September 15, 200422 yr The NHL lockout will become official tomorrow at 2:30 PM ET, very sad news. If and when a new season gets underway, it will be at least a decade before the NHL can fully recover, it's expected that the entire 2004-05 season will be a wash and an agreement will be made in time for the 2005-06 season. This is just f***ing pathetic, believe it or not the average NHL salary is more than the average salaries for NBA, MLB, and NFL players. Bunch of cry babies is what these players are and Gary Bettman is a complete moron for dilluting the league by approving franchises in places like TENNESSEE. How about all the commoners that work inside those NHL arenas selling hotdogs, checking tickets, etc.? The thousands of people making minimum wage that keep the NHL, it's teams, and it's areans running will all be out of work and unlike the greedy NHL players crying over millions of dollars these people will have to get new jobs just to make ends meat. Sad.
September 15, 200422 yr Darn I am going miss the NHL................................. who am i kidding no i wont!
September 15, 200422 yr Darn I am going miss the NHL................................. who am i kidding no i wont! 558743[/snapback] Not many people will.
September 15, 200422 yr Darn I am going miss the NHL................................. who am i kidding no i wont! 558743[/snapback] Not many people will. 558754[/snapback] maybe on this forum. It will be missed, especially in Tampa. This is why teams fail in fan support. I bet Tampa fans would have flocked to see the defending champs play. Now that there is a lockout, I doubt there will be much support.
September 15, 200422 yr :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead Some of us will miss hockey. Guess I'll have to watch my tapes of the '96 playoff run for the Panthers, and my Don Cherry Rock 'Em Sock 'Em tapes.
September 15, 200422 yr NHL 2K5 looks awesome and that's about all the hockey I'll need. Also, it looks like Luongo will go undefeated this year. :thumbup
September 15, 200422 yr bulls*** ratings + escalating contracts = lockout the nhl and nhlpa had it coming for a while id like to see hockey make it, theres such a rich history with the likes of howe and gretzky, plus the greatest trophy in sports
September 15, 200422 yr Unfortunately hockey has over-expanded, and the league needs to contract in order to survive, IMO. The same thing will happen to Major League Baseball if they decide to expand to any more cities (excluding the move of the Expos to either D.C. or Virginia). I've lost interest in hockey over the past three years, due to the awful performances of the Panthers, and the decreasing number of U.S. players in the game. Two years ago I took a look at the Panthers' roster, and none of the players on the team were born in the U.S. None.
September 15, 200422 yr this sucks.... :mad : I love hockey but the players are going to destroy the league with their stubbornness. Not to mention all the expansion they've done... Have they seen the empty stands? The game's in trouble, their salaries have tripled over the last decade, and very few teams are making any money.
September 15, 200422 yr Darn I am going miss the NHL................................. who am i kidding no i wont! 558743[/snapback] Well, I will.
September 15, 200422 yr Makes me sad. Hockey is so much fun to attend live and the playoffs are amazing. Owners are doing the right thing here. It's all they can do really.
September 15, 200422 yr NHL 2K5 looks awesome and that's about all the hockey I'll need. Also, it looks like Luongo will go undefeated this year. :thumbup 558863[/snapback] NHL 2K5 is only 20$!
September 16, 200422 yr Author No more dumb hockey highlights on sportscenter. 559758[/snapback] I'd prefer if SportsCenter never did another hockey highlight ever again, I just can't stand it when they butcher the name of EVERY single player.
September 19, 200422 yr Author This is a great video: http://www.nike.com/canada/nikehockey/lockout/ I never liked Nike brand equipment but damn, how can you not support them after watching that?
September 19, 200422 yr I, personally, am really mad about this. I am a die hard hockey fan, and it is really sad to see the NHL gone...Now i have nothing to turn to for hockey except the world cup thats only like once a year....This really sucks... :mad : :banghead
September 20, 200422 yr Author I, personally, am really mad about this. I am a die hard hockey fan, and it is really sad to see the NHL gone...Now i have nothing to turn to for hockey except the world cup thats only like once a year....This really sucks... :mad : :banghead 564481[/snapback] The World Cup is already over and it's not once a year, the last one was in 1996.
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