I was never much of an NHL fan until the Kings won a Stanley Cup to be honest. I loosely followed them when they wore Purple and Gold, and then when they got Gretsky, but like with all out-of- town sports in the 70's and 80's, it was hard to follow a team from far away. So any strike before that, wasn't important to me. The MLB strike was like the final straw in a lot of ways, where it went from being my favorite sport to being in second place to the NFL..
*shrugs
That's just the way it is for me.