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Originally Posted by FBI
Not specifically directed at you transplant, but I'm getting a little tired of the complaining that the game isn't rough and tumble like the eighties anymore. I get it, there's not as much fighting and huge hits. Hockey is still effin awesome and I don't get why people are still watching if they really don't like it anymore. There was one guy yesterday with a huge rant about this and it's getting OLD.
Unwatchable? I'm just pumped that hockey is back. I'm still waiting for some footage so I can watch games where we sucked just to check out the chemistry and young players etc. instead of complaining that the game isn't the same, why don't we focus on things like skill and finesse while still enjoying the rough stuff when it DOES come.
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I'm glad you enjoy it. I certainly don't as much as I once did and for the reasons i mentioned. I hope it's OK to have that point of view?
I'm not talking about fighting, though that was always a by-product when the game was played with the emotion displayed years ago. Skill and finesse were always part of the game, as I mentioned. Again though, it's the passion that is missing. It's like watching robots at times. People complained last year when Johnny got his finger broken on a blatant slash...where was the response? There wasn't one. That's the kind of stuff Im talking about.
Its funny, Warrener was just on the radio and saying the exact same thing. He was at the game last night and said there was nary even a body check in the first 10 minutes. Against the friggin Oilers? Unwatchable stuff. He never played in "rough and tumble 80's".