McMetal
Writer of Wrongs
- Sep 29, 2015
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Holy shit what a bland matchup
Crosby hasn't played a game in Europe since 2008. That alone will be a treat for European fans to get one last chance to see one of the GOATs in person. And since Pittsburgh is also going to be f***ing terrible next year, it makes sense to give them an opponent who isn't going to do to them what we did to Columbus. Contender versus bottom feeder isn't exciting hockey. And even two bad NHL teams are still pretty damn good hockey overall.
I don't know if that was the thought process behind any of it (in fact experience tells me that the NHL is almost never that well organized when they make decisions), but if I was in charge that would be my reasoning at a glance.