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Geek Culture / [LOCKED] R.I.P. NHL

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Jeku
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Posted: 17th Feb 2005 05:27 Edited at: 17th Feb 2005 05:27
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This is just sickening. The final nail was driven into the NHL season's coffin this morning as the NHL commissioner cancelled the entire season.

This year the league has lost 224 million because a bunch of whiny players whose average salaries are almost $2million a year want more. Commissioner Bettman shares the blame too--- he is an atrocious man who is not even a hockey guy. There's a reason why Gary Bettman was in Forbe's list of worst businessmen.


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Neofish
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Posted: 17th Feb 2005 05:35
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wow...NHL is possibly the only US sport I like

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Posted: 17th Feb 2005 05:36
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Pretty bad. There would be riots in this country if they cancelled the main football leagues.

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Jeku
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Posted: 17th Feb 2005 05:53
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Quote: "NHL is possibly the only US sport I like"


You mean *ahem* Canadian sport don't you?


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Posted: 17th Feb 2005 06:06
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Posted: 17th Feb 2005 06:07
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Quote: "You mean *ahem* Canadian sport don't you?"

Same thing

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Posted: 17th Feb 2005 09:31
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Posted: 17th Feb 2005 11:24
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Noone here in chicago cares about the NHL, blackhawks are long forgotten. Go AHL Wolves!

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Posted: 17th Feb 2005 11:27
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simply sickening. I look forward, all damn summer, to the start of both the football and hockey season. Baseball and Basketball I could give a rats ass about. This really really sucks my arse. And from what I heard, the sides negotiated to within 7 million dollars of each other, and still couldnt pull it off. Bunch of twits. Next player or league rep that whines about hockey not being taken seriously, etc etc etc, they can look back on this attrocity and blame themselves.

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Posted: 17th Feb 2005 19:33
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wow that sucks. i never follow the game but it's sad when a big league gets cancelled.

they should kick all the players off who want more money and bring in some fresh blood, bring the books to a managable level.

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Posted: 17th Feb 2005 19:38
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Yes, they should get some second-grade replacement players that don't play with their skill, but play with their heart. And we must remember that only the most estranged and oddball no-name players should be selected. That is, all but the talented retired captain, who blew away fame and glory away when he choked on the final winning play... oh, and the captain should also be left-handed.


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Posted: 17th Feb 2005 21:53
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Sacking players that want more money is a good idea

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Posted: 17th Feb 2005 23:15
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Quote: "You mean *ahem* Canadian sport don't you?"


Ahem....

Blame the Irish for that one.

Anyway, it has some good with it. It will invigorate the Swedish hockey league when all the NHL pro's return home to their original teams to play.

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Posted: 18th Feb 2005 02:05
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Quote: "cancelled the entire season."


How did they let that happen?

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Posted: 18th Feb 2005 05:42
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Hockey Sucks

i went to a Utah Griz game last year, biggest waste of time ever, it's all a joke...

altho, i'm quite fond of playing street hockey


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Now you know how I felt when channel 4 stopped showing Andromeda...

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Posted: 18th Feb 2005 06:14
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It's on Sci-Fi now. Is a bit weird though. Tranz comes out of the closet to what she is too. You def go "erm.....".

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Posted: 18th Feb 2005 10:22
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Quote: "How did they let that happen?"


The season was supposed to start last October, but they kept going back and forth with meetings to try and work out a deal. Like CR said, it finally came down to around 6-7million but both sides (NHL and NHL Players Association) were too stubborn to step down. The NHL commissioner finally cancelled the entire season because there was only a few months left anyway. Now the NHL might not even return next season either So upsetting...


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Posted: 18th Feb 2005 18:36
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I didn't realise NHL was so flexible - with football these things seem to be worked out years in advance. Cancelling a season must have cost loads in lost revenue

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Posted: 19th Feb 2005 04:17
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Yeah--- so far the NHL has lost $224 million... jerks.


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Posted: 20th Feb 2005 09:34
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Quote: "Quote: "You mean *ahem* Canadian sport don't you?"
Same thing"


@Neofish

Saying that a Canadian and a US citizen are the same thing is completely wrong. Our justice system is completely different, our laws are completely different. The only thing canada and the us share is the worlds largest undefended border and a pretty good relationship.

Calling a canadian citizen a US citizen is like saying the UK and FRANCE are the same thing.

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Quote: "Calling a canadian citizen a US citizen is like saying the UK and FRANCE are the same thing."

France doesn't exist...



nah but the French and English only hate each other because they are similar to each other in very different ways

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