I did not hate this story. I read the k/t parts because I can't scan for shit and it was easier to just read the whole thing. I would say the k/t storyline was innocuous enough that my brain could parse them as kind of original-ish characters that I didn't want to stab myself (they're old and not really hockey players anymore so much as they're dudes trying to find themselves after leaving the one thing they've always know sort of thing)

I unexpectedly really enjoyed the Kane + Stan Bowman parts which were few and far between but read really true to me. Also I can kind of imagine Connor McD coming out exactly the way me did which I enjoyed as well.