The game is fine, the fastest skater competition is fine, the hardest shot conest is fine, and the shooting accuracy competition is fine—but the league should get rid of the stupid Mickey Mouse passing drills.
They should also make the game worth something, like in baseball. The winning conference should get to be the home team for the Stanley Cup Finals.
I also wanted to give my two cents on the European road trip to kick off the regular season.
First of all, I am severely against playing regular-season games overseas. At the highest level, it is not fair to that team’s fans that get fewer games to see their team play. From the team's perspective, it really sucks to start your season off by flying around the world.
Eastern Conference teams complain about having to go to Western Canada, and the league responds by flying them out to Prague?
The whole reason we are given for this inconvenience is that is spreads our product to other countries—but this is complete bull, since both the Czech Republic and Sweden have their own much-respected hockey leagues!
If Gary Bettman really wanted to spread the joy of the NHL, he should start right here in North America. Play a game in Kansas City or Portland, or give those neglected people in Hamilton, Ontario some love.
If you want to play exhibition games against European or Russian teams, go right ahead—but do not take regular season games away from the NHL's loyal fans just so you can try to sell more Crosby jerseys in Europe.
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