You don't understand the purpose if this is your opinion. The purpose of scabs is to start the game moving again, and put more pressure on the PA to capitulate. Eventually players cross and the game moves on.Joe Solak said:With the league already in trouble I would hope to hell that Bettman wouldn't even consider such a stupid alternative. With the number of good players we already have in the NHL the tv ratings are terrible. The seventh game of the Stanley Cup Finals finished 19th on cable tv ratings...19th!, behind reruns of the Cosby show, Spongebob Squarepants, etc. etc. Non-hockey sportscasters have been saying that people won't watch because there isn't a bonafide superstar. With all this in mind, there is no way the NHL would survive in the U.S. if this were allowed to happen.
George Bachul said:You don't understand the purpose if this is your opinion. The purpose of scabs is to start the game moving again, and put more pressure on the PA to capitulate. Eventually players cross and the game moves on.
You don't understand the purpose if this is your opinion. The purpose of scabs is to start the game moving again, and put more pressure on the PA to capitulate. Eventually players cross and the game moves on.
shakes said:If I wanted to watch the ECHL or players from semi pro league I would watch the ECHL or some semi pro league. I guess a lot of you are too young to remember watching NFL scabs.. fun fun fun.. just a cash grab for the poor, destitute owners.
The quality of the game would be horrible compared to the NHL and even IF you could get a couple of NHL players to cross the picket lines, they wouldnt be the Forsbergs, Sundins, Sakics of the NHL, it would be the Steve Webbs, Darby Hendricksons. No thanks. I'd rather watch the money grab solutions that the NHLPA are offering like that 4 on 4 thing, than watch a bunch of no name, mens league, barely pro calibre players skate.
Barely anyone watches the stars of the game play in the US. What makes you think they will come out in droves to see a bunch of scabs hack around? If anything the quality of the product would embarass the owners and put pressure on them to get back the real hockey players
Van said:If you think the trap/defensive hockey doesn't exist outside the NHL, you haven't watched much hockey outside the NHL in recent years.
littleHossa said:What if that barely pro, no name player was you? Or your friend? wouldn't you want to see scabs play then?
littleHossa said:I think that pro hockey players know what a system is, and know their own skills. European league sell tickets and they're not the best players around.
littleHossa said:And we have the proof from the World Cup that the best players don't always make the best hockey, some players didn't get ready or had no emotion and some games were very boring.
littleHossa said:As I've said it before, as long as it's not 20 year olds CHLers, it's all good. ECHLers and AHLers have talent as well, the goons in the NHL have a lot of talent, the NHL could put less pressure on the coaches to win, just make it entertaining hockey and see 600 ECHLers give their best with their 15 minutes of fame.
The Canadian team was exciting in all of their games, but they also won all of their games. A lot of teams when they played against Canada didn't look good, had no passion or were to slow, and well if you're a fan of those teams you would of though that the World Cup wasn't that good entertainment. Furthermore, the European pools and the non-Canada games were the majority. Some games were fun, but they were the minority, as most of those good games involved Canada. We would watch some of the most boring games ever if it had Canada in it, I'm talking about the casual fans or the overseas fan who have some expectations.shakes said:I think the key word here is some. As in some games were boring and some people thought they were boring. I didn't watch any of the euro pool, but there was a couple of times in the tournament where I got shivers hearing Bob Cole announce "Lemieux to Iginla, Iginla to Sakic, Sakic shoots and scores!" or watching exciting semi final games from both pools.
The players represent 76% of the total budgets of NHL teams, the owners could make a 50% cut on the price of going to a game and make a bit of money. Before saying vague statements like "NHL arenas cost a lot to operate" etc they cost anywhere between 20%-10% of the total money an owner spends, major slashes in ticket prices could be possible from a financial point of view.shakes said:All the while, buying $3 cokes, $4 hotdogs, $10 programs and outrageous ticket prices (sure they will be lowered a little, but if you are thinking a major slash, you are fooling yourselves. NHL arenas cost a lot to operate for events and as the owners have said, they are losing money, so they aren't doing this out of the goodness of their hearts.