#'s 4 & 5 (wizearses)

I used to be able to claim that I heard on radio or watched on TV every minute of Bruins seasons for years on end...

I more or less stopped all that when pro hockey cheapened the way points are tallied, specifically but not limited to giving a point to a team that lost. How can that be considered major league quality?

Growing up during the last years of the original 6 team league, I used to put a transistor radio under my pillow and listen to the Bruins. They and the Rangers never made the 4 team playoffs, but the games were so exciting. The players still gave it their all trying to be "spoilers".

And some of the most exciting games of all were when the score was tied in the last minute or two. If neither team scored again in regulation, it was a tie and each team got one point...perfectly sensible.

Then came massive expansion, regular season overtime, and more national TV exposure, and the fear that new fans needed more.

Now it's cool to go to overtime and lose. Ya still get one point! WTF? You lose and get a reward? Pfffft.

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