The Semi-Official Hockey Thread...
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From: This is not my house!
Hey... what do you think the NHL will look like when the two sides agree?
Seriously. Someone asked me whether I thought there would be an NHL or was it over... I answered there would be one but it got me thinking... "what would it look like?"
10 teams? 20 teams? Same at 30? or do you seriously think it's over?
Seriously. Someone asked me whether I thought there would be an NHL or was it over... I answered there would be one but it got me thinking... "what would it look like?"
10 teams? 20 teams? Same at 30? or do you seriously think it's over?
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From: Nowhere
It bugs me that the two sides are talking openly and candidly about rule changes to improve the game, but haven't done much of anything towards settling a CBA. What good is a better game if nobody is there to play (or watch) it?
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From: Nowhere
http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=2029959
They're just rehashing the same ideas that were rejected 2-6 months ago. I can't imagine either side saying "well, we didn't like it in December, but I guess we'll take it now."
They're just rehashing the same ideas that were rejected 2-6 months ago. I can't imagine either side saying "well, we didn't like it in December, but I guess we'll take it now."
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From: Nowhere
I really don't know, Jed.
My vision is that, initially all 30 teams will resume play. The first two years will be very tight on the free agent market as owners try to determine what type of ticket sales they can generate. The marginal teams will fold when faced with half empty (half full?
) arenas and substantially reduced revenues, though the first couple will relocate to eager cities (Portland comes to mind).
The distrust between owners and players will continue on.
My vision is that, initially all 30 teams will resume play. The first two years will be very tight on the free agent market as owners try to determine what type of ticket sales they can generate. The marginal teams will fold when faced with half empty (half full?
) arenas and substantially reduced revenues, though the first couple will relocate to eager cities (Portland comes to mind).The distrust between owners and players will continue on.
