Why NHL Why?

@Hunkulese said:

@dudy80

Yea, after yesterday im really losing hope of there being a season. Its ridiculous, they should just lock themselves in a room and get it done instead of this constant back and forth bullshit.

The owners have to realize that there not going to weasle out of paying on contracts in full that they already signed. Its really disgusting.

The owners aren't trying to weasel out of anything. Their last offer included honoring all contracts previously signed. It's on the players now because the NHL's last offer was more than fair.

It honors the contracts in further years, not right away. Thats still complete bullshit, and considering that with the cap reduction and lower revenue sharing it could be argued that the money is basically coming out of there salaries. Fact is im sure the owners knew full well that this was coming and yet they still went ape shit crazy on huge contracts in the off season. They say this is because small market teams are losing money and yet those same teams are some of the ones signing these huge long term deals. Cant have it both ways.

I really want to watch my Red Wings this year, but no everyone's got to go fighting over money. I think they should settle this by having a literal fist fight between the NHLPA Lawyers, and the Owners Lawyers, true hockey style.

INGLEWOOD JACK MUTHA******!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPXmGI92mVI

@mosespippy said:

@haffy: Players in North American leagues are basically unionized. Is it not the same in European Sports? What happens when players associations don't exist is fucking crazy. http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/entire-arena-football-team-cut-during-pregame-meal-190741599.html

@MikkaQ: Red Patch Boys for life!

Yeah I'm pretty sure we are unionized. But by the FA, which controls almost everything. National teams, club teams etc.

NHL players get paid shit tons of money, this is beyond retarded on both sides.

@haffy said:

@mosespippy said:

@haffy: Players in North American leagues are basically unionized. Is it not the same in European Sports? What happens when players associations don't exist is fucking crazy. http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/entire-arena-football-team-cut-during-pregame-meal-190741599.html

@MikkaQ: Red Patch Boys for life!

Yeah I'm pretty sure we are unionized. But by the FA, which controls almost everything. National teams, club teams etc.

Just looked up the FA. It seems to me like it would be if the players formed a guild to negotiate with the FA and the FA was run by the team owners.

All regular season games until November cancelled. Fuck My life and fuck the NHL and its players.

Both sides are greedy fucks.

Come on you greedy bastards, I can't only wait so long. I need to see my Caps choke yet again in their pursuit of their first Stanley Cup game win.

@laserbolts said:

All regular season games until November cancelled. Fuck My life and fuck the NHL and its players.

Fuck Gary Bettman.

I'm going to call this right now. The league will not recover from this lockout. Hardcore hockey fans will become disinterested with the NHL, teams will struggle to make ends meet, there will eventually be a pretty large downsizing, and at least 2 teams have to go to Canada where people actually give a fuck about the sport unlike in the middle of the goddamn desert.

And because this is all their own fault I'm fine with players, owners, and the league getting fucked because of it. The ONLY people I have sympathy for are the concession workers that lose work hours because of these greedy cunts.

I would love for hockey fans that support the NHL to say fuck off whenever this starts up again. Stop showing up to games to show the league and it's players that they are nothing without the fans. We deserve better than a lockout when there is more than enough money to go around. The only bright side is I won't have to watch my leafs miss the playoffs this year.