Leave it to the NHL to make the designated hitter rule look profound.
The NH Hell continues to chip away at its grand game, slowly but surely ruining it through a series of gimmicks, rule changes, and officiating that has the consistency of lumpy pancake batter.
The league is doing its best to kill its game by stripping it of what little credibility it has.
Take the shootout. Please.
There’s a phenomenon occurring right now in the NH Hell, and it has all the appeal of biting into a sandwich—after you’ve noticed the moldy bread from which it’s made.
What’s happening is that shootouts are gradually deciding more and more hockey games on a nightly basis. Playoff positioning is being determined by a bunch of faux penalty shots.
I don’t even like the word shootout. A shootout is something that happens at the OK Corral. Or, if it must happen in sports, then a shootout is an occasional high-scoring affair.
A shootout should be an adjective. But the NH Hell chose to make it a noun, and it’s spreading like cancer throughout the league.
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The Shootout Makes a Mockery of the NHL
December 12th, 2009 by Greg Eno Leave a reply »
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