Upcoming Season ( NHL)

[Joeiss]

If you were doing something you love, and could make millions of dollars doing so, why wouldn't you?

[Typhoid]

Originally Posted by Joeiss

If you were doing something you love, and could make millions of dollars doing so, why wouldn't you?

I wouldnt do it if it contributed to the work stoppage of the thing i love to do.


Im just mad because the NHLPA are being stupid jerks about it all. They keep saying "look what a salary cap did to the NFL" what do you mean 'what did it do?' At least theyre still f****** playing their sport. Who cares if the brunt of the players take salary cuts, most of them are overpaid anyways. They are complaining that 3 million isnt good enough. ( about) What kind of f****** lifestyle do you have to have so that 3 million isnt a living wage? Its all because of capitalism. Damn you capitalism. Damn you to hell.

[Stonecutter]

Bettman is a moron, who ran the league into the ground, so I can't fully blame the players for wanting to put the screws to him, but the fact is the sport simply isn't large enough to have salaries comparable to the other 3 major sports (I don't even know if hockey is a major sport anymore.)

What the league needs, is contraction. Nashville, San Jose, Charlotte, Anaheim, one of the Florida teams, Atlanta, Columbus, Phoenix. You could dump all of those teams and I won't shed a tear. The quality of play would skyrocket and the league would come out winners in the end. If this happens by the NHL's own will, great, if it happens because the NHL folds and the players start a new league, even better.

[Typhoid]

Originally Posted by Stonecutter

Bettman is a moron, who ran the league into the ground, so I can't fully blame the players for wanting to put the screws to him, but the fact is the sport simply isn't large enough to have salaries comparable to the other 3 major sports (I don't even know if hockey is a major sport anymore.)

What the league needs, is contraction. Nashville, San Jose, Charlotte, Anaheim, one of the Florida teams, Atlanta, Columbus, Phoenix. You could dump all of those teams and I won't shed a tear. The quality of play would skyrocket and the league would come out winners in the end.

How long has Charolotte had a team for?

And yeah, they do need contraction.

And if your talking in all of N.A. if its a major sport, ( i dont know how your judging it however) i doubt it is. But in Canada, it is THE sport. It is the main sport in Canada, always has been, always will be.

And the sport IS large enough. Its regional my friend. Baseball isnt large in Montreal, yet they have a team. There are many many many teams in the NHL that have sold out season after season after season of consecutive games. I think its mainly because of the Iversons and the Rodriguez's that players want more money. Player for any sport are way over paid, but i thin when it comes to the situation of a lockout, they should realize what they are doing and admit they have faulted.

[Joeiss]

Well you could look at it that it is the players fault for having such high contracts... But you can also put blame to owners for giving out huge contracts to lure stars to their town.

And yeah, Bettman is a loser. I hate him sooo sooo much, lol. And if those teams (except Charlotte, because their organization is too good and too meaningful to the NHL and its history), drop out, the league would definitely be a much more exciting and more equal league because many allstars would have to join new teams... and the ****ty players can go back to the minors, lol.


Look at the players that would be available by taking those teams out:

Sergei Federov
Vaclav Prospal
Petr Sykora
Rob Neidermyer
Jean-Sebastien Giguere
Ilya Kovalchuk
Dany Heatly
Rick Nash
Olli Jokinen
Stephen Weiss
Jay Bouwmeester
Roberto Luongo
Scott Walker
David Legwand
Steve Sullivan
Tomas Vokoun
Shane Doan
Daymond Langkow
Ladislav Nagy
Patrick Marleau
Nils Ekman
Evgeni Nabokov


So, you get the point. Those aren't all of the best players on the teams, and not any of the really young prospects. If these guys are divided into the new 22 team roster, we would be viewing some much better hockey.