Did you know that tonight is the NHL all-star game? No? Neither did i and i love hockey. Well that was before Gary Bettman and the Union destroyed any one's interest who doesn't live North of the 49th. How bad has it gotten for hockey? So bad that the league is televising its all-star game on a Wednesday on a station best known for showing the Tour de France. That's bad. Ratings worse than women's softball is worse. But the worst thing that the league has done, especially since returning from the lockout, is the bastardization of the all-star game.
Truth be told, the game has improved since the end of the lockout. More wide-open, more scoring, hell there's even a shootout. Shit the ratings aren't even that bad, (if you combine the viewership of the NHL in the U.S. and Canada it is greater than the combined viewership of the NBA. Which means the game is insanely popular in Canada.) and attendance is at an all time high. So what the hell is the problem?
Rory Fitzpatrick. Who? Rory Fitzpatrick is a middle of the road defenseman for the Vancouver Canucks. Early this season there was an underground, Internet movement to get him elected to the all-star team. Support swelled and it looked like Rory would make the squad. That was until the NHL stepped in. In the final announcement of the lineups before the game, Fitzpatrick was some votes short of making the team. Something was amiss. Where did Rory's votes go? As it turns out the NHL stole them. There's a mountain of evidence building, and this had been touched on in more detail in other places. http://deadspin.com/sports/nhl/final-proof-mostly-the-nhl-rigged-the-allstar-vote-229922.php Needless to say, the NHL has taken the all-star game away from the people it belongs to, the fans.
BOOO NHL!
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