The sport of hockey needs to figure out if it wants to be the NHL we watch in October, or the NHL we watch in April, otherwise the risks may begin to outweigh the rewards.
Every October, the NHL season begins, and it provokes all of the images we love about hockey. Whether the dainty barbarian dangles of a Jamie Benn. The singular glove save of a goaltender doing his best Gretzky 3D hockey impression of a brick wall. Or the crackerjack wrister of Tyler Seguin. Of course, we love those oddball moments that inspire a Vizzini like reaction too.