I like hockey

The 301 day NHL lockout causing the first major sport to cancel a season was exactly what the sport needed.
All I hear from hockey fans now that the dispute is over is how bad they missed hockey. At first everyone was pissed off at the two sides for taking away the greatest sport in Canada, now they can’t wait for the Lottery draft. Where’s Sidney Crosby going to go? Hell, there’s people in my office doing mock draws. They can’t wait for Friday.
Everyone’s waiting for the rush of the week starting Saturday with all the buyouts, the signings and the free agent excitement. Will the Canucks keep Naslund?They can’t wait for the first exhibition game.
This was exactly like taking a break from your significant other and finding out how much you love them being a part of your life.
The lockout made the true hockey fans realize just how much NHL means to them. They need the goals, the saves and the great plays. They want blood, fights and big checks.
For all those casual fans, they’re still going to be casual fans. If there was hockey last year, they weren’t going to attend more games this year. They’ll buy just as many tickets for the 2005/2006 season as they did before.
Only the truly stubborn will abandon hockey. It’s not like the owners and the players wanted to leave the fans with nothing to do. They did what was in the best interest of the sport. It just took a lot longer than it should have. But that’s the competitive nature and pride battling between the two sides.
For the teams that can't survive the holdout, they never should of had hockey there to begin with. Maybe now Pheonix can relocate back to Winnipeg.
I’m already thinking of taking a trip to Edmonton to watch the Oilers in some NHL action. I’ve been waiting a year and a half for this. Like hell, I’m going to put it off any longer.