GAME OVER > Day 154

[greenlx777]

Its over, it was finally announced today at 1pm eastern starndard time that the 2004-2005 NHL season has been cancelled........
No agreement was reached before the deadline
Now we wait until the 2005-2006 seasons starts...........if its starts

 

[Mr. Lin]

yeah... that kinda sucks... I was hoping to see some hockey this year...

 

[J32a2OwnsU]

Stubborn ass players....

 

[x007den]

they gave in to a 24% pay cut and a salary cap

both sides are to blame.

 

[ClemsonCiv]

this pisses me off because hockey's popularity was already dwindling, now people are gonna view the owners/players are greedy f**ks (whether they are or not). this blows i LOVE hockey!

 

[J32a2OwnsU]

they gave in to a 24% pay cut and a salary cap

both sides are to blame.

There is not one player left anywhere NEAR desitute (Sp?) all maing over 200,000 dollars after. Come on, greedy f**king bastards.

 

[nd4sped]

Like atheletes dont get paid enough already. f**k them all. Im not ahockey dan anyone. Onyl thing I like about it is that its the only game where kicking each others ass is legal. Sort of.

 

[Lonestar]

Minimum: $100,000 a year
Maximum $1,000,000 a year

Slash ticket prices to regain lost fan base after this years blunder.

The end.

 

[tye]

they just better have it next year, i miss my hockey pools

 

[zc vtec]

This whole thing is just sad. The players in fact weren't out to get more money with the new CBA. The only thing they feel is that a hard salary cap destroys a market economy in the league. If teams are limited in the amount they can spend, players don't feel that they are valued as high as they should be.

I've heard talks that if there is still now CBA by next season's beginning, they'll start finding replacement players. Could work in my favor since I used to play Jr.A and haven't really lost much of my edge yet! Might have to go try out if that becomes the case.

 

[zc vtec]

Like atheletes dont get paid enough already. f**k them all. Im not ahockey dan anyone. Onyl thing I like about it is that its the only game where kicking each others ass is legal. Sort of.

Ha, that's actually a typical American attitude towards the game, which is why if they can't get anything figured out they should start a new league with all Canadian cities and maybe a few American ones who were members of the Original Six such as New York, Boston, Chicago and Detroit. If it were my team I'd also have teams in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec City and Halifax.

 

[Lonestar]

IIf it were my team I'd also have teams in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec City and Halifax.

That better not drop Blades attendance.

Blades > All

 

[$lick Rick]

this is why i hate all organized sports leagues........

 

[zc vtec]

That better not drop Blades attendance.

Blades > All

If we did have a pro team in town, it would definetely would kill the Blades. You need a very large market like Vancouver in order to support a WHL and NHL team. Edmonton experimented with it several years ago with the Ice, but didn't make it work so they moved to Cranbrook. I'm sure there'd even be a strain on our 4 Jr.B teams if we had a pro team in S'toon.

Oh, and for the record, yes the Blades are in 1st but they're slipping as of late. It's nice to see them doing ok for a change considering they've been bottom feeders for the last couple years.