I love hockey as I grew up playing it. I still play it but now it's old timer's hockey. I gave up on NHL hockey some time ago and now I watch college or international hockey that are more fun to watch. NHL hockey just got boring with a defensive style that resorted to what I call "scrum" hockey. I guess it's called "cycling" but whatever you call it, it's still dump and chase to the corner and pussy foot around a while. Yawn. As shboom says, I guess I grew up when it actually was a fun game to watch. Unless they get some drastic rule changes, I'll continue to skip it. BTW, my hockey buddies feel about the same way. We watch college hockey. Spirit without the fighting.

[This message has been edited by ChuckHall (edited 07-14-2005).]