Support NeoGAF

[DopeyFish]

Full CBA negotiations delayed until 6:30-7

 

[Coldnoodle]

gary lawless ‏@garylawless
more on compressed NHL sked - whether 52 starting jan 12 or 48 staring jan 19, it will be busy. 4 games one week, 3 the next per team #nhl

Donald fehr just showed up at NHL offices

Injuries for everyone!

 

[Freyjadour]

Fehr already showed up an hour early, that's gotta mean something

Fehr shows up early to put free arena churros for life on table for NHLPA.

 

[Stasis]

Injuries for everyone!

Haha, yeah. I have a feeling there are gonna be quite a few in this potential compressed schedule.

 

[brucewaynegretzky]

Injuries for everyone!

Yeah dunno how much I like this... It will also make the standings more random. If a team has a major player injured they will miss a greater number of games which will also account for a higher percentage of the total games. Staying healthy will be more important than ever for regular season success.

 

[DopeyFish]

Yeah dunno how much I like this... It will also make the standings more random. If a team has a major player injured they will miss a greater number of games which will also account for a higher percentage of the total games. Staying healthy will be more important than ever for regular season success.

/depth

 

[SuperSonic1305]

Good thing the Marlies are top of their conference /depth

 

[Plinko]

gary lawless ‏@garylawless
more on compressed NHL sked - whether 52 starting jan 12 or 48 staring jan 19, it will be busy. 4 games one week, 3 the next per team #nhl

Donald fehr just showed up at NHL offices

I'll take it.

Cleary will be injured in the first week, though.

 

[Solo]

Does that mean Team Nope would be banned until the CBA expires if they reach a deal?

I'm down.

 

[KernelPanic]

https://twitter.com/aaronward_nhl/status/286228223522656256

@aaronward_nhl: Don and Steve Fehr, along with NHLPA staff have left NHL offices. #TSN

Wonder why they were there (and why they left) if meetings don't start til later.

 

[Xeke]

NHL reporting that any new CBA must also be included in the Fiscal Cliff bill. The ball is in Obama's court now.

 

[DopeyFish]

https://twitter.com/aaronward_nhl/status/286228223522656256

@aaronward_nhl: Don and Steve Fehr, along with NHLPA staff have left NHL offices. #TSN

Wonder why they were there (and why they left) if meetings don't start til later.

Well NHL and nhlpa have been holding calls all day

It's likely don came to pick up Steve for dinner

(Ie no need to read into it)

 

[Dubbedinenglish]

https://twitter.com/aaronward_nhl/status/286228223522656256

@aaronward_nhl: Don and Steve Fehr, along with NHLPA staff have left NHL offices. #TSN

Wonder why they were there (and why they left) if meetings don't start til later.

They forgot Campoli.

 

[Cake Boss]

: A 48-game NHL season over 103 days (until May 1) would be 3.26 games a week. Normal regular season rate is roughly 3.05 a week."

The NBA's last season was like 3.8-9 or something.

 

[Surge]

Injuries for everyone!

Same thing I was thinking

 

[CrankyJay]

It's doable without the completely useless allstar break...let's get this shit done.

 

[ShaneB]

Happy new year to NHL-GAF. Even when there's no hockey this thread is entertaining, it's quite a miracle.

 

[CCF23]

Not too late for the nopers to jump on the HOPE train. Lots of room, we're a welcoming bunch. Your misgivings will be forgiven.

Join the right side. The WINNING side.

HOPE.

 

[Surge]

I really enjoy going over to hfboards and reading through their lockout discussion threads, people freak out so bad there.

 

[DopeyFish]

https://twitter.com/PatrickCaisse/status/286248935931129858

For the hopium addicts

 

[KernelPanic]

I really enjoy going over to hfboards and reading through their lockout discussion threads, people freak out so bad there.

Asshole mods take the fun out of that site(what little there is).

Always fun to read dumb trade proposals though.

 

[Slurmer]

Happy new year to NHL-GAF. Even when there's no hockey this thread is entertaining, it's quite a miracle.

Remember this place during the finals last year? What a graveyard.

 

[hylje]

Well, Max Talbot packed bags tonight and is flying back to the US from Finland.

