Clubhouse Chatter: Are you looking forward to hockey returning?
What our Sports staff has to say while waiting for the games to fully resume.
Two months of playoff hockey is just what we need right now. There's nothing better than playoff hockey.
- Barry Rozner
I'm excited about being able to do my job again, even if it's under bizarre circumstances. What I'm not excited about is the lack of access to the players. All of us pride ourselves in turning out unique stories that bring readers back again and again. That's going to be awfully difficult to do until we get back to a normal sports environment.
- John Dietz
Totally excited, as long as dirty Tom Wilson socially distances from Sidney Crosby when the Capitals play the Penguins and the Bruins' Brad Marchand refrains from licking faces.
- Scot Gregor
I got excited about the Blackhawks during their championship runs, however, I'm not super into hockey otherwise. But I am excited for the restart of all sports.
- Patricia Babcock McGraw
Don't know what to think. Obviously nice to have a major sport back, but let's just hopes it goes smoothly amid the current situation.
- John Leusch
As a Chicago fan, I'm not excited about the NHL restarting. Without much hope for success, I'd prefer to just move on to the offseason.
- Kevin Schmit
I don't know how to handle the resumption of the hockey season. It's my favorite spectator sport but COVID-19 has forced a total disruption that I don't think is over.
- Dave Oberhelman
Hockey in July? And the Blackhawks didn't inspire much confidence through March.
- Orrin Schwarz
Not really. I'm not much of a hockey fan to begin with, and I don't think it's any wiser to resume the NHL season than it is to think college or high school football can be played this fall. We have a pandemic to be concerned with more than crowning an NHL champion.
- John Radtke
While I am a novice when it comes to hockey and following the NHL, I am excited to see every sport return. I'm especially interested to see how the Blackhawks do.
- John Lemon
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