Embrace The Spectacle Of Stupid Fun Hockey
by Barry Petchesky from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#3R6WY)
They have been telling us for decades-a necessarily nebulous "they," but one that includes the NHL itself, needing to sell the present brand of hockey shaped by rule changes and coaching revolutions and swollen goalie gear, and certain fans, trying to convince themselves that we're watching the peak of the sport-that"