It is a wonderful game. You can ruin the business of hockey, but you can't ruin the game. Hockey is about Pavel and Jagr and Brendan Shanahan. It is Pat Quinn, Igor Larionov and Cliff Ronning. Brad May. Hockey is courage and speed and grace and violence.
Hockey is played by kids in basements and on streets and on frozen ponds.
That hockey is the hockey being celebrated in Tampa. The best players playing the best game for the fun and the joy of it. It is always a delight. The game of hockey can't be ruined, not even by the trap and or by a shortage of goals. The game of hockey can't be ruined but storm clouds do threaten the business of hockey.