The 2024-25 National Hockey League season is sliding in fast, and there are some interesting threads to follow as the season unfolds. After all, hockey is more fun when you know what you’re watching for.
Mark Madden is comparing Slava Voynov’s potential inability to return to the NHL to a death sentence. This rhetoric is incredibly toxic, and labeling it a “death sentence” is an attempt to minimize the fact that this player was actually convicted for domestic violence.
Corbett noted that social media has also played a major impact on the sport — both good and bad. Because of social media, people are now more easily able to follow hockey, Corbett said, and just having the coverage is a great thing for the sport.