Thread: We are BACK!!!! NHL AND NHLPA REACH DEAL ON COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT

Originally Posted by dgrycan

I'm done with this season. I don't care what the resolution is now - I did not enjoy the shorted season in 1995, and I won't accept this one, either. The Stanley Cup is won after a team fights through an 82 game season playing every team in the league and then a tough play-off.

No Center Ice. No Staples Center or Honda Center visits. Nadda. I *never* thought I would get to this point, but they've missed some of the best times of the year for me personally to watch hockey - Christmas, New Years, etc. Three months ago I didn't think I could stick to it. Now I think it's going to be easy. It worries me a lot, because I am feeling much different this lockout than the last, and a few people that I've talked to are in the same boat.

So . . . I would rather have them just pull the plug on 2012-13, get a long-term deal done, and then come back for a full season next Fall.

Did you enjoy last season? The Kings sucked ass until they fired their coach 30 games into the season. Which left them with ~50 games of entertaining hockey with Sutter at the helm.

What's the difference?

I would be perfectly happy with a 50-game season. Honestly, I would be perfectly happy with a 50-game season every season. 82 games is too many and serves no purpose other than to bring in more money.

Originally Posted by santiclaws

I would be perfectly happy with a 50-game season. Honestly, I would be perfectly happy with a 50-game season every season. 82 games is too many and serves no purpose other than to bring in more money.

That's true.

Maybe 50 game seasons should put in the latest offer.

That would go over great

I've come to peace with it. Will I enjoy watching when it comes back? Of course. But after thinking far too long about this form of entertainment, I've already gotten more than my fair share out of the Kings and LGK.

1. Met fiance at a Kings rookie camp
2. Captained out of state tourney hockey team (thanks to LGK... always wanted to do that)
3. Got to see the team I'm (often overly) passionate about win the Cup.
4. Proposed in front of said Cup.

And of course I got a few great friends out of it throughout the years.

It has saddened me to see so much stupidity between the players and owners of the sport I love, but ****... can't complain about what I've gotten from it.


Looks like someone entered the "Acceptance" stage. Score.

Originally Posted by bigfan3

In my mind, part of the reason poor people are as poor as they are is because a) they are compassionate b) they're (to some varying degree) honest. No one manages to scatter their money without being respectful and creating a job environment that disfavors them.

Okay, you're right. I'm wrong. Done.

I just unfollowed all hockey reporter related twitter accounts. Except the fluffy ones like Mayor's Manor and Puck Daddy.

My next step is unfollowing them.

I really need to read a book or something. What does everyone recommend?

Originally Posted by go

I really need to read a book or something. What does everyone recommend?

"The Game" by Ken Dryden. In fact, the owners and the NHLPA should be REQUIRED to read it before any negotiations.

jom

Originally Posted by Kubrick

I can't wait until Edmonton moves to Seattle.

That better not happen. The Coyotes or Panthers need to move to Seattle, not a Canadian team. If anything, Canada needs more teams.

Originally Posted by go

I really need to read a book or something. What does everyone recommend?