I really tried to watch last night's Maple Leaf game but ti was just too painful to watch. Maybe if I had been part of the Caputi clan at the game I might have gotten worked up about the game. Call it the post-Olympic letdown. NHL hockey just doesn't compare to the Olympic brand. This is the real dilemma for the NHL.
Take the Leaf-Bruin game. The best player on the ice was the Bruin's Patrice Bergeron who happened to have been the weakest player in the Team Canada lineup. Team Canada had Rick Nash on a checking line and he has scored 40 goals twice in his career. Martin Brodeur was a backup!!
How do you get NHLers to play with the same level of intensity? Shorten the season and cut back on travel? That isn't ever going to happen. Obviously money doesn't get the best out of your players. Most NHLers are paid millions but get no remuneration for participating in the Olympics.
Maybe I'll get excited about hockey again when the playoffs begin. It will be tough with the Leafs ending the season early for the fifth straight year. Well the Blue Jays start up soon. But then haven't made the playoffs in 17 years.
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