Why would you root for that? Is being angry at Bettman and Fehr worth hoping innocent people get laid off and lose their jobs? How about all the local businesses suffering?
im not even saying I hope its cancelled cuz I hate fehr and bettman. I just think a ½ year of hockey is a joke, despite 1995. and I don’t care about the product either, which has been my major passion since grade school. that says a lot.
small business owners who intend to thrive on the NHL oughta know better by now. very sad situation for them, but if bettman and fehr don’t care about them, why should i?
The players should all sign in Europe and give the middle finger to Bettman and the owners just before takeoff... The league can't survive without players but the players can survive whitout the league.
If they want to play hardball, I mean real hardball, that's what I would tell the PA if I was Fehr.
A) Half the players that have signed overseas have come running back because they hate it, like Kyle Turris and Derrick Brassard. If you're going 'home' like the Russians, that's one thing but that doesn't do the North American kids any good.
B) All they'd be doing is vulturing jobs from 'other' people, at a fraction of the salary they'd be making here...some union. And yet if the owners tried to replace them with replacement players they'd be up in arms crying scab.
So many current and former Hawks have looked like tools this entire lockout
Patrick Kane so far has been only reasonable/well spoken current/ex hawk
Frankly at this point if Toews/Bolland never play for Hawks again I can probably live with it
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If Toews were moved it would suck for franchise but it wouldn't be anything as bad as the day Roenick was traded
So many current and former Hawks have looked like tools this entire lockout
Patrick Kane so far has been only reasonable/well spoken current/ex hawk
Frankly at this point if Toews/Bolland never play for Hawks again I can probably live with it
Can someone explain to me why NHLPA and media keep bringing up "How wonderful" baseball model is?
Go talk to Royal/Pirate/Blue Jay/Marlin , etc fan about how wonderful MLB financial setup is
That really has to suck. So many games have been missed that I kind of don't even miss hockey all that much tbh. You get so used to it that it just doesn't really matter. But what really irritates me is knowing that it will be next to impossible for me to be excited for these guys when they do start playing again. I don't relate to these players or their fight, and it would be so much worse if there were idiot quotes coming from the Devils' players. I'm at least grateful that they've stayed away from the negative press.
you're not that naive, are you?
those teams ALL make money. they take money from revenue sharing from teams like the yankees, dodgers, phillies, etc. that actually make a profit. and then they don't use it (well at least in the case of PIT, KC, OAK, etc.)
come on.
How many lockouts have there been in the MLB recently? There's less wealthy teams in every league, even the nfl. Look at the rams for example. Just the way it is.