HockeyShack said:Where do you get the thread title? I see it as "Owners, players still hope to save season"
not as games will be played.
Representatives of both NHL owners and players have not given up hope of salvaging the NHL season and many are confident games will be played this spring, TSN has learned.
HockeyShack said:Where do you get the thread title? I see it as "Owners, players still hope to save season"
not as games will be played.
HockeyShack said:Where do you get the thread title? I see it as "Owners, players still hope to save season"
not as games will be played.
Egil said:So, it is a DIRECT quote, taken mildly out of context.
I disagree. I think would get more attention than ever before and they would be applauded, especially the players for not giving up.dedalus said:Not that it probably metters to anyone, but can you imagine the PR hit the league and PA would take if the season was un-canceled? What a laughstock they'd become across the continent. (Ahem ... "moreso.") You can hear the commentary now:
"Forget ratings, second rate TV contracts, a declining product, and the fact that few people care if the league is not playing, the NHL can't even cancel a season right!!!!
dedalus said:Not that it probably metters to anyone, but can you imagine the PR hit the league and PA would take if the season was un-canceled? What a laughstock they'd become across the continent. (Ahem ... "moreso.") You can hear the commentary now:
"Forget ratings, second rate TV contracts, a declining product, and the fact that few people care if the league is not playing, the NHL can't even cancel a season right!!!!
This does have a bit of Monty Python feel to it. The body is being carried out while saying "I'm not dead yet!".dedalus said:Not that it probably metters to anyone, but can you imagine the PR hit the league and PA would take if the season was un-canceled? What a laughstock they'd become across the continent. (Ahem ... "moreso.") You can hear the commentary now:
"Forget ratings, second rate TV contracts, a declining product, and the fact that few people care if the league is not playing, the NHL can't even cancel a season right!!!!
You were certainly one of the few. There is still a long way to go, but it is looking a little more promising.Unbiased Canadian said:Many of you doubted me...I said there will still be a season.,....and I still say there will be, they'll be playing hockey march 1st boys.
mudcrutch79 said:Do you work in political advertising? It's a description of the attitudes of owner and player reps-not a statement of TSN's belief as you make it out to be. Second, without the qualifier of "many are confident" it utterly changes meaning.
LOL. Exactly!mooseOAK said:This does have a bit of Monty Python feel to it. The body is being carried out while saying "I'm not dead yet!".
Egil said:I'm an Electrical Engineering student who thinks marketing is the tool of the devil.
TSN was stated as the source. I know for me (and for many others), it is THE source for stuff like this, to be trusted above all others.
Removing the qualifier does change the meaning, somewhat. However, read the top of the article, "many are confident" implies that sources on both sides are confident, and that, logically, we should have games.
Bad if you're a flyers fan. I've never laughed harder at philly chokejobs. It helped make the Super Bowl more fun for meToonces said:This is worse than the 3-1 series lead the Flyers blew against the Devils a few years back...
Getting our hopes up, and then stabbing us in the heart....again.
All this talk of saving the season now is like twisting that dagger around a few times while inside...
futurcorerock said:Bad if you're a flyers fan. I've never laughed harder at philly chokejobs. It helped make the Super Bowl more fun for me
futurcorerock said:Bad if you're a flyers fan. I've never laughed harder at philly chokejobs. It helped make the Super Bowl more fun for me