To fully understand the significance of Sidney Crosby’s return to the
Pittsburgh Penguins, let’s take a snapshot of the 2008-09 NHL season and
compare it to the league of today.
That season was memorable for a number of reasons — the Penguins won
their first Stanley Cup since the Mario Lemieux era; Alex Ovechkin scored 56
goals; Ovechkin, Crosby and Evgeni Malkin all hit the 100-point mark — and it
all created the distinct impression the NHL was about to enter a golden era. More…
Shacks’ Take: Ed does a good job on
this one and I’m going to agree with his article, I just wanted to point one
thing out. What amazes me, with the
league needing superstars and there appearing to be fewer and fewer is why did
the league pick now to stop calling the penalties?
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We need Sid back. |
If in fact superstars sell the game, allowing all this hooking and
holding back into the game only stifles the creativity of the stars and
prevents players form putting up numbers that increase their fame.
Since the leagues sudden blind eye to obstruction has returned, I have a
crazy conspiracy theory about it and you can read all about it in a full length
post coming early next week.
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