I'm really excited for the NHL. It's just time, after so much negativity for so long, for optimism. It's almost as if a brick home has been destroyed and been rebuilt with superior bricks.
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Now the players have a vested interest in growing the sport because their salaries are tied to revenue, so everyone is pulling the same rope. It was almost as if we had to hit rock bottom until we started building back up. I firmly believe we would not have all the positive things we have if we did not go through a year without the sport. So to me, if that was the price tag that we had to pay, it was absolutely worth it.Bill Clement
The game is exponentially more exciting. When I think of the entertainment value of the sport in the five years leading up to the lockout and compare it to the product today, it's almost unfathomable to me the progress we've made in injecting entertainment back onto the ice.
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Allowing the pass across two lines has been a fantastic change. For example, Steve Sullivan of the Nashville Predators had breakaway goals in two recent games, and that never could have happened under the old rules because he was across center ice both times when the pass came.
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Our jaws dropped. Oh my god. It's one of the greatest goals of all time. We are starting to talk about him for the Hart Trophy.
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The way things turned out, there won't be as much damage as I once thought and I'm optimistic the fan base will not take as long to build back as I once feared. We have an incredible business model and the sport is back with its wheels on rails.
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