What's up everyone? I know it's been a long time since the last post. Actually, I'd like to say what's up to all those hockey fans out there? What do you guys think of this strike? Personally I think greed is killing a sport that wasn't at the top of everyone's list. Hockey has almost always ranked way behind basketball, baseball, and of course the number one sport in America, football. So why does everyone think that we can just lose a season and pick up right where we left off? I don't think we can. This happened before and it took sometime to recover and I don't even think it fully recovered from the last strike.
As of right now, no one really cares about hockey. From the mid 90s to current, I've seen local hockey leagues have a drop in the number of people playing. I remember one league in 1997 having like close to ten teams then dropping to about 4 the following couple of years. Even today I don't imagine it being much more than that. What's going to happen when the NHL and players reach an agreement. Will all of the star players still be star players, or will they have lost their edge? I imagine some of them will. The fans probably will take some time to adjust to this. Its no fun seeing the athletes who were your favorites suddenly not performing like the last time you saw them. Lets hope most of them are staying as active as possible.
Enough of the negativity though. I do have to say it is nice seeing the Winnipeg Jets back as a team. I'm sure Winnipeg folks are happy as well. There's nothing like seeing an old sports team back in the fold. While this post is about hockey, my next one will most likely be about football. Can anyone guess which teams and topics will be of discussion in that sport?
