Zombie James
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Fuck this union.
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NHL Lockout With Your Cock Out |OT|
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KernelPanic
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NHL offered to talk about that.
Fehr insists they talk about his BS proposals instead.
Dastardly Jerks
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Contracts scaled with the last CBA though. The contracts they have now don't really reflect the (proposed) CBA. Still though, they should be honored. But I ask you, what is a contract? Webster's defines it as “an agreement under the law which is unbreakable.” Which is UNBREAKABLE. Excuse me, I must use the restroom.
They're playing classic Mighty Ducks games right now =) Game 6 of the 2003 playoffs against the Stars
And Leipold is one of the owners against those types of contracts, too. What an ass.
Dastardly Jerks
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We need to be next to each other on a couch drinking beer while watching this imo
Every Tuesday night is classic Mighty Ducks night! I'll bring the Zima!
Dubbedinenglish
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lol i wasn't able to drink when it was around. never tasted it. I just love bringing that up.
Oh please. If you owned a team and had the opportunity to lock up two top players long term, then lower the money you owe them, you'd have done the same thing. Everyone would.
SpectreFire
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Leafs-GAF, what's the average rent for a decent two-bedroom place in Toronto?
SpectreFire
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I forgot who, but someone mentioned that their salary is so high because they figured there would've been a rollback, thus asked for a large salary to compensate for it.
Depends on where you're staying. Downtown's going to be pricey, I'll tell you now.
SpectreFire
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I figured. I was thinking a decent area that's outside of downtown, but easily connected by transit. My roommate and I are thinking about moving there for a year.
Check with the Toronto-Age thread. EvilMario has a pretty comprehensive guide on the OP, including rentals.
SuperSonic1305
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1 million dollars per square inch.
Downtown? 1000$ a month gets you a cardboard box.
brucewaynegretzky
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Yet somehow this is "normal business," but players trying to fight to keep those contracts at the level negotiated through their designated bargaining representative is them "not getting it."
I love the logic around here. Somehow the owners are just these rational economic actors while the players and Fehr are somehow acting in some way that can't POSSIBLY be rational. Give me a fucking break.
Like I've said before, both groups know that once an agreement is on the table that is worth more over the long term than it is to hold out then they'll back down. (Long term includes next CBA too. Players aren't about to just drop HRR down with no future precautions so we can do this all again in 7 years.)
KernelPanic
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Player contracts were never guaranteed in the last CBA, they were always adjusted with escrow.
NHL is more concerned with union busting now than getting a deal done though.
NHL is more concerned with union busting now than getting a deal done though.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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So good to see spirit of hockey alive with AHL games. Going to see "Leafs" vs "Habs" in November.
Big announcement for NY Islanders at 1pm. Rumored to be moving to Brooklyn according to a local news affiliate.
http://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=644105
http://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=644105
Is Barclay's Center as small for hockey at wikipedia says?
Insert your own Islanders "about 7k more than they need" joke, but still seems small for the market. Randomly I was looking up Barclay's yesterday and looking at the transportation to it. It would be cool to take a subway right to a game.. granted I'm a short walk away from the MTS Centre.
Insert your own Islanders "about 7k more than they need" joke, but still seems small for the market. Randomly I was looking up Barclay's yesterday and looking at the transportation to it. It would be cool to take a subway right to a game.. granted I'm a short walk away from the MTS Centre.
KernelPanic
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Isles moving to Brooklyn ?
Isn't their lease at Nassau til 2015 ?
I guess it's true:
http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/isla...o_barclays_in_brooklyn_s8QVci06EOnyL06hK4atnL
They're moving in 2015.
Isn't their lease at Nassau til 2015 ?
I guess it's true:
http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/isla...o_barclays_in_brooklyn_s8QVci06EOnyL06hK4atnL
They're moving in 2015.
Dubbedinenglish
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KernelPanic
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I don't know how many Islanders fans live far out into Long Island versus closer to the boroughs, but the Barclay's Center is ingeniously located atop a major subway and Long Island Railroad transportation hub. It's a breeze to get to via mass transit from inside NYC, and the LIRR aspect is akin to why the Devils moved to Newark: NJ Transit + PATH trains made public mass transit an actual viable option.
Right now, the Islanders are in the middle of who gives a fuck land.
EDIT: Also, Rangers fans are going to DOMINATE Isles/Rags games in Barclay's. To an absurd degree.
Beats them playing in Quebec...
Agreed, beats playing in Quebec. Team was getting royally screwed over in Nassau but other than that they'll be fine in a new building, if they start winning some games.
Speaking of that, if you could start beating the Rangers, I'd really appreciate it.
It's better than the alternative of the Islanders moving to Kansas City for Islander Fans.
I live wayyyy out there in Suffolk, so this news is kinda weird to me... but they really deserve to play at somewhere at least somewhat modern, the coliseum is so dated and Nassau's government/residents blocking any plans for redevelopment has gotten pretty frustrating.
KernelPanic
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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/25/n...ve-from-brooklyn-to-long-island.html?hp&_r=1&
It's going to be a 25-year agreement. How are they going to make it in such a tiny arena ?
It's going to be a 25-year agreement. How are they going to make it in such a tiny arena ?
brucewaynegretzky
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New York ticket prices.
They can find ways to possibly increase capacity I'm sure, but I don't think that is going to be the issue. The issue will be filling that capacity as is on a nightly basis.
T.M. MacReady
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As an Islander fan in NYC, I sorta like this.
Easy access and a growing fanbase for my team? Good.
Fanbase that will now consist of non-hockey fans and obnoxious hipster types? Bad
They already assured everyone that the league mandates that the name doesn't change. but if they alter the colors or logo, i'm gonna be really unhappy about that.
Easy access and a growing fanbase for my team? Good.
Fanbase that will now consist of non-hockey fans and obnoxious hipster types? Bad
They already assured everyone that the league mandates that the name doesn't change. but if they alter the colors or logo, i'm gonna be really unhappy about that.
Dubbedinenglish
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Guys what are we talking about? Is this actual hockey news? I forgot what that was like.
As an Islander fan that works in NYC and lives in NJ I LOVE this.... wondering how far in advance I can get a partial season ticket plan for 2015.
You do know the Nassau Coliseum was on Long Island, right?