Author Topic: Game On!! (Read 1131 times)

StarOfAfrica2 · « **on:** July 13, 2005, 04:09:29 PM »

NHL strike is over!!

http://msn.foxsports.com/nhl/story/3758718

FiLtH · « **Reply #1 on:** July 13, 2005, 04:33:04 PM »

There was a strike?

StarOfAfrica2 · « **Reply #2 on:** July 13, 2005, 04:46:04 PM »

Strike, lockout, whatever. Smarty.

Chairboy · « **Reply #3 on:** July 13, 2005, 04:53:34 PM »

I thought they all just took a break for a year, you know, to tour europe and all.

Oh wait, that's high school students who don't want to go to college yet.

SunKing · « **Reply #4 on:** July 13, 2005, 05:05:01 PM »

Very good news.

Sandman · « **Reply #5 on:** July 13, 2005, 05:20:08 PM »

Woot!

Bodhi · « **Reply #6 on:** July 13, 2005, 06:15:12 PM »

I am interested to see the end terms....

StarOfAfrica2 · « **Reply #7 on:** July 13, 2005, 11:35:49 PM »

I'd call it a win/win scenario, but some of the Prima Donnas are going to cry. Brett Hull comes to mind.

What I find more interesting than the upcoming soap opera when they get their paycuts, is the proposed rules changes that are being buried under all the hype of salary caps. We could possibly see shootouts for tie breakers. Thats something I've been hoping to see for years.

Sandman · « **Reply #8 on:** July 14, 2005, 12:07:46 AM »

Hull's prima donna days are years behind him. He's not the player he used to be and hasn't been for some time.

Consider Forsberg.

DREDIOCK · « **Reply #9 on:** July 14, 2005, 12:20:35 AM »

didnt watch it before, didnt miss it when it was gone.

Just means there will be even less of anything worth watching on TV then there currently is LOL

Cept for the fights. boring activity.. I mean ummm sport

Sandman · « **Reply #10 on:** July 14, 2005, 12:22:20 AM »

Dred, go watch it live. Hockey is difficult to watch on television.

rpm · « **Reply #11 on:** July 14, 2005, 12:34:41 AM »

I've been to a couple Stars games with good seats down on the glass. It's much better in person, but I'd rather see NASCAR.

B17Skull12 · « **Reply #12 on:** July 14, 2005, 12:35:24 AM »

whats hockey?

Saurdaukar · « **Reply #13 on:** July 14, 2005, 12:36:15 AM »

Sixpence · « **Reply #14 on:** July 14, 2005, 12:38:09 AM »

Players got porked, not only are they not free agents until 31 years of age, they have a salary cap. So what if you are 26 and the team has spent most of it's cap money already?

But let's get to what is really killing hockey, like the zone trap. Olympic size rinks would put a stop to that real quick, and put the game back in the hands of the skill players and make it exciting again. Who wants to watch hockey the way it is played now? I think it sucks, I want to see the skill players skating up and down the ice making great plays.