Boomer & Carton: The 'B' In NBC Is Certainly Not For Beard

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If NBC Sports chairman Mark Lazarus had his way, the NHL playoff beard would be a thing of the past.

Ben Bishop #30 of the Tampa Bay Lightning speaks to the media after defeating the Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 in Game Three of the 2015 NHL Stanley Cup Final at the United Center on June 8, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)

Lazarus spoke critically of one of the better traditions in sports, which one might think wouldn't be received very well by the masses. But then you remember that "nobody really cares about hockey," so there's that.

Anyway, with that said, Boomer is a diehard, so he and his radio partner/BFF Craigie discussed the anti-beard sentiment over at NBC...