LETS GO RANGERS!!!

Now its just starting. I believe it will be a 48 game schedule. I cant wait. Not a big NBA fan even though the Knicks are good finally so this winter has been brutal so far.

I love the game live. I think hockey is a great sport. But for three BIG reasons, I can't get into it....

1. Has always been a terrible TV game. Bigger screens and hi-def helps, but it is still too fast for TV

2. Labor issues are a killer. Takes some time and momentum for me to get my interest up....work stoppages destroy that

3. Fighting. I think it detracts from the 'game'. I don't think it should be big part of the competition and I'm queasy at the notion that so many find it such an important part of the sport.

I want to be a hockey fan, especially now that I'm here in Caps country and the fever is pretty cool. But until those three things are fixed or improved to my satisfaction, I'll probably be a casual bystander

point 1 totally agree. i grew up playing hockey on frozen ponds in MN

point 2 again, totally agree. labor issues are the same reason i quit watching baseball and hockey

point 3 disagree. Fighting in hockey is akin to flopping in soccer or doping in the Tour de France. without them these sports are nothing

1 - Its the speed of the game that makes it great. No doubt in person is the best. I take my 13 year old daughter to Madison Square Garden all the time and she goes nuts but she cant sit down and watch a full game on tv, unless its the playoffs.

2- Agree...this lockout has really pissed me off. The fact that they let it cancel the Winter Classic which is the NHL equivalent to the Super Bowl is a joke. They are always crying about ratings....etc and they cancel the biggest audience they ever get.

3 - Disagree totally. Fighting allows the sport to be self policing. No cheap shots or runs at the skill players will go unpunished. Otherwise there would be cheap shots all over the place, sit out a 2 minute penalty and then return for more.

1.You're right there's nothing like being ring side behind the glass.However if TV is the only way to get my hockey fix.....I deal with it.During the playoffs I'm glued to the tube.

2.The reason I hate most professional sports.........Hockey had been somewhat immune to this problem til the last few years.

3.Totally disagree.......Hockey wouldn't be hockey without a brawl or two every game.I've never played the game....but I can only imagine the talent it takes to land punches while on ice skates.

Ron

“@sportspickle Congratulations, Gary Bettman. Today you are only 99% terrible. We boo you with warmth.”

Sounds like San Francisco hockey! 🖐

Hockey- the older stepbrother to crocquet. (double yawn)

You guys are suckers.

Didn't even know there was a lockout 🤦 I guess it just showshow much I follow hockey

+1

Had no idea...really.

We don't pay much attention to hockey around here.

Ah he'll, we don't pay ANY attention to it.

1. Totally agree. I love hockey in person (it's the greatest rush I get at a live sporting event along with NASCAR at Talladega or Bristol) but I like to watch it on TV too because of the re-plays and various camera angles.

2. I could not agree more... and Winter Classic is one of my fav parts of the holiday season.

3. I could not agree more.

GO PRED'S!!!

I really wonder how the NHL is even in exisitence anymore.

I love the game, but work stoppage after work stoppage. This game doesn't command anywhere near the viewership MLB does (even though they play the same union/owner war game!), so I wonder how the average fan will climb back into the game.

Glad to see it back but we're talking about a little more than half a season here where almost every team makes the playoffs.

Just like basketball. . . . boring sport.

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All of the major sports can't hold a candle to me as far as action.

There some of the majors that have long seasons but they lose my interest...real quick because it's just painful to watch in person and on tv!

Basketball...guys fall out because of a sprained finger or pulled muscle.

Baseball...kinda the same thing but occasionally there's a brawl on the mound because someone was clearing the plate.

Football...a regular season that lasts a mere 16 weeks where turf toe is good for an entire week.

Boxing...when's the last time you saw a heavyweight match that was really worth watching? Ali/Frazier?

In Hockey a guy gets a tooth knocked out from a frozen rubber puck zipping at him going 90 miles an hour or from a fight and he's ready to go back out there on his next shift! They're playing 2-3 games a week...on skates...on ice...playing a game where precision passing and speed are rewarded. To me, there's NOTHING like it...maybe bullfighting...that was pretty cool, but after awhile you start feeling bad for the bulls. Maybe if they put skates on bulls and they were playing on ice...:-k

Was meant to be about this comment. . . sorry.

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