The Joker*
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This is getting serious, the NHL is on the verge of getting wipped off the face of this earth. When will a deal get done?
The owners CANNOT let the lockout go that long. The state of the NHL would be in a disaster. They'd be better playing with the current financial situation than having a cap then, no fan support + no tv contrats=no moneySSJTOM said:After the start when the players realize the owners are still not caving and they are losing money again, then they'll throw Goodenow and his loons out.
Scugs said:Neither side will let it go past July 1st... Waaaaaaayyyyyy too much at stake.
It would be the second time I would be amazingly surprised.
First time was when they were so close but they cancelled the season.
So really... I shouldnt be surprised if it isnt done by July 1st.. lol
Oil3rs said:the state of hockey in N.A. would be about as ugly as Paris Hilton with no make up on.
Scugs said:Neither side will let it go past July 1st... Waaaaaaayyyyyy too much at stake.
It would be the second time I would be amazingly surprised.
First time was when they were so close but they cancelled the season.
So really... I shouldnt be surprised if it isnt done by July 1st.. lol
Damn, that's some optimistic thinkingVicious Vic said:I'm really not sure they were ever that close with the first deal. Call me a fatalist if you want, but I really believe both sides are willing (dumb enough) to let this drag on and on and on...
If there's a season, I don't think it will start on time.
Oil3rs said:Damn, that's some optimistic thinking
Nope, but you gotta hope eventually both sides move past their "leaders" egos and get the deal done.Vicious Vic said:Would you rather I lied about what I think? And from the poll's results so far, I'm not the only one who thinks this way. I just don't have much faith in either side.
Can you blame me?
Oil3rs said:Nope, but you gotta hope eventually both sides move past their "leaders" egos and get the deal done.
The Macho Man said:Frankly I don't think anyone can guess how far this will go. The only one with the proper information to make an educated guess is Goodenow. Only he knows how far they'll go until they fold to the reality that the owners won't offer more than what they can afford.
A Sens fan building an argument around what Tie Domi says , now there is something you don't see every day .. !!!!Thunderstruck said:If Domi's comments can be taken as reflective of a significant portion of the PA membership, then I don't think you'll see the players follow Bob to much further down the road to ruin.
The Messenger said:A Sens fan building an argument around what Tie Domi says , now there is something you don't see every day .. !!!!
In_Todd_we_trust said:The lockout will drag on past the start of the season. Right now the PA believes that all the pressure is on the owners to cave, with TV rights and promotion deals that need to be negotiated, along with the dark, threatening cloud that is the mass ammount of UFAs. Couple that along with a desire to get Crosby into the league to give the new marketing campaign a boost, and Goodenow thinks that he has leverage and can negotiate in his favor. Once again, he believe that stalling tactics and deadline hunting will work in his favor, and is looking for an owner collapse. However, the owners won't cave, as was demonstrated by the announcement of the cancelation of play. So the PA will sit on its @$$ waiting for the golden deal that Goodenow thinks is in the pipeline, after offering weak forms of caps and linkage that only were introduced to stave of the threat of impase and replacement players.
But thats ok, I am enjoying the NBA playoffs with the Heat on a tear and look forward to watching the Sox go for a repeat in the fall, along with seeing my Leo's get the Grey Cup. After that, there is the olympics and the Super Bowl, so missing hockey isn't really that bad.
A year ago I thought I never would have said that. *THAT* is the real damage that is being done to hockey. Once it comes back, will even the truely hardcore fans manage to find their passion again?