well its the style they play, the teams all engcourage a wide open run and gun style of hockey. they dont play a huge defensive style, there players take chances and created great plays and exicting hockey.

now vancouver tampa detroit and colorado have been have all been able to do this but vancouver and tampa keep there salaries low, and teams like colorado and detroit buy up all the tallented players

on the side the players and the NHL are meeting again this week in hopes to gun out a deal. this comes after the two sides met with there respective members last week. the meeting was offered by the NHL, giving us reason to believe that they have some ideas to bridge the gap and save the last bit of the 04-05 season, the NHL draft.