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The beautiful game of hockey we grew up loving doesn't exist anymore.
Journalist Michael Munro's badly needed critical review of hockey explains how hockey became unwatchable.
And it is unwatchable no matter what anyone says.
Munro dares to say the emperor wears no clothes while everyone around him flocks to explain how fabulous the clothes are when we can plainly see the NHL is bereft of entertainment value.
It is not a typical fluff piece of “my life in hockey” written by someone else about someone who played in the NHL nor is it about a hockey insider pumping his own tires.
It is a severe gaze at these people who have feasted upon its pier and brought it crashing down.
Munro dissects the rule changes of recent years and how it affected the game.
He looks at the societal factors stopping the talent from making it to the NHL.
And he offers solutions to bring entertainment back into a game which has become nothing more than speed skating and manufactured players.
Gone are the days of the true masters of hockey and Munro's exacting eye tells you why they disappeared.
Munro’s thoughtfully crafted 250 page essay is a must read for anyone involved in the game from parents to professionals to the government of Canada and for anyone who loves reading.
(c) Blue Swell Books 2017
