Tuesday, January 23, 2007

So, the NHL has begun beating its chest about an increase in interest into their league:

-- A 27 percent increase of hits on NHL.com, plus an even more substantial growth in online voting for the All-Stars. There were nearly 27 million All-Star votes cast in six weeks this year, as opposed to 6 million in eight weeks for the last game in 2004.
- By STEPHEN HAWKINS, AP Sports Writer


Funny, I thought that was due to the Vote for Rory campaign aimed at targeting the NHL's silly All-Star ballot, and to award a long time journeyman hockey player in an era where the sport is focused on celebrating 2 teenagers. A plot that the NHL purposefully ruined, so that they could have the game the way they wanted. Hopefully, Gary Bettman will retire soon, allowing someone who has some clue how to run a league to take charge and return the NHL to its rightful space in the big 4, which I believe now includes Texas Hold 'Em.

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