ItsDanger wrote:cgf wrote:Maybe if players didn't need to squeeze 82 games into 6 months, they wouldn't be as beaten down by the playoffs?
107 NHL players played 82 games this past season. 116 the prior season.
These guys just aren't able to play consistently these days. Its always some excuse.
Most major sports have gotten too fast / tiring to treat athletes like we used to, plus we've pushed the capacity of the human body closer to its limits.
Plus the NHL is just grossly negligent when it comes to protecting its players. Sooner or later they are going to get sued by some former player that can't remember how to tie his daughter's shoelaces without her showing him how it's done.