What was different in the NHL 10 years ago? Some teams had different uniforms, league expansion was at its infancy and oh yeah, there used to be a lot of scoring!
It wasn't far-fetched to see 10-15 one hundred point scorers at year end. Of course the truly gifted ones like
Gretzky,
Lemeiux,
Jagr,
Sakic, etc were all racking up humungous points. Expansion and the
clutch and grab indoctrination saw the NHL finish last season with
NO one hundred point scorer. A team like the Chicago Blackhawks had Eric Daze as their leading point getter with a measely 70 points (that's what 3rd line players used to get not too long ago!).
At the beginning of this year's training camp the NHL had a
conference of elders in Toronto. The league gathered the coaches, GMs and officials in a hotel conference room to get a grip on all the clutching and grabbing. Lo and behold, we had a proclamation that from henceforth all obstruction on the ice will be called in the form of penalties. Of course the NHL has said this before on numerous occasions only to renege a few games into the regular season.
It will be interesting to see if they have grown a backbone this time around.
The NHL stay if it ends then it will spoil my big brothers dreams of making it to the NHL, he was the top scorer and made the most points in all of the league
also it would ruin my friends brothers dreams and think of all the NHL players now they would stop making money and there would be no more fantastic goals or hits
the NHL should stay.. it sucks not being able to see your favorite sport on tv.. who cares if the players dont score much.. that is what makes the game interesting and exciting.. plus the goalies are ten times better than they were a little while ago.. if the NHL doesnt come back. who will be little kids heros and idols. i know i look up to some players caus they are good and i want to be like them. but if they dont come back then i wil have nothing to look forward to. or i will have no one to look up to either.
