Feb 3, 2005: As of today, do you think the season will be cancelled?

[Vlad The Impaler]

I think it's too late to save the season now. Which is an excellent news for hockey.

Best time to strike a deal will be not earlier than November 2005 if the owners play it smart.

Right now, time has run out to save a substantial hockey season. Which means it becomes less and less sensible for the owners to compromise, put everything back on track in what will be a costly effort to play a small chunk of a hockey season.

There's no incentive to do that.

If the owners compromise at this point, they are dumber than I ever thought they were. And I happen to think they've been pretty dumb the last decade+.

Never thought the NHL would have the balls they have shown so far. I'm pretty impressed as I expected them to be ****ed hard as usual. I'm going to be pretty disappointed if they fail hockey now and cave in.

 

[futurcorerock]

Interesting... this thing was 3 to 2 "No NHL" last night and now its slipping back to a "Yes NHL" stance.... optimism?!? at HF?!?

 

[tripledekehockey]

my heart says no, but my brain says yes because its getting to be very late in the game to start anything up

 

[GKJ]

Anyone who thinks the best route at this point is to cancel the season are living in an alternate plane of existance. If hockey cancels a season they will fall off the map completely in the markets that have caused this lockout (the south), and will have a lot of dead franchises. And you know Gary Bettman will not be able to sleep at night unless there are 30 franchises. You're talking about irreptuable and unrepairable damage to the sport, the apathy will be at an all time high and will never come back.


Canceling the season would pretty much kill the sport entirely. Anyone who thinks it would be the best thing to do at this point (and I do see some of the smarter people who think it is right now) is wrong. Plain and simple.

 

[Vlad The Impaler]

Canceling the season would pretty much kill the sport entirely.

I disagree. The sport isn't even dependent of the NHL.