Let’s just get this out of the way - we’re all stressed. We’re all worried to some degree or another about something. We all just really, really need a break.
Regardless of your views regarding the feasibility of the NHL’s return to play, I think that it’s very safe to say that we all miss hockey terribly. We could benefit from the return of sports as a society, because it’s a return to normalcy in a very abnormal time. It’s not a signal that everything is fine, or that even everything really is normal, necessarily, but it’s a reminder that once upon a time we could check out from the real world and flip on a Cardinals or a Blues game and become emotionally invested in a positive way in something that in no way, shape, or fashion was controlled by us.