It’s been said that one of the cruelest things a person can do is to awaken someone’s love without truly loving them. (Romance and hockey aren’t juxtaposed often enough, imho.) Now, with sports inviting so many mixed feelings by trying to play through a global pandemic, is precisely the time to look at hockey through the prism of unrequited love.
What do we love about sports? Is it the crowning of a champion? Is it the sense of normalcy it brings to the rhythm of our lives? Is it the emotional transportation?
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