Hockey's Impressive Turnaround

It was not to long ago that the great sport of hockey was going through troubling times.  The playoffs where where not interesting and not many could even tell you who won the past few Stanley Cups.  Now, the NHL has made a nice turnaround into a very entertaining sport with intense playoff action.  I think that people get tired of sports if it's the same old thing after to long.  All sports must make themselves fresh and interesting, if this does not happen then the league slips into the gray unknown area that nobody care about.