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Originally Posted by rafiki
I'm joining this thread very late, so sorry if this has already been asked:
NHL fans, how many of you are actually missing the game right now?...
yes, in that i quite like watching hockey prob more than any other sport or form of entertainment, so i enjoy having games on to watch. and specifically as a fan of the Canucks, i'm missing the game. they're one of the better teams in the league, most nights the last couple years they score goals, and win games. the Sedins are maybe the two best players in the history of the franchise, and now they've missed like 100-120 games in their prime due to lockouts. so yeah i miss watching them do their thing on a nightly basis. the team as a whole is an aging one, in their prime or just over the hump and on the way down, so missing games here is not a good thing. the window is closing, and i can sense the potential mediocrity, or worse, ahead.
and i also watch a lot of random games, the HNIC Saturdays, the other stars around the league. the Crosbys, Ovechkins, Stamkoseseses, the Malkins, and so on. i miss the lulz of the bad teams and players. i miss the bad contracts, bad trades, and the lolShanabans. i miss the humourous banter off this thread.
i mean i'm pretty apathetic about the lockout, and like you say, i'm not checking daily to keep up with what's going on. when the reports come on TV if i'm watching most of the time i just change the channel bc it's so pointless, tedious, and aggravating.
so yeah i'm in the camp of
"call me when it's over" like a lot of ppl, but yeah i am missing the game. i'll admit it. i suspect pretty much everyone has found other ways to occupy their time though, and it's not the end of the world. not even in Canada.