CarlRacki
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- Feb 9, 2004
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Fairly decent round-table type discussion (minus the table) on the lockout this morning featuring Bill Clement, EJ Hradek and beat writers from the NY Daily News and Boston Globe.
Some highlights were:
- all believe the players will eventually have to cave if we want to see hockey in 2005 (and that includes the start of next season)
- all think any season, even as few as 16 games or an open playoff tourney, is better than no season at all
- Clement and Hradek don't believe the owner's want to break the union, but certainly won't mind seeing it greatly weakened
- Clement is the only one who thinks there will be a season
- programming ESPN is airing instead of hockey is drawng twice the ratings. Yikes.
All in all, nothing really new but it's good to finally see some hockey discussion in the US.
Some highlights were:
- all believe the players will eventually have to cave if we want to see hockey in 2005 (and that includes the start of next season)
- all think any season, even as few as 16 games or an open playoff tourney, is better than no season at all
- Clement and Hradek don't believe the owner's want to break the union, but certainly won't mind seeing it greatly weakened
- Clement is the only one who thinks there will be a season
- programming ESPN is airing instead of hockey is drawng twice the ratings. Yikes.
All in all, nothing really new but it's good to finally see some hockey discussion in the US.