tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2663396793912466185.post4983584684402617941..comments2010-03-16T16:36:07.196-06:00Comments on Philip's Corner: Hockey Is Dead, and the Salary Cap Is to BlamePhilip Heathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13931728282520840817noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2663396793912466185.post-32350176702665090172007-04-18T21:01:00.000-05:002007-04-18T21:01:00.000-05:00Philip and I have been friends since before we bot...Philip and I have been friends since before we both started watching football. So even though we disagree about hockey teams, I'm a Stars fan,. (*though I have to admit watching the Avs win it all in 1996 was one of my first Stanley Cup finals and I wasn't a Stars fan at the time) he's dead RIGHT on the demise of hockey. If you watched the Stars this year, they still play the boring defensive style of hockey. Sure the league wanted to trick up hockey but where's the scoring??<BR/><BR/>It's weird every year in hockey, at the trade deadline you see veteran good players traded from a nonplayoff team to a playoff team only to become a free agent after the playoffs. RENT A PLAYER. It's really sad. <BR/><BR/>So, just like people dont' stay at the same job for 40 years, professional players do not stay with one team their whole career because of the salary cap. <BR/><BR/>Hopefully, ESPN will take back hockey, hockey will quite playing tilt a whirl with their players, and the league will quite playing with the rules trying to make hockey better. <BR/><BR/>Until then, Mavs basketball anyone?<BR/>-BAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com