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Thursday, December 05, 2002
 
Brooks on Hockey

I haven't watched enough hockey this season to know whether or not I agree with this take, but it strikes me as being pretty close to accurate.
The reason for the boring, defensive nature of the game is coaches on bad teams (of which there are at least 10!) combat the fact that they have no skilled players by bullying the goal-scorers in different colored sweaters. The NHL shouldn't be about coaches using tactics to keep their jobs, it should be about entertaining the fans. If the fans aren't happy, there is no NHL for coaches to survive in.
I'm pretty sure that I agree with the Mark Stepnoski take at the top of the page.