Hockey fans constantly make jokes about the NHL and how they continually botch easy marketing opportunities. The league's television blackout rules, especially for fans that are paying for every available premium service that the NHL has to offer in the Capital District of New York, are comical.
For New York sports fanatics, 2023 is heating up like another very special year. If you are a "New York" NBA and/or NHL fan, 1994 was one for the memory banks. And, something happened on Wednesday that hasn't occurred since '94.
Last week on ESPN's First Take, Stephen A. Smith stated that Stanley Cups shouldn't count toward a city's championship total, enraging hockey fans everywhere.
New York Rangers' defenseman K'Andre Miller was ejected Sunday, and could face a suspension, for spitting on the face of an opponent, and fans were not happy.
With the news that New York's 'Mario Cuomo Bridge' may be renamed, we believe the names of these ten Empire State sports legends should be used as replacements.