I'm sure you've all been following the hockey with as much excitement as I have. After a promising campaign, the Ottawa Senators managed to get into the playoffs for the Stanley Cup.
They managed to get their playoff spot with three games to spare. They then proceded to lose the following three games, and last night lost the first game of the first round of the playoffs. So it's not looking good for them.
But it's quite interesting to compare the hockey season with the soccer one. The regular Premiership season involves 38 games, as opposed to hockey's 82. And while a hockey game lasts for 60 minutes and there's considerably more changing of players, it's a considerably more physical game than soccer is. And on top of that, the schedule means that you're playing games a couple of hundred miles apart every few days - fancy playing while jetlagged?
And as to the playoffs.... There are eight teams in each of the two divisions in the play-offs, with the top team playing the one in eighth place, the second team against the seventh one, and so on. But it's not just one match, oh no - each round is the best of four, meaning that potentially, after playing 82 games in the regular season, there are possibly another 28 matches to play in the playoffs, assuming each round has the full seven matches.
Essentially, I think my point is that I've long thought that footballers were overpaid for what they do, and after seeing how gruelling the hockey season is, I'm even more sure of that than I was....
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