A First Post

Hi everyone,

I decided to create a blog for all fans of the NHL who are frustrated with what the league has been doing to our most precious sport. We have been through a lot for the last few years, seen new excited players come into the league and been left feeling empty. Who among us hasn't searched for hockey on television in the last few years only to be unable to find it?! Who among us hasn't felt betrayed by the sport when we have games decided by shootouts?! Who among us is tired of hockey players complaining about the "sanctity of the sport" when the game has changed beyond our wildest comprehension?!

My most recent complaint is with the NHL directly and their newest rule involving a certain New York Ranger and protecting their clearly beloved goaltender on the New Jersey Devils. I can't sit here and say I'm not completely bemused by their reactions! Sean Avery is known as an agitator, I get that. But seriously, this is the NHL. If the New Jersey Devils are so upset with Sean Avery then punch him in the head. This is hockey, the only sport where you are allowed to fight someone. Don't sit here and complain about it. I must point our attention to one Marty Turco, mind you a goalie who had nothing to do with the action highlighted above who said "If they have to change the rule because somebody wants to be unsportsmanlike and deface the game of hockey, I'm all for it, hopefully, guys understand the integrity of the sport. That's just something you don't do. It's kind of bush league. Hopefully it's the last we see of it." Ahem, excuse me but the "integrity of the sport?" Wasn't that taken away when the NHL decided that it didn't need to be on any major network? When they decided that we should have a shootout to decide the game? That the schedule should be about the rivalries and not highlighting the individual skill that it takes to play the game? Marty Turco, you my friend get the first "What the Heck is he talking about?!" award. Congratulations...stick to your own problems, like winning in the playoffs.

I can sit here and rant all day. But the truth is you don't see Sean Avery complaining to the NHL everytime Marty Brodeur gets his hands up and punches someone in the face. Good for you Sean Avery!

What shocks me the most is that noone else in hockey is complaining about this rule, which mind you is being changed in the middle of the playoffs?! Hey Colin Campbell, did you know that in Football and Basketball, two sports that are NOT struggling to find people attracted to their games, it is legal to put your hands up and distract the player without the ball. And in those sports you CAN'T punch someone...this is hockey...the Devils need to shut up and put up.

Coming up tommorow: Why "Vs" Sucks.