Wrong For So Many Reasons
(5:14AM) Hockey in Tampa? Sigh. I'd respond to this silly slight in further detail, but I'm off to go PLAY HOCKEY before work. More later, after I'm done PLAYING HOCKEY.
UPDATE: Nothing better than a little hockey in the morning to get your blood pumping. You think a bunch of ordinary guys got together and played hockey in Tampa Bay this morning? Didn't think so. The whole idea of someone in Tampa criticizing your knowledge of hockey is like someone from North Dakota telling you what to wear to the beach (I told you keep that Speedo in the drawer Mitch).
When the Lightning won the Cup in 2004, the hockey gods were not happy. And so they cursed our blessed sport with the plague of a lockout. We've suffered through a year without NHL hockey. Now that a deal has been reached, we need to take steps to demonstrate our penance and appease the gods of puck. I suggest that we start by tossing the Tampa Bay Lightning on the sacrificial fire. To be followed shortly by the Florida Panthers, the Carolina Hurricanes, the Atlanta Thrashers, and the Nashville Predators. Throw the Ducks of Anaheim on the pyre for good measure as well.
Move the Stars back to Minnesota (can you imagine the rivalry with teams in Minneapolis and St. Paul?). The Coyotes should return to Winnipeg as Jets and the good people of Quebec deserve to have their Nordiques more than the bandwagon jumping 'Lanche fans in Colorado.
But what about the idea of making hockey a national sport you say? Forget it. The lockout killed whatever delusionary hope there ever was for that. Hockey is a regional sport and there's nothing wrong with that. It works best in places where people play, understand, and appreciate the sport. And that ain't Tampa my friend.
Read more on what the NHL needs to do next from Ray Ratto here. I agree with him that this is where it needs to begin:
To start, Bob Goodenow needs to be fired. And in summation, Gary Bettman needs to be fired, too.
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