NHL in big trouble

In my opinion, the NHL is in big trouble in finding a niche or an audience in the United States. This despite the fact that very few Canadian teams are good anymore, Why is this the case?

1) fans relate to stars not teams, the NBA and NFL create stars and superstars.

2) The NHL whether fair or not is perceived as an old stodgy white male dominated league that is stuck in past similar to baseball. By contrast, the NBA is young modern and hip.

3) Espn ignoring or having nothing to do with the NHL was the death knell starting in 2004-05.

How to fix it?

One new younger leadership at all levels of the sport,

Two shorten the season not going to happen but worth it.

Houston failed

The Houston Tockets are a colossal failure because they have won a whole bunch of games the last five years but haven’t made it to the NBA finals or won a championship. They lost to Golden State last night losing the series in 6 games 4 to 2. If I owned the team, I would IMMEDIATELY fire Daryl Morey, the alleged GM of the team who put together this roster and Mike D’Antoni, who somehow gets to coach a bench of teams without being asked to win a title.

Just like the Oklahoma City Thunder, the stars of the Rockets are too consumed with their personal statistics at the expense of the team goals. Harden can’t lead a team to a title. He isn’t wired that way.