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[Plinko]

No chance in hell.

I fully expect it to be full price for a half season.

DirecTV already has been writing on their bills that if hockey resumes this year, the cost of Center Ice will be prorated to the percentage of games played.

 

[Plinko]

I really wouldn't mind paying for Center Ice if more than a channel or two a night were in HD.

From what I recall, nearly every game was in HD last year on DirecTV's Center Ice.

 

[Freyjadour]

From what I recall, nearly every game was in HD last year on DirecTV's Center Ice.

If I had DirecTV, I'd probably just get FS Midwest and be done with it.

 

[Plinko]

If I had DirecTV, I'd probably just get FS Midwest and be done with it.

They only show Blues games, don't they?

 

[Freyjadour]

They only show Blues games, don't they?

EDIT: Fuck.

 

[Marvie_3]

I'll be shocked if the players aren't booed off the ice when play resumes.

Won't happen. Most fans are too dumb to see that the players are the biggest reason this lockout is still going.

If I had DirecTV, I'd probably just get FS Midwest and be done with it.

Except they black them out and make you pay for Center Ice to get the games.

 

[Plinko]

I really hate that even with that sports package the sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL) on those stations are blacked out unless you're in the team region.

It sucks.

 

[Freyjadour]

Except they black them out and make you pay for Center Ice to get the games.

Welp.

I've only ever briefly looked at it as an alternative. I've been with Cocks for years and despite the non-HD CI, it hasn't been a terrible experience which is more than I can say for a lot of providers.

 

[DopeyFish]

Booed ? They should have beer cans and shit tossed at them.



And who knows what their stance is on the other years.

gary lawless ‏@garylawless
Players want 67 mil cap next year. Escrow would be huge. As much as 20 per cent. Escrow on 60 mil would be modest. 5 per cent. #bn #nhl

Like you said Fehr wants a high salary cap + escrow cap so it's not really 50/50 anymore is it ?

$67 million would be $2 billion

Drop of 20% (from last year) would be $1.54 billion for players

But with cap of 10%, if dropped 20% from last year (with newly set cap) would equate to $1.81 billion

$270 million more being paid out than they should be. Then add make whole.

Escrow caps are a non starter, especially when it puts nhl at extreme risk if there's a currency collapse

 

[KernelPanic]

Won't happen. Most fans are too dumb to see that the players are the biggest reason this lockout is still going.

It doesn't help that media is pretty much all pro-PA and very few have written unbiased honest articles about the lockout.

 

[Cake Boss]

David Shoalts‏@dshoalts

Lengthy conversations with several of the sharper player agents produce a consensus: Latest NHL offer has no deal-breakers for either side

Some hopuim for your Sunday afternoon.

I was forced to watch football today, WTF America why are your sports so fucking hard to watch, this and baseball are your national past times? Fuuuck so boring to watch.

 

[Plinko]

David Shoalts‏@dshoalts

Lengthy conversations with several of the sharper player agents produce a consensus: Latest NHL offer has no deal-breakers for either side

Some hopuim for your Sunday afternoon.

I was forced to watch football today, WTF America why are your sports so fucking hard to watch, this and baseball are your national past times? Fuuuck so boring to watch.

Until Fehr tells the players that it does.

 

[Coldnoodle]

David Shoalts‏@dshoalts

Lengthy conversations with several of the sharper player agents produce a consensus: Latest NHL offer has no deal-breakers for either side

Some hopuim for your Sunday afternoon.

I was forced to watch football today, WTF America why are your sports so fucking hard to watch, this and baseball are your national past times? Fuuuck so boring to watch.

Hockey sucks. Go Bengals!

 

[Marvie_3]

David Shoalts‏@dshoalts

Lengthy conversations with several of the sharper player agents produce a consensus: Latest NHL offer has no deal-breakers for either side

Some hopuim for your Sunday afternoon.

I was forced to watch football today, WTF America why are your sports so fucking hard to watch, this and baseball are your national past times? Fuuuck so boring to watch.

Go play ringette.

 

[KernelPanic]

David Shoalts‏@dshoalts

Lengthy conversations with several of the sharper player agents produce a consensus: Latest NHL offer has no deal-breakers for either side

Some hopuim for your Sunday afternoon.

You don't need a deal-breaker. You just need Fehr telling his sheep that if they wait longer they can get a better deal.

Plus I believe the agents have been mostly against Fehr and urging the players to get a deal done sooner than later(except for Allan Walsh of course). So it's no surprise they don't see any dealbreakers.

 

[AngmarsKing701]

video bomb

lol

 

[DopeyFish]

"We're going to find out how bad the NHL wants a season," said a union source


Fuck fehr

 

[Dastardly Jerks]

lol

If Malcom Subban bombs are the new Kesler bombs, then I'm looking forward to 2014.

 

[KernelPanic]

"We're going to find out how bad the NHL wants a season," said a union source


Fuck fehr

Just cancel the season, he'll be doing this in February.

 

[Marvie_3]

"We're going to find out how bad the NHL wants a season," said a union source


Fuck fehr

:lol :lol

 

[Freyjadour]

"We're going to find out how bad the NHL wants a season," said a union source


Fuck fehr

The players just want to play guys.

 

[Plinko]

"We're going to find out how bad the NHL wants a season," said a union source


Fuck fehr

Wish the media would start broadcasting this stuff constantly. Screw the players.

