My husband is a huge hockey fan. Our basement is a testament to that. Even he is questioning whether or not he'll watch this season. I'm sure he will but he's definitely not happy about what happened with the lock-out. I'm sure he'll come around once the season starts.
The only bad thing is that we are going to see the Hershey Bears over Spring Break and my 8 year old was very excited to see Holtby playing there. That's his favorite player (since back when he was normally with the Bears). He cried last year because for some unknown reason, he thought Holtby would be there instead of playing that night for the Caps.