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The Game Can’t Return Soon Enough
by Paul on 09/11/09 at 09:38 PM ET
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from Eric Duhatschek of the Globe and Mail,
The Capitals symbolized a dynamic year for the NHL, on the ice. The season featured three engaging playoff rounds including the Caps’ seven-game loss to eventual champion Pittsburgh in the second round, the revitalization of a pair of Original Six teams (Boston Bruins, Chicago Blackhawks), a successful Winter Classic, and the emergence of a genuine rivalry – Sid the Kid versus Alex the Great.
Since June though, most of the news has focused on the boardroom and courtroom dramas, including the battle for control of the bankrupt Phoenix Coyotes, the Toronto Maple Leafs’ alleged veto power, the Tampa Bay Lightning’s ownership implosion, the NHL Players’ Association axing its third executive director since July of 2005, Dany Heatley’s pending divorce from the Ottawa Senators, and an unexplainable purge in the Blackhawks front office.
Forever it has been said the NHL must be great to survive the people who run it.
And mercifully for the league, the summer of discontent ends this weekend as training camps open for the 2009-10 season, with the Vancouver 2010 Games on the horizon.
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