A Proposal To Fix the National Hockey League

Every die hard hockey fan out there loves to reminisce about the days when hockey was popular in the United States, especially when the NHL had reached its peak in the early 90s, right before the first lockout that almost crippled the league. Games were on ESPN , FOX , and ABC . Even if you didn't like hockey, there wasn't a sports channel you could watch that didn't advertise "The Fastest Game on Earth." In fact, for a while, hockey was second only to baseball in terms of television ratings and attendance, if even for a very brief time. But, now those memories seem like they were taken place in a dream world. Immediately after Gary Bettman took over as commissioner, there was a lockout that cut the 1994-95 season in half and killed almost all of the momentum from what was one of the most exciting playoff series in NHL history; the Vancouver Canucks vs. the New York Rangers in the Stanley Cup Finals. Following that series, hockey was on top for a few weeks in the summer of 1994.  ... (link)