More NHL games canceled
Games canceled through Jan. 14 per ESPN. This is absolutely ridiculous.
December 20th, 2012 at 6:54 PM ^
December 20th, 2012 at 7:07 PM ^
December 20th, 2012 at 7:20 PM ^
From my count, I am now boycotting 12 NHL games. At least Ann Arbor has both college hockey and the USADTP program.
December 20th, 2012 at 7:46 PM ^
December 20th, 2012 at 9:36 PM ^
How is it Bettman's fault though? I mean I get he's pushed for some of these smaller markets but really he's just a mouthpiece for the owners. Blame assholes like Jeremy Jacobs (who is a real life Mr. Burns [see the Bruins Cup ring debacle]) or Ed Snider.
December 20th, 2012 at 10:29 PM ^
Nice double post save. The idea of DB saying "F Gary Bettman" amuses me greatly. "They promised me a Winter Classic and we got a Winter No-Show!"
December 20th, 2012 at 9:36 PM ^
But seriously fuck Gary Bettman.
December 21st, 2012 at 9:23 AM ^
Where I think this lockout differs from the last one is that the players, or at least, the better/best players, have options, and they executed...in droves. According the ESPN list of players now playing elsewhere, it's over 160...forgot, maybe even over 170 players. That works out to a smidge under 25% of the leagues players are overseas. (Another way to look at it...the top line of every team, and goalie, is now playing elsewhere.)
Of course, the guys playing over there, mostly, aren't playing for the love of the sport, but for a paycheck...and probably not pennies/pfennigs/rubles/euros...but thousands or hundreds of thousands of them. And those leagues are wise to the gambit, and have outlawed short-term contracts now, too.
This farce is directly the result of NHL leadership/ownership incompetence...the owners, the board of governors, Bettman, et al. What should be interesting is to see if hockey comes back this year or next, will the talent come back or not...and the resultant impact on attendance/ticket prices, etc.