 

[Dubbedinenglish]

"We're going to find out how bad the NHL wants a season," said a union source


Fuck fehr

Aaaaand we're back in the nope.

 

[Cake Boss]

Pffft pussies.

 

[KernelPanic]

Aaaaand we're back in the nope.

Did we ever really leave ?

 

[Quick]

You don't need a deal-breaker. You just need Fehr telling his sheep that if they wait longer they can get a better deal.

Plus I believe the agents have been mostly against Fehr and urging the players to get a deal done sooner than later(except for Allan Walsh of course). So it's no surprise they don't see any dealbreakers.

I think, with enough push, the NHL can get close enough to what Fehr is asking and then a deal is done. Then you'll have Fehr telling everybody that it was all part of his plan. Asshole gets away with looking like a genius.

 

[Dubbedinenglish]

Did we ever really leave ?

Shhhh

 

[Socreges]

I think, with enough push, the NHL can get close enough to what Fehr is asking and then a deal is done. Then you'll have Fehr telling everybody that it was all part of his plan. Asshole gets away with looking like a genius.

Wouldn't he be right? If the NHL gets so close to what the NHLPA wants, then you'd have to think that their resistance was worth it (ignoring the potential damage to the brand, lost fans, etc) for the wealth of the players.

 

[Quick]

Wouldn't he be right? If the NHL gets so close to what the NHLPA wants, then you'd have to think that their resistance was worth it (ignoring the potential damage to the brand, lost fans, etc) for the wealth of the players.

Touche, Soc.

I guess my thinking process was along the lines of Fehr taking whatever last offer the NHL makes, which would be closer, but still not quite the deal he wants, then claims it was exactly part of his plan all along.

On another note, I was lining up before Christmas to buy something, and The Instigator: How Gary Bettman Remade the NHL and Changed the Game Forever was on display. Guy in front of me ranted about him: "This guy's scum. He needs to get fired. Did nothing good for the NHL and the game," in a knee-jerk response. Regardless of what happens with this lockout, you'll still have a majority of people hating on Bettman. Public opinion is still for the players, I think.

 

[KernelPanic]

Wouldn't he be right? If the NHL gets so close to what the NHLPA wants, then you'd have to think that their resistance was worth it (ignoring the potential damage to the brand, lost fans, etc) for the wealth of the players.

Think about how much money the players have already lost and if what they've "gained" is worth it. What they're fighting for affects a tiny percentage of players as well, Fehr isn't even representing the majority here.

 

[Socreges]

Think about how much money the players have already lost and if what they've "gained" is worth it. What they're fighting for affects a tiny percentage of players as well, Fehr isn't even representing the majority here.

You misunderstand me. I'm not going to get into a philosophical argument about what is truly best (fighting for a better share as the league loses popularity - do they ultimately win or lose?), but Fehr's raison d'etre is to get the union a better deal, and if he succeeds in the end, then he could say he did exactly what he set out to do and every move in the interim was justified.

 

[Cake Boss]

meow meow meow meow I like kitties.

 

[AngmarsKing701]

meow meow meow meow I like kitties.

wow wow wow wow I like titties.

 

[TemplaerDude]

The players just want to play guys.

Wooooah where'd you get that picture of acid?

 

[Marvie_3]

wow wow wow wow I like titties.

hooters hooters yum yum yum hooters hooters on a girl that's dumb

 

[Quick]

wow wow wow wow I like titties.

bow wow wow yippee yo yippee yay

 

[SuperSonic1305]

bow wow wow yippee yo yippee yay

Where my dawgs at .sagsdsf..a....f..

 

[Cake Boss]

We got Ja Rule on the phone... let's see what Ja thinks about this lockout.

 

[Quick]

Oh my god, this is terrible. Could somebody please...FIND Ja Rule, get hold of this motherfucker so I could make sense of all this.

WHERE IS JA?!

Spoiler

Help me, Ja Rule.

 

[Freyjadour]

hooters hooters yum yum yum hooters hooters on a girl that's dumb

 

[Cake Boss]

Nick Kyprios looks like a shrivled cold purple giraffe penis.

 

[Quick]

Nick Kyprios looks like a shrivled cold purple giraffe penis.

 

[Red_Man]

We got Ja Rule on the phone... let's see what Ja thinks about this lockout.

Oh my god, this is terrible. Could somebody please...FIND Ja Rule, get hold of this motherfucker so I could make sense of all this.

WHERE IS JA?!

Spoiler

Help me, Ja Rule.

Every Dave Chappelle reference is a good reference.

 

[Heretic]

Cube has been banned

 

[Red_Man]

A Flyers kid speared a Slovakian player and got kicked out, not very shocking to hear.

 

[Socreges]

So what the fuck happened to Nicklas Jensen

 

[alexthekid]

So what the fuck happened to Nicklas Jensen

He almost scored all his goals in the beginning of the season,right? He scored one highlight real goal the other week though, weeking it through dfenders legs and putting it in the far top corner.

 

[Socreges]

He almost scored all his goals in the beginning of the season,right? He scored one highlight real goal the other week though, weeking it through dfenders legs and putting it in the far top corner.

Pretty much.

Got a link to the highlight reel goal?

 

[Lach]

Great game between Team Canada and Davos right now (Spengler cup final).

@Socreges
Sorry for the spoiler!

 

[Socreges]

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