Question for people who don't ever watch NHL Hockey

Hockey live is pretty fun, but I don't enjoy it much on TV, because a lot of the excitement doesn't carry over for me. Let's be honest, the biggest draw for most people who go to a live hockey game is the fighting - and the fighting just isn't as cool on tv. That said, there are other reasons I personally don't enjoy watching hockey. While the concept of power plays is cool, it's another thing that doesn't carry over as well for me.

The free-for-all aspect is a deterrant for me, and I think it would be for most non-watchers as well. It's a little bit too chaotic and it's hard to see the patterns and strategy unless you follow pretty closely. It mostly looks like a bunch of guys flying into each other repeatedly with little to no strategy or gameplan in mind. Then there's the fact that it's typically low-scoring and hard to tell who's really got the edge, and the casual observer no longer feels too involved.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Hey, everyone has the sports they like to watch. Obviously any professional sport is going to involve strategy - it's just hard to follow in hockey unless you watch a lot, like I said. I'm not bashing a lack of strategy there.

The draw for football for me is the strategy, not the 'high scores', plus the heavier involvement of multiple players.

I don't like watching soccer or baseball. Too slow. Basketball is fun for me again from a strategy aspect, but also the pure skill aspect - you get more standouts in basketball than most other sports because there's more provision for talent to shine out. There are the standout hockey players, but they're still foiled by good goalies more often than not.

And aren't the last few minutes of almost any game the best because you have freak-out mode in one or both of the teams?

There's nowhere I can't reach.

No armor + puck flying at face/chest + ice skates flailing everywhere + hockey sticks + ramming into walls = recipe for disaster

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Funny how society as it stands finds disaster so entertaining.

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