Thread: When will the lockout end?

Originally Posted by UnholyGoalie

I ain't coming back. At least, not anytime soon.

I wanted to like this post, but I didn't because that would mean that I'm liking that hockey isn't returning. However, your statement is true, so I'm agreeing with your post. It's too bad the NHL and NHLPA don't realize that the NHL is dead now because of them. Instead of splitting 3.3 billion dollars, they'll be splitting less than half of that. Hell, they'll be lucky if they make even half of $3.3 billion.

Trust me, I'm not happy about it either. But one thing I've learned from the last lockout is that the NHL and the PA view us fans as dollar signs and nothing more. Tickets and concessions have never been more expensive. $25 to park across from SC? Some ungodly amount of cash for a jersey. And we're all supposed to lap it up because we're consumers? Eff all that noise. Bettman, Fehr, and Luc can all shove it as far as I'm concerned. I don't owe any of them a damn thing. I'll watch from afar but if they all think they are getting more of my hard earned cash anytime soon they got another thing coming. Kripies, these players make on average more in an hour than I do in a month.

I sincerely hope attendance and sponsorship is down dramatically league wide when they come back. Maybe then they'll both realize that the single most important factor in all this is the fan. Without the fan the seat is empty, the player doesn't get his pay, and the owner doesn't get his profit. Not since I became a fan back in '02 have I cared less about the NHL.

Originally Posted by UnholyGoalie

I sincerely hope attendance and sponsorship is down dramatically league wide when they come back.

Attendance WILL be down. You can consider the Coyotes and Panthers dead right now. They will not survive another season. I'm sure the Devils and Stars will be the next to die also. gary buttheadman's plan to put hockey teams in the sunbelt states has failed, and failed miserably. As for sponsorships, those are already long gone.

A little bird told me the lockout is going to end tomorrow. Then again, he told me I am also going to win the lottery (I don't if it's going to happen in that order).

But if he's lying, I mean, like mocking me, I might have to get even.

*goes to read How To Kill A Mockingbird*

Hmmm, talk about false advertisement, this book didn't teach me how to kill a mocking bird. Sure it taught me about racial tolerance, but what good does that do now?

I guess, I'll just have to flip him the bird if he lied to me.

November 2.

Its a done deal! Nhl season starts nov 2

Originally Posted by Dante Poe

November 2.

Ha ha ! I just read that also.I think the players should take the 50/50 split.

Originally Posted by orpheus

A little bird told me the lockout is going to end tomorrow.

Originally Posted by Hockey53

Its a done deal! Nhl season starts nov 2

Say what? A deal was proposed by the owners. Nowhere near done.