Saturday, March 27, 2004

Mr. Dryden's Opus

The state of hockey is under observation quite a bit these days, the many on ice incidents of the last six weeks or so giving the casual visitor to the sport and the live and die fan some common ground to discuss.

Ken Dryden has composed a rather lengthy examination of the state of our game. Titled "Saving the Game of Hockey" it is one sure to raise the hackles of his own coach Pat Quinn and that ever vocal observer of our game Don Cherry. A comprehensive study of the 125 year history of the game, the changes for the good and for the bad all addressed in a well thought out paper.

I cover the story in more detail on my HockeyNation blogsite, but you can skip my thoughts and summaries and go straight to the story here. It's well worth the read, it gives us a starting point in the debate over hockey, whether you believe the game is fine or believe it needs a complete overhaul, his article will give you quite a bit of information to process.

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