He's right. It's not just hockey though, it's the whole sports landscape. Trash talk and scrums with pushing and shoving us being seriously disciplined in football and basketball.
Hockey is becoming more big business and wants to entertain the masses, not the nostalgic and traditional audiences. The shoot-out, the 3-on-3, not tucking in jersery, and then of course all the rule changes such as jumping off the bench for fights, not allowed to take off your helmet, no 3rd man allowed to jump in, etc.
It's been a slow extinction but everyone who's been paying attention sees it coming
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