Well, I never watched any of that series. Unfortunately, I'm not the diehard fan I used to be so I barely watch hockey now. And personally, I find my interest in hockey fading and I probably won't even care for hockey in a few years.
A lot of it has to do with the never-ending tampering with rules, suggestions and such. Some of the recent changes are good but alot of them are bad, and it seems that they just won't stop with unnecessary changes...Tight-fitting jerseys are fucking ugly, no more expansion teams for American cities who don't even like hockey, the playoff OT format is fine and doesnt need a change, regular season shoot-outs are awful, the season schedule format is awful, a 16-team playoff is fine and should not be changed to include more teams, the single point for losing in OT/SO is ridiculous (no wonder Atlanta did so well) etc...