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From: This is not my house!
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From: This is not my house!
Originally Posted by WestSideBilly,Apr 7 2005, 06:52 AM
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.
Serves those greedy 
ers right! I hope it happens!
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CAPTAIN HAS LEFT BUILDING: Hockeytown icon gets a cover-up
BY SALINA ALI, FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER
First, Detroiters were taunted with the prospect of a delayed hockey season.
Then there was no hockey season.
Now, no Yzerman!
The mural that inspired Red Wings fans to keep hope alive is coming down, and it may be a new game of wait and see to find out who, if anyone, is going up.
The 170-by-100-foot wall mural of Red Wings captain Steve Yzerman that graced the side of the Cadillac Tower building for two years is slowly being covered with plain white paint.
Coverage of the mural began earlier this week when painters attached a platform, scaled the tower and began erasing the hockey icon, foot by foot.
Steve Grossbauer of North Branch said he noticed workers painting over the mural Monday.
"I seen them yesterday painting and thought 'Well, there goes Steve.' I think it's sad to see him go. He's done the city good. I hate to see him go," Grossbauer said Tuesday.
The mural, painted in 2003 by artists Art Patusak and Jason Coatney of Portland, Ore., made hockey fans proud to call Detroit Hockeytown.
Nextel, a Red Wings sponsor, purchased the rights to advertise on the wall and wished to have the mural serve as a tribute to Yzerman and hockey's greatest fans. Company officials couldn't be reached Tuesday. Neither could the building's owner nor Yzerman.
The portrait showed a uniformed Yzerman bent at the waist resting his hockey stick on his thighs and said in big bold letters "Born: Cranbrook, BC, 1965. Adopted: Detroit, MI 1983."
In smaller print at the bottom was written: "Steve Yzerman, Over 600 goals. 3 Stanley Cup Championships. And more than 16 years as captain."
Red Wings fans could proudly point to the Stanley Cup on the wall after the team won the trophy in 1997, 1998 and then again in 2002.
"It's bad enough we don't have hockey. Don't take that down," said Roseville resident and downtown worker Linda Heath.
"I think it's kind of a letdown. There's not enough words to say what he's done for the Red Wings."
Prior to Yzerman, former Detroit Lions running back Barry Sanders graced the side of the Cadillac Tower.
So, who will be next to rule supreme over downtown Detroit? Big Ben Wallace? Chauncey (Mr. Big Shot) Billups? Ivan (Pudge) Rodriguez? It's anybody's guess.
BY SALINA ALI, FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER
First, Detroiters were taunted with the prospect of a delayed hockey season.
Then there was no hockey season.
Now, no Yzerman!
The mural that inspired Red Wings fans to keep hope alive is coming down, and it may be a new game of wait and see to find out who, if anyone, is going up.
The 170-by-100-foot wall mural of Red Wings captain Steve Yzerman that graced the side of the Cadillac Tower building for two years is slowly being covered with plain white paint.
Coverage of the mural began earlier this week when painters attached a platform, scaled the tower and began erasing the hockey icon, foot by foot.
Steve Grossbauer of North Branch said he noticed workers painting over the mural Monday.
"I seen them yesterday painting and thought 'Well, there goes Steve.' I think it's sad to see him go. He's done the city good. I hate to see him go," Grossbauer said Tuesday.
The mural, painted in 2003 by artists Art Patusak and Jason Coatney of Portland, Ore., made hockey fans proud to call Detroit Hockeytown.
Nextel, a Red Wings sponsor, purchased the rights to advertise on the wall and wished to have the mural serve as a tribute to Yzerman and hockey's greatest fans. Company officials couldn't be reached Tuesday. Neither could the building's owner nor Yzerman.
The portrait showed a uniformed Yzerman bent at the waist resting his hockey stick on his thighs and said in big bold letters "Born: Cranbrook, BC, 1965. Adopted: Detroit, MI 1983."
In smaller print at the bottom was written: "Steve Yzerman, Over 600 goals. 3 Stanley Cup Championships. And more than 16 years as captain."
Red Wings fans could proudly point to the Stanley Cup on the wall after the team won the trophy in 1997, 1998 and then again in 2002.
"It's bad enough we don't have hockey. Don't take that down," said Roseville resident and downtown worker Linda Heath.
"I think it's kind of a letdown. There's not enough words to say what he's done for the Red Wings."
Prior to Yzerman, former Detroit Lions running back Barry Sanders graced the side of the Cadillac Tower.
So, who will be next to rule supreme over downtown Detroit? Big Ben Wallace? Chauncey (Mr. Big Shot) Billups? Ivan (Pudge) Rodriguez? It's anybody's guess.
