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Posted by: I Are Baboon

Looks like the lockout is going to occur at midnight tonight, unless a MIRACLE take place today.

Ya know, I love the game of hockey, but for some reason I just don't give a fuck if this NHL season does not get played.

The NHL is struggling to attract new fans and turn a profit, and how do they fix the probem? A lockout.

Posted by: Dale Mabry

Agreed, they are just fucking themsleves. I can watch college hockey if I need a fix.

Posted by: ALBOB

Glad I didn't buy the NHL Center Ice package.

Posted by: Flex

maybe they'll bring back my Whalers

Posted by: ponyboy

I could care less personally. I'd rather go see our local OHL team for $20 then spend $400 on Leaf tickets.

Personally I'm in favour of a salary cap - anyone have an opinion on this?

Posted by: I Are Baboon

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Originally Posted by ponyboy

Personally I'm in favour of a salary cap - anyone have an opinion on this?

I agree. Looks what it's done for the NFL. Teams like Green Bay and Carolina can put highly competitive teams on the field, while big market teams like New York and Chicago struggle. I believe the cap has also worked well for the NBA. Just look at San Antonio and Sacramento.

Posted by: BoneCrusher

IAB nailed it well ... but hockey has always been behind in reforms anyway. A non-income period will soften everyone's perspective. The local teams will get the business too.

Posted by: Pepper

What is happening in hockey today will happen in baseball later. I hope the owners have the guts to win this one, the baseball owners never seem to.

Posted by: I Are Baboon

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Originally Posted by Pepper

What is happening in hockey today will happen in baseball later. I hope the owners have the guts to win this one, the baseball owners never seem to.

Pepper, as much as I appreciate the fact that my Red Sox are a big market team and can outspend anyone except the Yankees, I think a cap is DESPARATELY needed in baseball.

By the way, the lockout is officially on.

Posted by: soxmuscle

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Originally Posted by I Are Baboon

In this new moneyball era, baseball is fine the way it is, in my opinion.

Posted by: Weight39

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Originally Posted by ponyboy

I could care less personally. I'd rather go see our local OHL team for $20 then spend $400 on Leaf tickets.

Personally I'm in favour of a salary cap - anyone have an opinion on this?

For a team to be competitive, a salary cap isn't really necessary. Look at the last couple of seasons, a team doesn't a tremendous amount of money to be successful. Take the rangers, highest payroll in the nhl and can't even make the playoffs.

However, if the owners are really losing that much money, then perhaps a cap may be needed. But, I'm pretty sure the owners are probably doing alright.

Posted by: ALBOB

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Originally Posted by ponyboy

I could care less personally. I'd rather go see our local OHL team for $20 then spend $400 on Leaf tickets.

Under the circumstances it's kind of a moot point but, why in the world would anybody pay $400 to see that bunch of loosers?

Posted by: Flex

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Originally Posted by I Are Baboon

perhaps they should do that in baseball, too........Yankees

Posted by: irontime

I would really like to see a salary cap for the simple reason that Canada is fucking cheap and the States keep taking our players. Last year the statistics for NHL players nationality was something like
53% from Canada
36% from Europe
11% from USA
But the States have more and better teams because they can afford it. A cap would really level out the playing field.

Posted by: Prince

I do not know the specifics of this lockout other than it having to do with salary caps, but pro sports in general just make me sick these days. It's all about the money, and as if the millions these athletes make is not enough.

Remember when athletes played sports for the love of the game and it was a part time job for them? I guess we will never see that again.

I have heard things said by athletes that the owners make X amount and we deserve more, blah, blah, blah. What a bunch of horse shit! Since when do the "workers" deserve to make as much as the owners of a company, or base their salaries on what the owners make? I can only imagine how much the owners of the company I work for make. I guess I should go tell them I deserve more money because of how much they make? They would probably look at me like I am insane, and/or laugh at me.

Posted by: Flex

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Originally Posted by Robert DiMaggio

I do not know the specifics of this lockout other than it having to do with salary caps, but pro sports in general just make me sick these days. It's all about the money, and as if the millions these athletes make is not enough.

Remember when athletes played sports for the love of the game and it was a part time job for them? I guess we will never see that again.

makes me sick too

athletes don't play for the love anymore, they play for the $$$. Look at Olympic bball.....

Posted by: ALBOB

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Originally Posted by Robert DiMaggio

They would probably look at me like I am insane, and/or laugh at me.

Kind of like we do everyday, right?

Posted by: JJJ

Im loving it, I get to see Forsberg, Sundin, Näslund, Lidström, Salo and the like play IRL. I hope the lockout lasts forever, and that everyone, not only the swedes come here to play.

Posted by: soxmuscle

A few of the American NHL'ers are playing in either the AHL or IHL. It will definitly be fun to go see them play.

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