Things You Won't Hear During the NHL Lockout

[blazejowski]

 

[wilde]

They might as well be the National Hokey League...

 

[Flanders]

 

[luvsdaty]

Betteman & his failed expansion experiment need to go.Honestly i couldn't care less how long they stay out this time.Too many trap coaches & too many mediocre players with cement hands making millions because they scored 20 goals.People get excited about a 35 goal scorer, Toni Tanti was a 35 goal scorer(40 plus) but he wasn't worth getting that excited about.

 

[niteowl]

I never given 2 bits about the NHL since the 94 Lockout with so many dumb ass changes,expansions and experiments.

 

[Boneman]

This lockout has to do with the Owners. Their greed their stupidity and their crappy league business model that rewards teams that should be moved or contracted by sharing revenue from teams making money to pour into the bottomless pits that are allowed to still compete in the league.

Less on the players and their resistance to come down on % earnings.

NHL needs to contract 4 teams (Pheonix, Nashville, Tampa Bay, Florida) or contract 2 of them and move the 2 others to existing markets that desperately want a team. Quebec City and Hamilton. Where hockey could survive long term.

The last time I checked the NHLPA wants more revenue sharing. Team contraction leads to fewer jobs. So your point is?

 

[wilde]

The last time I checked the NHLPA wants more revenue sharing.

Revenue sharing helps to level the playing field amongst the rich and poor teams and maintains a competitive balance in the league, what's wrong with that?

 

[Boneman]

Revenue sharing helps to level the playing field amongst the rich and poor teams and maintains a competitive balance in the league, what's wrong with that?

Read carefully Wilde. I didn't say there was anything wrong with revenue sharing. It was Badge who referred to it as a "crappy business model."

 

[Boneman]

to Southern Climbs.

What's a southern climb? A hike up a mountain south of the border?

 

[badbadboy]

No problem, The Soprano's is back on HBO.

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Seriously, I really don't give a shit about this fucked up fight between millionaires and billionaires.

Ignore them, NASCAR is more popular in the USA than NHL. That is why we will never be able to sell our game to the Southern USA.

Think about it. Billy Bob in Alabama wouldn't know a hockey puck even if it hit him in the head.

 

[bcneil]

New proposal out. 50/50, 6 years, no first year rollback...82 game season....


will they take it??

 

[wilde]

They should but they need to clean up length of contarcts and getting around the salary cap issues.

Max length is 5 years in the new proposal which should also take care of those front loaded contracts...