From
where I sit it looks like the NHL is trying hard to eliminate any
individuality from the game...
via hfboards.hockeysfuture.com
This
one I can't even fathom. What the hell does this accomplish?
Players already look basically the same from a distance, why
eliminate a way for the fans to spot their favourites? Sure, NFLers
all have a cookie-cutter look, but given where they line-up before
the snap it's fairly easy to see where everyone is. In the NBA,
players wear very little in the way of equipment. Despite uniform
regulations players still have their own styles. It's easy to pick
out anyone, even at a distance. As for baseball...there's so little
movement, even during play there's no excuse not to know where the
players are. Hockey on the other hand has such speed and flow that
players are in constant motion. A forward can swing from the corner,
to the point, to the slot and back to the corner as fast as you can
read that sentence. And now they're taking away a quick way to
identify players at a glance? At least there's some semblance of
safety justification for the 'helmets on during a fight' rule. This?
It's just needless. Or you can look at it this way. The greatest
player ever is still recognized globally. Not just for his skill.
Not just for his records. But also for this...
Speaking
of the helmet rule...here's a couple of guys who show there's a
loophole to everything! Brent Gallant and Krys Barch use their
brains before a good fight.
Well
done to both! Neither might ever play another game in the NHL, but
they exposed the fallacy in a needless rule.
At
least that's how I see it...and I sit in the cheap seats.
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