yankeehater
Member
Man this post made me lol, well done sir.
NHL 2011-2012 Offseason thread of Cash Rules Everything Around Me
- Thread starter Dastardly Jerks
- Start date
Man this post made me lol, well done sir.
KernelPanic
Member
It's hilarious how the PA's KoolAid has convinced them how poor and oppressed they are.
@BizNasty2point0: Fans. The players understand your frustration. But at the end of the day we are fighting for our futures, not yours. That's the reality.
"Fighting for their future" ? A bunch of them won't have a job to come back to when this is settled and they'll get even less.
Even more ironic when you consider who's been paying his salary past 2 years.
CrazedArabMan
Member
I feel bad for laughing and having this as the first thing that came to mind:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gqw1FI1hfJA
SpectreFire
Member
Good lord, is the loading time for GM Connected Hub really bad for anyone else?
CrazedArabMan
Member
It's slow but mainly because I think it has to load everything via the EA NHL servers and what not.
And he got up without any shits given and left. Boss.
bonesmccoy
Banned
Good grief!
Hockey players are by far the toughest
athletes out there.
Hockey players are by far the toughest
and craziest
Dastardly Jerks
Banned
Dastardly Jerks
Banned
Finally lost every ounce of respect I have for BizNasty. Didn't take much.
Cruel Summer
drip drip?!?!?!?!
I've never had respect for Bissonnette.
apocalidiot
Banned
So is there a way me and someone in my XBL party can play on the same team against one other person (so it would be like we were both on the same console at home playing online against random people). I see that Online Team Play is the EASHL set up where you pick one position, but I'm looking for more over a versus kind of set up.
Luongo improving his media relations skills. Sounds like he got a little talking-to from management.
I didn't realize that no trades could be made so long as there isn't a CBA in place. Makes sense.
I didn't realize that no trades could be made so long as there isn't a CBA in place. Makes sense.
KingHenrik30
Member
Pyatt, Asham and Halpern. Also a full season of Kreider. Complete top 6 and good bottom 6. There problem last season was scoring. They addressed that.
If there is no season it's bad for the Rangers. If there is a shortened season it's good.
KingHenrik30
Member
He's a moron. He wrote this earlier:
Paul Bissonnette ‏@BizNasty2point0
Question to the fans. If a company you worked for was making money and they asked you to take a 24% pay cut would you do it?
Yeah, because if you take a 24% paycut you wake up and still play a game for a living and will get by. If I take a 24% paycut I wake up and start looking for a second job. And yes I do take it because I'm happy just to be employed.
So how do you think the lines would look?
KingHenrik30
Member
With Gaborik Healthy?
Nash - Richards - Gaborik
Kreider - Stepan - Callahan
Hagelin - Boyle - Pyatt
Asham - Halpern - Rupp
Girardi - McD
Staal - Straalman
MDZ - Bickel/Emminger
If Gaborik is out to start the season (which means no lockout so, yeah...) Then put Nash on RW and move Hagelin up there to LW1.
Weak link is the 6th d-man position which will probably be addressed by the trade deadline.
So much for "the love of the game"
fuck this. I thought I couldn't hate a hockey personality more than Bettman, but every time I see Fehr on the mic and that smug look, I want to punch him just as much.
He's right in theory but what I always hate is they don't seem to equate it to the fact that they're playing a game and getting paid more than some of us will ever make in our lifetime.
It's hard to agree with you when your paycut means you'll get paid just under 4 million per year instead of being paid 5 million a year.
KingHenrik30
Member
Most players are gonna lose money anyway if there's a lockout.
Yeah... the trading mechanism is part of the CBA
Wendel Clark
Member
biz nasty, the same guy that made fun of people with regular jobs?
Take 24% off the league minimum and you're still making $375k+. One season in the NHL at that salary and I could retire for life.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
It would be so hard for me as an owner to not just say, "OK. See you later."
It makes absolutely no sense. Players talk about how much they "love" the game and then would be willing to walk away and never play again instead of taking a pay cut? Please.
This was obviously put out by the NHLPA.
Dubbedinenglish
Banned
He did meet with FLA management before he left.
SuperSonic1305
Member
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ur4XJCm3deQ
Players don't care about hockey. They would play in any shitty league as long as it meant millions of dollars.
They don't even have to pay for transportation, equipment, or the hotel.
"But how can we live without our expensive cars, mansions, and eating at restaurants every day? HOW CAN WE DO IT?!"
Players don't care about hockey. They would play in any shitty league as long as it meant millions of dollars.
They don't even have to pay for transportation, equipment, or the hotel.
"But how can we live without our expensive cars, mansions, and eating at restaurants every day? HOW CAN WE DO IT?!"
alexthekid
Member
Hey guys don´t worry, we will still have Hockey. Actually the season starts in a couple of hours and I´m heading to the premiere. It´s the first real game since the Cup win, I can't wait! Hopefully they have some kind of special thing, the last time they won the cup I was so young that I can´t remember when they raised the banner.
SEL, Fuck yeah!
SEL, Fuck yeah!
wsoxfan1214
Banned
Popped up in my news feed this morning. :lol
OriginofHysteria
Banned
There needs to be replacement players..I'd hop on that shit.
CrazedArabMan
Member
I second this, all NeoGAF NHL replacement team!!
Yep. The players do put there bodies on the line, but so do lots of people doing regular jobs and they don't make millions. And the bottom line is that they are playing a game in league, which wouldn't exist without the fans. And teams wouldn't exist without the owners. If half the teams were to fold that's hundreds of players without a team.
yankeehater
Member
I do wish they could use replacement players from the minors. I think it would actually be fun to see a bunch of young guys battle it out for the cup. Plus if there was replacement hockey going on guys would cross in a second.
I'm hoping Sportsnet extends their CHL coverage beyond just the Friday night games they were showing last season.
Dubbedinenglish
Banned
Sheeeet if a replacement players happened I would drive my ass down to FLA to tryout in a heartbeat.
CrazedArabMan
Member
This article makes me very sad in many ways. 
http://www.thehockeypulse.com/healing-a-broken-wings/#more-210
http://www.thehockeypulse.com/healing-a-broken-wings/#more-210
yankeehater
Member
If only the NHLPA could negotiate with the individual teams. I am sure they would take less from the struggling teams to help them out.
Hell yes.
Your transition from foe to one of my favorite posters in this thread has been amazingly quick.
yankeehater
Member
Thank you. You have lway been one of my favorite posters in this thread. Hopefully we get some hockey and we can all get back to talking talking shit with each other.