NHL Lockout?

[kickstand]

Just got a message from the Bruins app on the iPhone that the NHL has cancelled games thru 10/24. For the B's, that's 6 games. This SUCKS!!!!!

 

[ScottySkis]

Just got a message from the Bruins app on the iPhone that the NHL has cancelled games thru 10/24. For the B's, that's 6 games. This SUCKS!!!!!

When Rangers finally have a great team, I doubt we will have a season this year.

 

[Rikka]

This is all on the owners this time around. The league made more money last year than it ever has, and yet they still want more consessions from the players and after they got the CBA.

 

[deadheadskier]

I wonder how many players will be lost for good to the European leagues. I'm sure some of the European born players might get over they and say, "You know, this is a good enough living for me and I'm close to home, so screw the NHL."

Hopefully David Kreijci is one of them.

 

[skiNEwhere]

This has to stop. Gary Bettman needs to be removed. He's running the NHL like a dictator. 3 lockouts since he's been the commissioner? Give me a break! There are plenty of markets in Canada that are BEGGING for pro teams. Hamilton and Quebec city especially. Look at Winnipeg, they have a not so stellar team and they pack that arena in. How come Florida has two teams and Quebec only has one? Ontario, the unofficial hockey hot bed of the world, has 2 teams, and California has 3. It's absolutely ridiculous. The owners in hot markets need to rise up and stage a coup de tat. A Canadian with the love of the sport should be running the NHL, not an American lawyer.

Quebec City is the smallest market in the NHL, and the second-smallest major-league city in North America behind only behind the Green Bay Packers. The Nordiques didn't have a major city to draw fans from like the Packers did with Milwaukee. Plus all public service announcements were given in French. There weren't any english speaking radio or T.V stations, or newspapers. Plus, the Nordiques had such competition from Montreal, it was hard for them to keep the stands full, kind of similar to the situation with Hartford being close to Boston, forcing the Whalers to move eventually. When the Nordiques did draft good players like Eric Lindros, he refused to play for the Nordiques for all of the reasons just listed, so it was hard for the team to ever get good players to fill the stands

 

[ScottySkis]

Today would have been first game of regular season.

 

[ScottySkis]

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Gary Bergman and owners refused players final offer today, looks like I be going to West Point to watch any games this year.

 

[deadheadskier]

Quebec City is the smallest market in the NHL, and the second-smallest major-league city in North America behind only behind the Green Bay Packers. The Nordiques didn't have a major city to draw fans from like the Packers did with Milwaukee. Plus all public service announcements were given in French. There weren't any english speaking radio or T.V stations, or newspapers. Plus, the Nordiques had such competition from Montreal, it was hard for them to keep the stands full, kind of similar to the situation with Hartford being close to Boston, forcing the Whalers to move eventually. When the Nordiques did draft good players like Eric Lindros, he refused to play for the Nordiques for all of the reasons just listed, so it was hard for the team to ever get good players to fill the stands

You could make similar arguments for Winnepeg. They sold out almost every game last season. You'd see the same results in QC. QC can definitely support a team better than say Atlanta because people actually care about the sport there. I don't believe when Lindros was drafted that the league had a similar salary cap and floor structure as exists today, so I think it would be unlikely for a #1 pick to refuse to play there.

 

[Philpug]

Is Hockey still even considered a "sport"?

 

[ScottySkis]

Is Hockey still even considered a "sport"?

Why would hockey not considered a sport?
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[ScottySkis]

Is Hockey still even considered a "sport"?

Why would hockey not be considered a sport
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[deadheadskier]

Is Hockey still even considered a "sport"?

Pretty epic Stanley Cup Playoff last season. About as "sporting" as it gets

 

[kickstand]

Is Hockey still even considered a "sport"?

As opposed to ????????

 

[JimG.]

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Gary Bergman and owners refused players final offer today, looks like I be going to West Point to watch any games this year.

My oldest son is a freshman at RIT...just got his season pass for hockey.

Since they're D1 and play in a competitive league, it'll give me excuses to drive 5 hours to see my son, catch a game, and ski the high peaks of the Adirondacks.

 

[skiNEwhere]

And the NHL has cancelled all games for all November, great. Not gonna watch any games this season now, since there won't be a complete (82 game) season

 

[ScottySkis]

And the NHL has cancelled all games for all November, great. Not gonna watch any games this season now, since there won't be a complete (82 game) season

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If I was a gambling man I say that there will be no season at all.

 

[skiNEwhere]

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If I was a gambling man I say that there will be no season at all.

I am a gambling man, and I say there will be no season too

 

[Bene288]

There's a lot of people who would prefer a shorter season. I'm not one of them though. I'm not counting on any NHL hockey this year. Just got some tickets to a BC vs BU game. That'll help ease the pain.

 

[ScottySkis]

There's a lot of people who would prefer a shorter season. I'm not one of them though. I'm not counting on any NHL hockey this year. Just got some tickets to a BC vs BU game. That'll help ease the pain.

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Shorter season is BS because its nit fair or equal way for goal scoring and all kinds of records, and if a team that plays only 50 games and wins the Stanley Cup probably will not be the same team after full normal long season, and injurys and tiredness that all play factors in regular season.

 

[kickstand]

I'm not counting on any NHL hockey this year. Just got some tickets to a BC vs BU game. That'll help ease the pain.

Amen. We took the kids to the BC-ULowell game last night. Will probably at least take my son to some games at Merrimack and ULowell, too. We have about half the Hockey East schools within 40 minutes of our house (BC, BU, Northeastern, ULowell, Merrimack, UNH)