I'm not sure how I feel about this.
I remember when Baseball went on strike (mid 80's?) and they shut down the league for a while. Before that, I was a big baseball fan. I went to many Oriole games, and I watched it on TV, and I collected baseball cards, and I knew all the stats, and I played baseball in school - the whole 9 yards.
And when the strike ended, I discovered that I didn't give a tiny rat's ass.
The ONLY game I've watched in its entirety since that strike was the game where Cal Ripken beat Gehrig's iron-man record. I expect that'll probably be the last game I ever watch all the way through, except for my sons' little league games, and in school if he chooses to play.
Now, I loved hockey more than I ever loved baseball (although I wasn't as up on the players and stats as I was with baseball, and I dont collect hockey cards or memorabilia), and I felt a little tingle of anticipation when I read the article.
Still, I'm not sure if I'm going to be as gung-ho about hockey as I used to be, or if I'll just stop watching.
If I do end up getting back into hockey, I will remain, forever, a Washington Capitals fan, and I will try to attend every game they play against the Coyotes.
