tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13718554.post114537789999894040..comments2023-10-10T03:21:23.580-04:00Comments on Motown Sports Revival: Quasi-HockeytownJakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208921021297172480noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13718554.post-1145452347007998242006-04-19T09:12:00.000-04:002006-04-19T09:12:00.000-04:00NHL attendance may be up, but most people in other...NHL attendance may be up, but most people in other parts of the country still don't seem to care about hockey. Living in DC, unless I made it a point to watch ESPN or the local news for sports, I could have gone almost the entire season without hearing anything about hockey, despite Ovechkin. In fact, I heard and talked about Olympic hockey more than the NHL. Heck, if it weren't for Flyers and Penguin fans, I wouldn't even hear the word hockey at work.<BR/><BR/>Maybe I got jaded the year the Wings got swept by the Devils, but I know I never cared to follow the regular season too closely since. I find myself ignoring hockey, despite being in a fantasy hockey league. I wish I still had Hockey Night in Canada so I could watch a more diverse selection of teams (who would have thought I'd miss CBC of all things).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13718554.post-1145407116980027732006-04-18T20:38:00.000-04:002006-04-18T20:38:00.000-04:00i disagree. NHL attendance is up a LOT from past ...i disagree. NHL attendance is up a LOT from past years. i don't love the new rules, but the NHL is and will be fine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13718554.post-1145378229479624132006-04-18T12:37:00.000-04:002006-04-18T12:37:00.000-04:00No one is excited over the Wings remarkable season...No one is excited over the Wings remarkable season because it's cheapened by playing in the worst division in hockey. Any team could have fattened up on those jokes. Even Nashville had over 100 points this season. Blame the NHL schedulemakers for such a disaster. I could go without watching Detroit play St. Louis, a team that has no business ever being in the NHL in the first place (go look it up on wikipedia, it's a hilarious read), ever again.<BR/><BR/>Detroit will get by Edmonton in 6, and then lose to whomever in the second round, just like Ottawa will, to set up a crappy finals, say Dallas and Carolina, that no one will give a shit about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com