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The game of hockey changed drastically in Ken's final season opposed to his first, the style in which everyone played and how they were used had a very big impact. The same ideology that came from that period is used to change the game to this day, as coaches and players get smarter and play more efficiently. Some of these changes are problematic in the eyes of the head of the NHL make rules to make the game more entertaining. Some of these rules have been ineffective and have drawn the ire of many fans with controversial calls being made. The biggest mistake the NHL made was the goal review which was supposed to increase scoring, but ended up doing the complete opposite as more goals were deemed against the rules thus causing the call on the play being changed to no goal. Some of the goals that have been called back caused great displeasure from fans as they were good goals and since they didn't count the momentum shifted the other way or in some way changed the outcome of the game. The evolution of hockey has been reliant on efficiency as it is slowly becoming focused on a science for playing the game more productively taking creativity and flare that was once in the game out. Which ultimately leads to the game becoming stale and boring, thus making it harder for the game to grow. Also, this leads to many people to stop watching the sport as I have not watched the games as much as I once did just like many other people that I know regardless of which team they supported. Just these past playoffs the Ottawa Senators made it to the eastern conference finals, but some of their fans didn’t attended their fans games. The style of their play was very effective for winning games, except it wasn’t very effective in attracting crowds.