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I personally think that the NHL could have done a little bit better of a job in picking a poster boy. Crosby? Come on now he is not that exciting to watch. Don't get me wrong the kid is very talented. In my opinion the NHL should have picked a group of players to promote. For example a poster boy for every division.

Now as far as the the TV contract with versus. I think versus is a garbage channel that shouldn't be an extra cost when ordering Dish or Cable. The nhl shot themselves in the foot by getting away from ESPN that has 89.5 million subscribers.

I'd like to end my topic with the NHL officiating. A local radio station was trying to get answers to why people don't like the NHL or have a hard time trying to get into watching NHL games. A majority of the people calling in said that they don't understand why the rules change all of the time and they also don't understand why calls change. When asked what they meant one gentleman said "I watch the game and a guy gets slashed. No call. Next period a guy skating down the ice gets slashed and they call it." or "Shoot out in regular season and ot in playoffs" At times the call consistency is skewed. This doesn't really bother me that much because I am kind of numb to it being a hockey fan for so long. What I don't like is the refs trying to even up the calls. Penalties are there to put a team at a disadvantage for breaking the rules. If one team is breaking the rules more than the other they shouldn't make weak calls to even it up.