10th April 2003, 1:50 PM
Yeah, the NHL is trying to get more people playing hockey by expanding to places that have never seen ice before. The promise of frozen water is enough to get sellouts for the first couple years, and by then they hope some people will start to enjoy the game. :D I think they are trying to get people everywhere playing hockey, so that in a decade people from Florida will be playing for the Lightning and it won't just be imported Canadians. But then the US will have the best hockey program and Canada will explode.
Now to Italian_Pyro: Yes, soccer players are on the field for the whole game. But if they run into each other somebody gets ejected. In hockey, it happens every few seconds. I have lots of respect for soccer players (even though I hate the game) because they do some amazing stuff and have great talent, but they aren't flying around at 30 mph slamming into each other every shift. Finally, I'd like to see a soccer player hit plates in the 4 corners of the net from 50 feet.
And I was under the impression that basketball players DON'T practice. ;)
Now to Italian_Pyro: Yes, soccer players are on the field for the whole game. But if they run into each other somebody gets ejected. In hockey, it happens every few seconds. I have lots of respect for soccer players (even though I hate the game) because they do some amazing stuff and have great talent, but they aren't flying around at 30 mph slamming into each other every shift. Finally, I'd like to see a soccer player hit plates in the 4 corners of the net from 50 feet.
And I was under the impression that basketball players DON'T practice. ;)