in eastern NC my high school only offered football, basketball, baseball, tennis, volleyball, golf, and track. they now include soccer and lacross. there is no ice rink here but my kid's friends drive 2 hours each weekend to virginia beach to play in a hockey league.

now we have a team and the sport is growing. it doesn't happen overnight, sometimes it takes a generation to grow.

just my .02 worth.

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I think most people acknowledge that hockey isn't as popular because it's more difficult to play. You can't just walk out and play in your back yard. For one there is no ice. Also, people get butthurt because a majority would be awful for a long time. It's one of the few sports where everything you do is not natural to you.

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i enjoy watching but get bored quickly. i find myself online while the game is on. while watching a panthers game, i'm focused on every play. growing up in a small town in the south, i knew nothing of hockey except for the olympics.

one question though, why don't they get a really big fat guy to play goalie? they could crane in one of those guys that can't get off his couch and plop him down in front of the net and block 90% of it.

you'd think they'd have really big defensive tackle type guys playing goalie.

i miss football. i wish summer would be over already.

You have to go to games with good teams playing. ;)

Watching from a screen is like not watching one at all.

I watched some of the Broad Street Bullies the other night...very informative and entertaining.

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