 

[DopeyFish]

Well, Max Talbot packed bags tonight and is flying back to the US from Finland.

Probably wanted to give depressed bryzgalov some company

 

[Coldnoodle]

Well, Max Talbot packed bags tonight and is flying back to the US from Finland.

BY GAWD

BY GAWD

BY GAWD

 

[DopeyFish]

BY GAWD

BY GAWD

BY GAWD

You didn't click my hopium tweet?

 

[KingHenrik30]

Well, Max Talbot packed bags tonight and is flying back to the US from Finland.

Lundqvist as well.

 

[KernelPanic]

Remember this place during the finals last year? What a graveyard.

Not many Devils-Kings fans here for one.

 

[ShaneB]

Remember this place during the finals last year? What a graveyard.

I'm the backwards one. I post more in here now than I would if there was a season, and I think I was near the top of the playoff thread last season.

 

[TemplaerDude]

Lol hopers. Srsly.

 

[BigJonsson]

Who is making the season cancelled thread later this week? #nope

 

[Cake Boss]

Nopers are a bunch of depressing motherfuckers.

 

[TemplaerDude]

We're not sorry for keeping you guys grounded in reality.

 

[BigJonsson]

Team MEH!

 

[Dubbedinenglish]

Team "Defeat from the Jaws of Victory"


#TeamNope #YOLO

 

[Marvie_3]

Who is making the season cancelled thread later this week? #nope

bruce should be forced to make it

 

[CCF23]

Who is making the season cancelled thread later this week? #nope

We're not sorry for keeping you guys grounded in reality.

Team "Defeat from the Jaws of Victory"


#TeamNope #YOLO

You'll all be welcome when the shiny gates of HOPE open and revel the land of PUCK.

 

[BigJonsson]

Geeze, I'm sure the NHL isn't just sitting there twiddling their thumbs, they must be working on something big


Or an owner isn't checking their email

 

[Quick]

My avatar, if I wasn't using such a nice one right now.

Team Dope: We Ain't Care.

 

[SuperSonic1305]

My penis is like a groundhog waiting to poke it's head out to see if the lockout is over.

 

[KernelPanic]

Geeze, I'm sure the NHL isn't just sitting there twiddling their thumbs, they must be working on something big


Or an owner isn't checking their email

They're too hung over from the night before.

I'd love to see Bettman drunk, I wonder if he has any personality when he's cakebossed.

 

[JABEE]

Pushed back to 9 PM. Let's hope for good news.

 

[BigJonsson]

9pm start now

 

[Freyjadour]

Bettman takes a page out of the Fehr book.

 

[Marvie_3]

My avatar, if I wasn't using such a nice one right now.

Team Dope: We Ain't Care.

Does Team Dope get free weed?

They're too hung over from the night before.

I'd love to see Bettman drunk, I wonder if he has any personality when he's cakebossed.

I've heard his karaoke version of Radar Love is ridiculously good.

 

[FOOTE]

9pm? Shit is so weird and obscure with these negotiations and meetings.

 

[Socreges]

People sure don't act like it. Team Nope (ironically) continuously freaks out over every tweet. OMG, Kypreos' "minor tweaks" means PA proposal is crazy! Players want expansion fees into HRR! So much terrible information out there. Beyond that, it's a negotiation. Of course the players are going to ask for more than they're going to get, just like the owners should ask for more than they're going to get.

Team Hope seems to freak out more over the tweets, just saying.

I love how the Hope/Nope divide has gone on long enough that it's starting to take on tribalistic elements. The standard hostility and generalizations. Soon we'll be at each other with rocks and spears.

 

[CrazedArabMan]

I love how the Hope/Nope divide has gone on long enough that it's starting to take on tribalistic elements. The standard hostility and generalizations. Soon we'll be at each other with rocks and spears.

Too late, we are planning our attack any hour now.

 

[Socreges]

Too late, we are planning our attack any hour now.

I suggest we exploit Team Hope's naivety and tendency to repeat the same mistake over and over again.

 

[Marvie_3]

I love how the Hope/Nope divide has gone on long enough that it's starting to take on tribalistic elements. The standard hostility and generalizations. Soon we'll be at each other with rocks and spears.

I can't wait to see which team hoper gets to be Piggy and has a huge rock dropped on their head.