Forgot to mention, every four years I watch Olympic hockey and frankly, it's WAY better than NHL hockey. The larger ice makes a huge difference. It really opens things up offensively. The defenders can't just sit back and crowd the middle.
Also, I'm all for a good hockey fight now and then but there seem to be considerably fewer penalties in Olympic hockey and a lot less of the lame clutching and grabbing that slows the game down.
Watching NHL games on TV is almost unbearable. The speed does not translate at all. That is far from the case with Olympic hockey.
It's never going to happen but the NHL (particularly in light of their current status as a second-class professional league) should at least consider increasing the size of the ice.
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