For the first time in my life I could be in the mood to watch some hockey for more than 2 minutes without switching channels. I can't follow where the puck is going, and I don't know enough about the strategy of the game to anticipate like I do other sports. But perhaps this is an opportunity for the NHL to gain some interests from sports fans like me who really haven't followed the sport over the years, perhaps in the same way the Tiger/Manning vs Phil/Brady charity event garnered a lot of interest last weekend. Over 6 million people tuned in, setting a cable record for televised golf. Going forward, maybe the PGA Tour will look at that data and realize that the sport is much more entertaining for overall viewers if they get away from traditional stroke play week in and week out.
In any case, I'm not going to be too picky about modified games and changes to playoff formats of any sport. The Tour (I think) was forward-planning and creative to at least put a condensed schedule together to give the fans something. Whether there should be an asterisk regarding the major tournaments won under these unprecedented conditions is a valid discussion, but it'll be just as entertaining to me, maybe even more so with seeing Augusta National in the fall and comparing how different it looks and plays from the usual springtime conditions.
Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, etc. are all making $$$$$ revenue on streaming tv service during these times. I certainly have no issues with the sports leagues trying to somehow have some means of revenue coming in. It'll be nice to at least have some means to participate in a current sports discussion, for me anyway. đ