Hockey as a sport is friggin' ridiculous if it's main drawing point is non-hockey, league sanctioned (mostly fake), brawling:
It's almost gotten to the level of pro wrestling (totally fake) or NASCAR (which brings in fans mostly due to spectacular crashes - making no effort to deny that watching professional drivers going 500 miles in a circle without crashes is exciting - as if that ever happens).
Most pro sports and even some amateur sports appear fixed these days. I'll still watch, because I enjoy sports, but I would much prefer clean sports, where athletes compete honestly, and integrity and sportsmanship are more important than making money for the individual greedy owners and players.
/rant
ADG