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NHL "Zombie" league- Who killed hockey? And the rise of the superstar coach.

I am sooo sick of hearing you all talk about how inconsistent ref calls are holding the NHL back Like so many hockey fans you are just parroting what you hear in the media, the rule enforcement is a complete non-issue, when I became a hockey fan I learned about how the game was called and was like "Fine, I get it" People want an ENTERTAINING PRODUCT, why in the hell would they care if rules are called differently than other sports? What do you think? Some new potential fan is enjoying a hockey game for the first time, sees something not called in game 7 OT and says "Well, that does it....I just can't enjoy this game anymore, they aren't calling this like it's PRE SEASON" That NEVER HAPPENS, the only people who care about this are the media who invented the issue so they would have something to talk about and fans who are too dumb to think for themselves. NHL marketing is a well-known joke, sure, but the number one issue that has killed the NHL for th...

Free at last! Free at last! Griffin Reinhart is free at last! (let's hope Jordan Subban is as lucky)

    In a career saving, prayer answering group of sentences Griffin Reinharts dreams, for which he worked his whole life, were rescued from the clutches of evil men. When I think of how he must have felt when Vegas took him in the expansion, draft it must have been some small fraction of what a German camp survivor felt as Allied troops rolled in. Make no mistake, damage has been done, but I think it isn't too late for him, I think Reinhart will prove himself to be a serviceable #4 D-man I thought he looked ok in The playoffs, and really how bad can he be? I think he was a scapegoat because a lot of executives used him to make themselves look bad, so they punished him for their own ineptitude. Had he been a 2nd or 3rd round pick, he would have been quietly enjoying his solid but unspectacular NHL career for a few years now, but the powers that be, angry at their own ineptitude did their best to convince him he couldn't play and...