to be completely honest, i'm with "nik" i don't really care about hockey growing globally as a sport (ie. across europe/asia/etc).
I do care about the NHL growing, as a healthy league, should hopefully result in the best fan experience (the NFL is the cream of the crop north american sports league).
I'm in favour of more of a grass roots approach in growing the game. It is still looked at as a "rich, white kid" sport, especially in the states. If it can get over that barrier, it would be huge in turning the sport into a mainstream sport in the states.
Ice time cost aside, i would assume the difference in equipment costs isn't as dramatic when compared to football?
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