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I don't miss hockey, do you?

Line brawl and all!  Minnesota Wilderness vs the Thunder Bay North Stars in the Superior International Junior Hockey League ( a six-team junior league).

Note the Stars goaltender giving his opponent a "wicked" punch near the end of the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbf8hrM14FQ&feature=player_embedded
 
I understand the feeling.  The lockout shows they don't care about us and there is plenty to do with your entertainment budget.
 
hockeyfan1 said:
Line brawl and all!  Minnesota Wilderness vs the Thunder Bay North Stars in the Superior International Junior Hockey League ( a six-team junior league).

Note the Stars goaltender giving his opponent a "wicked" punch near the end of the video.
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That was pretty awesome if something built up to that boiling point.  Passion.  Right or wrong, that gets my blood pumping.  The NHL with it's mass-marketing approach has become a Disney product, I don't miss it. 
 
I used to not miss a minute of Leaf games. If I couldn't watch it live I would record it and then watch it later in its entirety.

I definitely felt jaded after the last lockout but was happy to have hockey back. I could still get pumped at the theme song to Hockey Night in Canada (old and new) but it became ok to miss games and fast forward through recorded ones.

I've been thinking over the last couple of months: "Do I even have time for Hockey?" My life is full and good. To watch games regularly today means comitting a lot of time and omitting other things that I enjoy doing today.

Since I was such a rabid Leaf fan these thoughts make me wonder about the casual fan. Especially the younger ones who don't hold allegiances to the "home" teams in their geographic locations and have now seen two lockouts in what is a short period of time but that time may cover a majority of their NHL viewing experience.

My thoughts today are that I probably will not watch 90% of a Leaf season but will continue to follow the team from afar. This site, standings in the paper etc. A Saturday night here and there with friends and family might include watching the game or just having it on in the background.

So I guess I don't miss it... But if and when we make the playoffs my blue and white blood says I won't miss a second of that! 😄
 
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