Unlike you, DaveK, I happen to live in the heart of B1G hockey country. I have yet to meet a Gopher hockey fan or Badger hockey fan who feels that the B1G is better than the old WCHA. In fact, most fans are quite apathetic about it.
The WCHA Final Five was THE signature event of the hockey year. Now, the B1G has brought playoff hockey back to on-campus sites after disastrous reaults at the X and Joe Louis Arena. Has that made college hockey better - or set it back 20 years?
Fiddle all you want...Rome has already burned.