I love hockey. Well, more accurately I love the Flyers and everything else in the sport is a distant second. Which is the way it is for most fans. And like most fans, I'm pretty much sick and tired of the NHL's golden boys Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin being rammed down our throats on NBC and to a lesser extent Versus, and by the NHL's own PR machine. Don't get me wrong, they're Hall of Fame players, with Ovechkin being the single most exciting player in the league. Crosby, well, being a Flyers fan I simply can't stand him, but I can't deny his talents. So you'll excuse me if I don't care for HBO's "Hockey 24/7" series about the run up to the Winter Classic between the Penguins and the Capitals. I'm sure it's a good show, because HBO does everything great. I'm sure there's some interesting stuff, because they're granted unique and exclusive access.
But so what. It's the Caps and the Pens, and frankly I've had enough of both. If it were any other teams, even if just one of the teams was different I'd be much more inclined to watch. And really, it should be any two teams but the Pens and Caps. Those teams are TV draws anyway, and the Winter Classic is it's own draw. So put some good but under the mainstream radar teams or teams that struggle to draw out there instead. Give me the Sabres or Canucks hosting the event and the Predators or Thrashers as the visiting team. Penguins vs Capitals is going to get ratings on a Tuesday. Those teams aren't.
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