| The NHL is suffering from low ratings. | | | | even though Wayne Gretzky coaches the |
| While they pay untalented underachieving | | | | team and owns part of the Phoenix |
| players millions of dollars, no one is | | | | Cayotes. |
| watching. | | | | The NHL has lost its fan base and has |
| The only networks covering the sport are | | | | become a "who cares" sport. When |
| OLN and NBC (On Saturdays). The NHL is | | | | someone tells me that there's a playoff |
| a fifth tier sport that trailed NBC's | | | | game tonight, I say "who cares". |
| poker series for the week ending 05/07 | | | | This league means nothing to me anymore. |
| 06 according to Zap2it ( | | | | The NHL used to be a league of |
| This is sad. The NHL players and owners | | | | superstars who were passionate about the |
| feel that NHL players deserve | | | | game. Winning meant everything to those |
| multi-million dollar contracts, even | | | | players, even though their salaries |
| when NBC's poker series rates better. | | | | weren't that great. |
| This is supposed to be the NHL playoffs. | | | | The current so called professional |
| Why aren't the ratings higher? | | | | hockey player doesn't give a rip about |
| The simple answer is that NHL boss Gary | | | | the game or its fans. They care about |
| "NBA" Bettman has destroyed the game. | | | | the greenback and the greenback only. |
| This guru took hockey away from its | | | | When these goons have finished counting |
| roots and the people who loved the sport | | | | their loot, they can be seen fighting |
| and took it to the sunbelt of the south. | | | | with another so called professional |
| His plan hasn't worked and he's | | | | hockey player. |
| alienated the true hockey lover like | | | | So what you have left is a greedy player |
| myself who'd rather watch North Dakota | | | | who is more concerned about roughing it |
| play Minnesota in a WCHA college game. | | | | up with a fellow player, then actually |
| Bettman destroyed professional hockey in | | | | playing the game of hockey. |
| Winnipeg. Like other Canadian cities, | | | | Who's to blame for this? Like any |
| Winnpegers are hockey lovers. | | | | organization the blame must fall on the |
| The Winnipeg Jets moved to the | | | | leader. Since Gary "I made the wrong |
| retirement capital of the west, Phoenix | | | | Bet" Bettman runs the NHL "snooze" show, |
| Arizona. This little plan has failed, | | | | he must take the blame. |