NHL Lockout With Your Cock Out |OT|

You sir, are terrific!
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Scott Hartnell made 3x my salary just serving time in the penalty box

What about the owner writing ~20 other similar cheques to players, each ranging from $500k to $7+ million per year. Now that is a dude making a lot of money.

Edit: changed "cutting" to "writing"
 
Owners are taking away their livelihood. How can Hartnell afford to maintain his bachelor pad now?

Someone start a Kickstarter fund for these poor players.
 
No sympathy for the players or the owners, only have sympathy for the local businesses and people who depend on there being hockey to have a job
 
And before anyone asks, it's because they don't want to risk players going on strike right before the playoffs (which they did in another sport I believe?), because that'd make the owners look AWFUL and would tie their hands.

MLB players went on strike in 1994 just before the playoffs.
 
MLB players went on strike in 1994 just before the playoffs.

And it killed the Expos :(

Also I wish the players would quit this BS of "messing with their livelihood" Don't these buffoons have any money saved? I'm sorry you can't pay your mansion mortgage, or the apparent mountain of groceries you need.
 
I see absolutely no way the NHL returns without a salary cap. I honestly believe some owners would rather shut the league down.

Well it would be a case of the NHLPA finally agreeing to a 50/50 split but then asking for no salary cap (or a soft cap).

Bettman wants his 50/50 split, but what's he going to give up to get it ?
 
I see absolutely no way the NHL returns without a salary cap. I honestly believe some owners would rather shut the league down.

No salary cap would be fucking terrible. Needs to stay a hard cap too. A soft cap + luxury tax is just as broken as no cap.
 
The players have already agreed to the cap again. They call it a major concession even if it's just agreeing to something that was already in place.

I noticed that at these press conferences the players look like slobs. Millionaires in NY and the best they can do is T-shirts and shorts. Gotta make sure these poor, unfortunate, victims don't look rich. The union probably made the rule... no suits allowed.

The latest player video is so obvious. We love the game. We want to play, but the evil owners won't let us. What a load of bull. They're trying real hard to make sure it looks like the lockout is the owner's fault, even though the union refused to negotiate for over a year.
 
Does this PR stuff ever work?

Has there ever been a point in any lockout in any league where one side was getting absolutely destroyed in the court of public opinion that they took a bad deal to appease the fans?
 
Then I'll take December 4.

I thought they'd get in that first NBC game, but I'm not sure now. They'll save the Winter Classic, though.
 
Everyone is throwing out dates, I was wondering if we'd pony up a few bucks each as well! lol Ah well.

I can't imagine they want to cancel another season, so I don't think it'll go past say... January.. but it's not getting done soon. I'm thinking Late November to avoid dubbedinenglish.

Actually... dammit.. even saying that date seems crazy. Who the fuck nows :(
 
Players aren't that dumb to lose an entire season AGAIN only to get the same offer for next year. They'll push back and do their silly PR war but they'll settle before the Winter Classic at the latest.
Both sides are beyond stupid if they lose an entire season because they can't decide how to divide up $1B, players lose $1.8Bn if the season is lost.
 
Players aren't that dumb to lose an entire season AGAIN only to get the same offer for next year. They'll push back and do their silly PR war but they'll settle before the Winter Classic at the latest.
Both sides are beyond stupid if they lose an entire season because they can't decide how to divide up $1B, players lose $1.8Bn if the season is lost.

Newsflash: the players ARE stupid.
 
It's almost like both sides WANT a work stoppage every decade. Hey fucktards, if you agree on an 8 year deal, start negotiating the new deal 6-7 years in, not at the 11th hour of the 8th year.
 
It's almost like both sides WANT a work stoppage every decade. Hey fucktards, if you agree on an 8 year deal, start negotiating the new deal 6-7 years in, not at the 11th hour of the 8th year.

This is what annoys the shit of me when Reimer spews the nonsense(after being brainwashed by Fehr) of continuing to play this season while negotiating the new deal. WTF?!? Why didn't you do that last year?!!?!?
 
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