Critics of the NHL playing six outdoor games this season tend to come off like overzealous concerned parents. The Winter Classic is their beautiful baby—their only child—that must be protected from the aggressive children and treated like the special child it is.
That golden child—or goose, as Steve Yzerman called it—is getting a whole bunch of new siblings this season, starting with this weekend’s outdoor games between the Ducks and Kings at Dodger Stadium on Saturday and Rangers and Devils at Yankee Stadium on Sunday. Another game will take place in the Bronx on Wednesday between the Rangers and Islanders with three more outdoor games scheduled over the rest of the season.
Is it overkill? Will the NHL’s money-making only child wither now that all these other children require attention? Or will they all be revenue-generating monsters that keep Gary Bettman and John Collins swimming in money at the NHL offices like Scrooge McDuck?
Are six outdoor games in one season too many?
To me, six outdoor games in one season aren’t enough.
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