TSN: News Conference Wednesday at 1pm ET to announce cancellation of season

[Captain Conservative]

This is what I expected all along. I'll watch when it comes back, but i'll feel no emotional attachment to these douchebags(both sides), and won't spend a red penny on merchandise or tickets.

 

[Randy May]

I'm a Cubs fan...and I'm hanging in there too.

 

[AlexGodynyuk]

it may be funny, but im sure its goign to be required to retain your season ticket spot.

My dad went half in on season Tickets for the wings in 1992. It was cool going to 20+ home games. 1994 lock out, his partner bought him out, and then requested a refund early into the lockout [november\december]. he lost his spot because he didnt put a deposit down.

True hockey fans who have waited for season ticket spots WONT walk away from this with out gaurenteeing thier spot next season. espeically if they allow you to just subtract a certian amount from the refund and put it down towards a deposit.

True, think about the wait to get Leafs tickets. You think any Leaf fan is going to not pay the deposit and risk going to the end of the line when/if hockey returns?

 

[Jobu]

it may be funny, but im sure its goign to be required to retain your season ticket spot.

My dad went half in on season Tickets for the wings in 1992. It was cool going to 20+ home games. 1994 lock out, his partner bought him out, and then requested a refund early into the lockout [november\december]. he lost his spot because he didnt put a deposit down.

True hockey fans who have waited for season ticket spots WONT walk away from this with out gaurenteeing thier spot next season. espeically if they allow you to just subtract a certian amount from the refund and put it down towards a deposit.

Poor suckers who will maintain their season tickets to in all likelihood watch scabs.

 

[Enoch]

I got a lot of respect for you as a mod, and you seem to know your hockey.

BUT, how in the hell does one live in Philly and cheer for the Red Sox?

If your a Philly boy, isnt it Flyers/Phillies/Eagles/Sixers or death?

I'm pretty sure he likes the Phillies and the Sox.

No biggie. Different conferences, almost zero chance of seeing them face off against each other when it counts .

I like the Titans and the Cowboys - same concept - easy to cheer for both and still be a die-hard for both.

 

[WhalerBoy]

I'm pretty sure he likes the Phillies and the Sox.

No biggie. Different conferences, almost zero chance of seeing them face off against each other when it counts .

I like the Titans and the Cowboys - same concept - easy to cheer for both and still be a die-hard for both.

Oh, yeah, I was just kidding. Im not a my team or nothing kind of guy, so I never get that one team thing. But it seems any philly fans i know, in any of the big sports, (lets assume here hockey is still a big sport in philly) are always a little maniacal about their guys! Philly and Boston are probably the two places where you see the greatest amount of homers, so to see someone like both, kinda off.

but then again, who am i to talk, here in Leafland, and all i want are my Whalers back!

by the way, is it true that the season will be cancelled, to bring in a cap, to bring back the Whalers??????

 

[bleedgreen]

but then again, who am i to talk, here in Leafland, and all i want are my Whalers back!

by the way, is it true that the season will be cancelled, to bring in a cap, to bring back the Whalers??????

shhhhhhhh.

all part of our evil plan.

 

[Whirlwind]

it may be funny, but im sure its goign to be required to retain your season ticket spot.

My dad went half in on season Tickets for the wings in 1992. It was cool going to 20+ home games. 1994 lock out, his partner bought him out, and then requested a refund early into the lockout [november\december]. he lost his spot because he didnt put a deposit down.

True hockey fans who have waited for season ticket spots WONT walk away from this with out gaurenteeing thier spot next season. espeically if they allow you to just subtract a certian amount from the refund and put it down towards a deposit.

Some of us might not have a spot to worry about. Some of us might just might not have a team to have season tickets for after the lockout.

 

[Chileiceman]

Are there any meetings today?

 

[Greschner4]

Oh, yeah, I was just kidding. Im not a my team or nothing kind of guy, so I never get that one team thing. But it seems any philly fans i know, in any of the big sports, (lets assume here hockey is still a big sport in philly) are always a little maniacal about their guys! Philly and Boston are probably the two places where you see the greatest amount of homers, so to see someone like both, kinda off.

but then again, who am i to talk, here in Leafland, and all i want are my Whalers back!

by the way, is it true that the season will be cancelled, to bring in a cap, to bring back the Whalers??????

Moving the Whale to from Hartford to Raleigh, North Carolina (for God sakes) was among the first of Bettman's many follies.

 

[Leafer4Life]

Are there any meetings today?

Not that we know of, but that doesn't mean that they aren't meeting secretly. Who knows?

 

[417]

Not that we know of, but that doesn't mean that they aren't meeting secretly. Who knows?

They are meeting, and it was confirmed by TSN and Sportnet, but did you guys really need an official announcement from them to know that they were going to meet again...

 

[PecaFan]

Don't know about the veracity of this report, but if it's true, good.

As Elmer has been saying for a week now...

Kill the Season! Kill the Season!!

 

[Thornton97]

TSN now reports that the press conference is pushed back to Wednesday.

tsn.ca

 

[Egil]

Wed at 1:00 pm EST. Something is afoot.

 

[Greschner4]

Wed at 1:00 pm EST. Something is afoot.

It's good news that it got pushed back a day, IMO too.

I'm at 60-40 there's a season.

 

[417]

It's good news that it got pushed back a day, IMO too.

I'm at 60-40 there's a season.

yeah, i'm about 99-1...

 

[incawg]

TSN has updated with: "TSN has learned that NHL executive vice-president Bill Daly and NHLPA senior director Ted Saskin met Monday at an undisclosed location in a last-ditch attempt to save the season. The two sides are still behind closed doors while Bettman and Goodenow were not in the room."

 

[Isles72]

deadline hunter doing his thing ?

 

[417]

deadline hunter doing his thing ?

You better believe it...as much as I hate everything Goodenow stands for, he's shown that he's a great negotiator, in terms of putting pressure...now all that can go to waste if they don't come with a serious proposal

 

[no13matssundin]

You better believe it...as much as I hate everything Goodenow stands for, he's shown that he's a great negotiator, in terms of putting pressure...now all that can go to waste if they don't come with a serious proposal

Great negotiator? The guy just led 700 people to lose millions of dollars for nothing... whats more, if the league does cancel the season, they lose the millions and will eventually come back under a linkage/cap system, basically making this whole loss of millions completely meaningless.

Great negotiators recognize when theyre beat, and make the best deal. The best deal has come and gone and the players just got screwed by their own PA leadership's greed and, what looks like, pride.

Goodenow is many things, but a great negotiator he is not.

 

[SENSible1*]

Great negotiator? The guy just led 700 people to lose millions of dollars for nothing... whats more, if the league does cancel the season, they lose the millions and will eventually come back under a linkage/cap system, basically making this whole loss of millions completely meaningless.

Great negotiators recognize when theyre beat, and make the best deal. The best deal has come and gone and the players just got screwed by their own PA leadership's greed and, what looks like, pride.

Goodenow is many things, but a great negotiator he is not.

We'll see what the deal is before passing judgement, but Marvin Miller's assessment should be ringing in Bob's ears.
"There's nothing more disastrous for the future of a labour organization and its members than enduring a long stoppage, then folding," Miller said.

If the owners get a cap of any kind in this negotiation, Goodenow will be judged by his hero's words.

 

[Lobstertainment]

Some people owe Mike755 an apology.

 

[transplant99]

It's good news that it got pushed back a day, IMO too.

I'm at 60-40 there's a season.

The reason for the delay is so the hockey world can attend Louis Sutters funeral tomorrow and still be available to the individual press conferances scheduled at the conclusion of Bettmans/league presser.