Post by @chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca

Maybe it is just that much easier when “my” team of 40 years has won something like 3 of 18 games this season.

Or maybe I am getting old and just care less about the sports-ing than I did…

Or maybe it is my utter disdain for the need to pay for every nano second spent consuming a game while also needing to endure endless exhortations to gamble more of my pennies away…

Or maybe it is because the league has willingly and inexorably tied itself both to sexual predation and warmongering.

But as a consequence of all that…. I just can’t give less than a _____ than I do right now about the NHL and hockey.

And I am really not missing it at all. Life is busy and full and I have better things to do and waste money on.

#hnom #nhl #hockey #fridaynightThoughts

#fridaynightthoughts #nhl #hockey #hnom

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@hanspetermeyer@mstdn.ca 1 hr. ago

@chris It definitely is tough being a Canucks fan (so I’m told by Canucks fans). That said, and with all the negatives aside (I share many of your concerns*), I am a fan of “the build.” And so I am watching the C’s with interest. I like the new coach and mgt. I like seeing EP40 getting up to old tricks. There’s some young talent. They’re playing well, it inconsistently. That’ll change.

*To voice concern about sexual predation and the NHL I invite you to sign the petition. It’s about the Oilers and the signing of an “acquitted rapist.” But the numbers speak to a greater-than-Oilers dissatisfaction (75K+)
Https://www.change.org/p/edmonton-oilers-reverse-the-signing-of-alex-formenton

#hnom #oilers #canucks #hockeyrebuild #sexualassault @hnom

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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸

@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca 20 min. ago

@hanspetermeyer @hnom thanks. I do feel some need to support the Canucks while they go through a genuine rebuild. Just feeling fed up with the amount of ads and commercialism I have to wade through, even just on the radio or digital radio!

Bowreality 🇨🇦💪

@Bowreality@thecanadian.social 11 hr. ago

@chris Me as well. That also includes the NLL, IIHF and other sports. The only thing we really enjoyed in recent years were the Paris Olympics and Paralympics. CBC did an outstanding job on the Gem app and it was free! Milano wasn’t as great (and I usually prefer Winter Olympics) but I can’t remember why.

Professional sports seem to go to shit anyways and then they charge you a million dollars to just watch the highlights. Forget it. I can use my time more wisely anyways.

canadianglen :TheCDN:

@canadianglen@thecanadian.social 15 hr. ago

@chris i share your milieu

Gaëtan Perrault

@gatesvp@mstdn.ca 15 hr. ago

@chris I have mostly been away for years. I tried to watch a playoff game last year and I just gave up on the NHL. Like I gave up on the NFL over a decade prior.

The cumulative annoyance about everything in the sport just got me down. The ongoing terrible hiring decisions make it worse.

Especially in a world with so many other things to watch. I've started watching other sports and I don't miss hockey at all. We have multiple soccer teams to watch. The CEBL is really fun, the WNBA games in Vancouver were awesome, so were the playoffs.

Just so many great options that all feel like better investments of my time.

You're not alone in moving on from the NHL and enjoying it.

TrueNorthSpice 🇨🇦

@TrueNorthSpice@mastodon.world 15 hr. ago

@chris

Feeling the same.