Let's just call it that.
In order to make any point about hockey, you have to put it in terms that relate to other sports, so that most people can understand it.
Take this article, for example;
Uni Watch.
A few entertaining bits about NHL uniforms, but he can't finish the article without mentioning BASEBALL. Part and parcel of ESPN's continued shunning of the greatest game endorsed by VP candidates that's not baseball. I hear they plan to change their name to ESBN - something-something BASEBALL NETWORK!
The USA Today did not even have an NHL preview this year.
Toronto looked impressive against Detroit last night - fast and young. They split 2 competitive preseason games as well. Eric T. picked the Leafs to win their division. An admittedly unscientific prediction, but with the new coaching staff and the weak competition, not out of the question.
It looks like there will not be an inline hockey league at the rink I have reffed for the last 2 years. Kids (young adults) don't know what they have till it's gone. In the spring I plan to get involved with the Toledo Street Hockey League. After I'm done with school in a year or so, I hope to get more involved with ice hockey, as a referee. It pays twice as much as inline, but it's more intensive.
My son plays floor hockey at the YMCA. Unfortunately, the ADHD keeps him from focusing for any extended time, and thus he's just not very good. But he loves doing it, and I enjoy spending that time with him and the other kids. I think as he matures, he'll enjoy it more and want to get better.
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The majority of Americans have been turned off of hockey because of the lack of good TV contract, the lockout year and the likes of ESPN and others only promoting sports they telecast anymore (like the NBA, which I can't even watch anymore, mainly due to the non-100 point games and simply the appearance of the players, especially the ones with barely any skin on their arms not being tattooed). As for my pick of the Maple Leafs, calling it only "unscientific" is being polite.
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