Lost in the shuffle of the NFL's Championship Sunday and college basketball, along with the garbage stories including Lance Armstrong and Manti Te'O, was the return of the National Hockey League(NHL). The NHL started a strike-shortened 48-game regular season on Saturday and to say the fans of hockey forgave and forgot would be an understatement. There were great crowds all over the NHL landscape and it's good to see fans come back and support the sport(I still say commissioner Gary Bettman needs to be fired, but that's another story for another day). With the season only lasting for 48 games, it is more of a sprint than it is the marathon that comes with a normal hockey season. I remember when the NBA had a strike-shortened 66-game season for 2011-'12, the quality of play and injuries were a huge factor, particularly at the beginning of the season. There were a lot of players who showed up to their respective teams out of shape and not ready for the speed of the ...
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