futurcorerock
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Will there be an announcement today? (saturday)
Maybe along the lines of an announcement of hockey to start, or the "big one" ?
Maybe along the lines of an announcement of hockey to start, or the "big one" ?
futurcorerock said:Will there be an announcement today? (saturday)
Maybe along the lines of an announcement of hockey to start, or the "big one" ?
oh ok,OilerFan4Life said:I dont know but maybe Eklund does.............
The announcement to be made will be "we still have some idealogical differences, but the lines of communication are open...futurcorerock said:Will there be an announcement today? (saturday)
Maybe along the lines of an announcement of hockey to start, or the "big one" ?
GregStack said:Personally, I think if anything they are just going to blow us away at some point and announce the start of the season out of nowhere. I don't expect a media frenzy regarding it though, they won't know ahead of time. If the media gets wind of anything, I expect it to be the cancellation.
deathbear said:ohlund is already in sweden...? sorry, i don't follow.
vanlady said:I agree with you. The most telling thing I saw so far was when this round of negotiations ended without the usual round of press conferences. My guess they are locked up somewhere, either seperately or together hashing it out. The day Mattius Ohlund leaves to play for Lulea, I will know it is over.
Riddarn said:On the other hand, you got Alfredsson (who should be pretty informed) who started to play in the SEL a few weeks back, just before the new set of talks begun. I don't know what to make of it. My gut feeling is that they will make a deal and play whatever there is left of the season, however much of a farse it will be to give away the Stanley Cup after a 20 game season, I think it could probably be done.
I hope this isn't the case though, because it would leave all the SEL (and other European league teams) with two thirds of their teams left for playoffs since they can't bring up replacements after the 31st of january.
Maybe thats why talks started up with that clown out of the picture?Riddarn said:On the other hand, you got Alfredsson (who should be pretty informed) who started to play in the SEL a few weeks back, just before the new set of talks begun. I don't know what to make of it. My gut feeling is that they will make a deal and play whatever there is left of the season, however much of a farse it will be to give away the Stanley Cup after a 20 game season, I think it could probably be done.
I hope this isn't the case though, because it would leave all the SEL (and other European league teams) with two thirds of their teams left for playoffs since they can't bring up replacements after the 31st of january.
vanlady said:I also agree that this would not be fair to the european teams, however my understanding is a lot of the displaced players were in the minors and I do beleive that the SEL would grant a special pick up date if there was a mass exodus from the league, or at least I hope so.
futurcorerock said:as far as fairness to the euro leagues.. they shouldnt have signed NHLers and displaced the hard-working euro players trying to do something they love. You talk about tragedies of the lockout aside from the obvious... I say screw the teams that decided to sign more than two NHLers to their rosters, it was their gamble so it would be their loss.
Negotiations, undoubtedly. This time apart and silence is largely due to the owner reps, player reps at said meetings back with their constituents to discuss issues involving the talks.snakepliskin said:are the 2 sides pouting in their corners or is there any negotiation going on between the idiots? what do you think? also Healy is just a puppet and i wonder if he gets paid more by tsn or the nhlpa
PeterSidorkiewicz said:Healy is suppose to side with the players, and Mckenzie is suppose to side more with the owners. Thats the whole point of their segments is to have conflicting voices. It's basically the TSN version of any political debate show.
GregStack said:Oh wow, you mean they don't actually think exactly what they say?! lol
I love the people around here who think that the people who say these thing sthink exactly what they are saying. It's so cute to have blind faith in things these days.
as far as fairness to the euro leagues.. they shouldnt have signed NHLers and displaced the hard-working euro players trying to do something they love. You talk about tragedies of the lockout aside from the obvious... I say screw the teams that decided to sign more than two NHLers to their rosters, it was their gamble so it would be their loss.futurcorerock said:Maybe thats why talks started up with that clown out of the picture?
as far as fairness to the euro leagues.. they shouldnt have signed NHLers and displaced the hard-working euro players trying to do something they love. You talk about tragedies of the lockout aside from the obvious... I say screw the teams that decided to sign more than two NHLers to their rosters, it was their gamble so it would be their loss.
PanthersRule said:IMO, No. I think that a deal in principle is almost done, but I don't think anything will be announced until after the Super Bowl, although advertising during the Super Bowl could be effective something like "miss the physicality of Football during the offseason, well, watch the NHL etc...." or something like that with an ad showing fights and hitting and good plays. I think that would get some fans.
BUt still, I expect something early next week.