Official 2008-09 NHL Thread
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(long post warning. if you cant read more than 2 compete sentences per post, you're better off here : http://www.qbn.com/topics/569349… . i'm just posting this because i want other people's opinions or ideas)
This year's NHL All-Star game was slighly more entertaining. However, the format needs a little innovation. It’s like watching an old-timers game. Unless serious changes happen, I can’t imagine myself ever enjoying an All-Star game ever again. Here’s a list of recommendations:
1. Move the All-Star game date from mid-season to the off-season. The mid-season break means nothing to me as a fan and viewer. Having the All-Star game mid-summer would give everybody a little taste of hockey to break up the long summer drought.
2. Eliminate fan voting. The players themselves should vote for the All-Star line-up. This way, it might mean more to the players themselves. There’s a large part of me that thinks that most players believe the current format is a nice diversion, nothing more. The honour of being selected to the All-Star game doesn’t exist anymore and I believe this to be entirely the fault of the current fan-voting system. It’s nice to see so many Habs players dressing up in the All-Star garb but I’m annoyed that it really doesn’t mean anything. None of them have actually earned their spots. Especially on the starting line-up.
3. Assuming my first recommendation is implemented, the host city should be the same as the Stanley Cup victors. Hosting the All-Star game should be a privilege earned through team effort, not by pushing some brilliant business model. Hosting the game 4 weeks after the final Stanley Cup game seems like a decent amount of prep time.
4. The uniforms need to go. I’m not going to budge on this one. The jersers that sell the most are any classic or vintage uniforms. I never thought I’d say this but can we have the hideous orange from the 80’s back, please? The one arm red/blue and the other white with awful streaks all over the place were just pure garbage.
5. Gary Bettman has to go. That’s a no-brainer. There have been a lot of good changes implemented during his tenure but I’ve just about had it. Every major sporting league in North America has stated in public that economic futures are dire and that serious changes need to be done in order to keep afloat. Except the NHL that is. I think the blame goes entirely on Bettman’s shoulders, tiny ones as they may be.- 1. No 2. No 3. No 4. OK 5. OK, but give him bus fare homeboobs