I love hockey...I love it as much as any of you real hockey fans...Through this whole damn COVID-19 shit it is in the top 3 of things I miss the most...We can get into the other two in future posts...
Like all the sports and entertainment world the NHL has been trying to holdout hope of finishing the season and spit-balling ideas of how to finish the season or jump right into the playoffs or some form of them...Then there was talk of doing the playoffs all in North Dakota...Wonderful arena up there at UND...Throw all the teams into the dorms and hotels I guess...But that has fallen by the wayside...Maybe that's because COVID-19 cases just started to take off in that region...
There has been all kinds of ideas to do playoffs NCAA March Madness tournament style...They have talked about every team going into the playoffs...They have thrown all kinds of ideas out there, changing rules and altering what the season and playoffs traditionally are...I can't stand that kind of shit...
So it came today that the NHL is talking about firing up the rest of the season in July and only playing in 4-5 arenas that are strategically place regionally/conference-wise...
Let me get this straight...Rest of the season, then playoffs starting in July...The way the NHL playoffs go traditionally, The Stanley Cup will be won and within a week or so they will be starting the next season...Which throws free agency into a giant mess...It throws everything out of whack...And if come July things in this country and world are going to be getting back to normal, if only slightly, I don't think a whole lot of people other than diehards like me will be paying attention...
It's time for the NHL to do what the NCAA did...What Junior Hockey did...What high school athletics have done...Just accept it...Take the L. The season is over, there will be no Stanley Cup winner...Make sure everyone is healthy and come back next season and continue being the greatest sport on Earth.
The same goes for the NBA but I don't give a fuck about basketball...
Have drink.
Stay Healthy.
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