Hockey Withdrawals

[Stalwart]

Anyone else got 'em? 

[Pigslilspaz]

Too busy with MLS playoffs. After that though... I'll be missing my Sharks bad.

[The Fugitive]

Caught a couple games from Europe on ESPN. Local sports network is running the Bruins run to the cup. Was ticked off watching them lose to Montreal again LOL!

What ever happened to just splitting the two bids down the middle and everyone being happy with that? Ticks me off that the players can play overseas and they make so much that missing a season in the NHL isn't going to hurt their pocket books <--- yes I said pocket books! bunch of sticking "girls".

[Devil 505]

Caught a couple games from Europe on ESPN. Local sports network is running the Bruins run to the cup. Was ticked off watching them lose to Montreal again LOL!

What ever happened to just splitting the two bids down the middle and everyone being happy with that? Ticks me off that the players can play overseas and they make so much that missing a season in the NHL isn't going to hurt their pocket books <--- yes I said pocket books! bunch of sticking "girls".

Don't blame the players. This is not the players striking but the ownership locking out the players. In this case the ownership is asking for such a large change in the CBA that even the "middle ground" means major change for the players. The ownership group are pulling some very shady crap in their negotiations. The biggest issue is how the "Hockey Related Revenue" (HRR) is distributed between the ownership and players. The CBA that just ended had 57% going to the players (too much IMHO). The proposed deal by the ownership has the players receiving only 46% of HRR. On top of that, the ownership wants to redefine what money is HRR. Effectively making the HRR total smaller before giving the players their share which bring the true share down to 43%. Ownership then pockets the other money which no longer factored into HRR. The players were locked out for not agreeing to let the ownership "F" them in the "A".

[klingan]

Nope no withdrawals here.

Oh wait they are all over here playing....   

[The Fugitive]

Don't blame the players. This is not the players striking but the ownership locking out the players. In this case the ownership is asking for such a large change in the CBA that even the "middle ground" means major change for the players. The ownership group are pulling some very shady crap in their negotiations. The biggest issue is how the "Hockey Related Revenue" (HRR) is distributed between the ownership and players. The CBA that just ended had 57% going to the players (too much IMHO). The proposed deal by the ownership has the players receiving only 46% of HRR. On top of that, the ownership wants to redefine what money is HRR. Effectively making the HRR total smaller before giving the players their share which bring the true share down to 43%. Ownership then pockets the other money which no longer factored into HRR. The players were locked out for not agreeing to let the ownership "F" them in the "A".

Anyone making over a million dollars in less than a year gives up all rights to piss and moan about percentages. Personally I think they should shut up and play. They don't want to, lock them out for 5 years and let the minor leagues move up to the top spot. Screw all those primadonnas!

[Pigslilspaz]

Anyone making over a million dollars in less than a year gives up all rights to piss and moan about percentages. Personally I think they should shut up and play. They don't want to, lock them out for 5 years and let the minor leagues move up to the top spot. Screw all those primadonnas!

So what about the owners doing the exact same thing?

[Bodhi]

Professional sports seems to be the only place in the world where the employees tell the employers what to do with their profits....

Seems foolish to me, especially when the amounts most of the players are losing in the lockout amounts to far more than they are losing in the proposed new CBA.

[Pigslilspaz]

Professional sports seems to be the only place in the world where the employees tell the employers what to do with their profits....

Seems foolish to me, especially when the amounts most of the players are losing in the lockout amounts to far more than they are losing in the proposed new CBA.

With out the players, there would be no owners.

[The Fugitive]

There are plenty of players ready to play., I say bring on the replacement players and let the primadonnas watch hockey.

[Shuffler]

No... I took a good hockey this morn.

[Bodhi]

With out the players, there would be no owners.

So the same comparison for every other business would be that without the employees there would be no companies?  LOL, with all due respect, you're being naive.  There are tens of thousands of people that would step into these pampered athletes positions in a heart beat for a mere fraction of the money.  The bottom line here is the entitlement mentality.  These players have you believing that they are suffering for you.  That's a load of crap.  They are "suffering" for the millions of dollars being thrown at them.

The NHL league minimum salary is $525K a year.  That's up $75K from the 2005-2006 minimums.  Still feeling sorry for them? 

The NHL should bring in scabs and let these pampered athletes go play in Europe and Russia.  Then they can see how pampered they really are in the NHL.

[Slash27]

Anyone else got 'em? 

Yep. Have you been to an Allen Americans game yet?

[Stalwart]

Yep. Have you been to an Allen Americans game yet?

Not yet this season.  But that's a good idea.  Fun and cheap too.

Do you skate?  I hear there's a cool nooner skate with a former Stars pro on Fridays at the place in Plano.
Kind of a drills and scrimmage hour.

[VonMessa]

What Canadians do in the absence of hockey...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JAbf-HHQ94