Simmons: NHL is Back

Bill Simmons of ESPN, usually not one known for his hockey love, wrote a very interesting article for ESPN The Magazine about how the NHL is back. Using the Scott Walker incident as his introduction (he’s from Boston), he states how cultural changes in US society had an effect on the NHL diminishing popularity in the 1990s, are having an equal effect in bringing the NHL back to mainstream. He follows this up with how the NBA can learn a thing or two from the NHL.

It’s a fantastic read, and you should take some time to go through it.

If Bill Simmons is writing about hockey, we have turned the corner. Next step: Get the damn games on ESPN! Thorne and Melrose! Please! NHL2Night!