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  • DS1119
    DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WV0bqASKAY8
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,315
    Anyone heading to Michigan for the Winter Classic this weekend?

    What a great way for the NHL to expand its brand by having two of the most esteemed franchises squaring off in The Big House. The weather forecast looks great, so there is little chance the NHL should have any problems.

    I'm guessing Detroit is also looking forward to the financial boon of having so many out-of-towners in the city this weekend to watch the alumni games at Comerica Park as well.

    For once, Gary Bettman finally appears to be pushing the league forward in the right direction.













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  • Drowned Out
    Drowned Out Posts: 6,056
    vant0037 wrote:
    Fucking killing me. Killing me. Virtually all winter NCAA sports take a "finals/winter" break from early December until just after Christmas (roughly). Usually, its the NHL and NBA that fills that gap until college basketball and hockey start up again. Half that is gone. Expectations were high for the Wild this year, with the Suter/Parise signings...and here we are.

    Fuck.
    I hear that....Try being an Oiler fan! Watching these kids destroy the AHL and RNH lighting up the world juniors after bottom dwelling for years....ugh.
    BUT....I'm sure anyone following this thread has heard about the offer made by the NHLtoday.....
    ...sounds promising.....again. I told my friend i wouldn't get my hopes up cause every NHL offer is promo'd as a major concession...then there's a statement by the union that is was still bullshit after we get our hopes up. I then read that this offer was leaked by players in the know, and the NHL had kept quiet about it at first....and that some people are calling it serious enough to go to a player vote. Supposedly the owners have told Bettman cancelling the season is not an acceptable option.
    Players met by teleconference today, union/league tomorrow, in person on sunday.... Drop dead timeline - Jan.11 agreement, Jan.12 training camp, Jan.19 begins a 48 game 'regular' season. we'll see.
    (not so regular....sucks that the Oilers first cup win in 20 years will have asterisk in the record books ;))
  • smarchee
    smarchee Windsor, Ontario Posts: 14,539
    NHL offer was 300 pages? 300 pages !!! That's alot of bullshit legalese
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  • Bathgate66
    Bathgate66 Posts: 15,813
    theres still time to play hockey?
    Or do they plan on going right into round 1 of the playoffs?


    assmunches all around.
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  • DS1119
    DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    Bathgate66 wrote:
    theres still time to play hockey?
    Or do they plan on going right into round 1 of the playoffs?


    Sure. Draw straws to pick the playoff teams and seedings and just go from there. :lol:
  • Bathgate66
    Bathgate66 Posts: 15,813
    more rumors


    http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck- ... --nhl.html

    On Friday, Dan O'Neill, the NHL’s Vice President for Arena & Event Operations, sent a memo addressed to all "Arena Technical Coordinators, Video Goal Judges and Video Goal Technicians."

    It contained – in stupefying details, to the layman – information about technical changes implemented for "the upcoming season," specifically mentioning that the NHL and NHLPA are continuing to work toward a resolution that, if reached, will necessitate that arena personnel are "ready to go."

    An off-ice official that requested anonymity told Puck Daddy on Saturday that O’Neill’s email was “the first time all year” the officials have received this type of correspondence from the League.

    Another factor for optimism: déjà vu. During the last shortened season, off-ice officials received a similar notice and the NHL was “playing games in less than two weeks," according to the source.

    This type of chatter has picked up lately. Teams have been sending messages to their managers and staffers “all hands on deck” messages for the last few weeks: Be prepared to head back at a moment’s notice. In some cases, they’ve been false starts, as the NHL and NHLPA talks have teased a resolution. But that’s what’s been communicated.

    So this sounds like a good sign the NHL is gearing up to (finally) start the season. But there’s really only one person that can validate those preparations. Oh, what’s-his-name … Don something. Old guy. Likes baseball. It’ll come to us …
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  • Bathgate66
    Bathgate66 Posts: 15,813
    DS1119 wrote:
    Bathgate66 wrote:
    theres still time to play hockey?
    Or do they plan on going right into round 1 of the playoffs?


    Sure. Draw straws to pick the playoff teams and seedings and just go from there. :lol:


    i sometimes forget sarcasm doesnt translate too well on the internets.
    :wtf:
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  • DS1119
    DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    Bathgate66 wrote:
    DS1119 wrote:
    Bathgate66 wrote:
    theres still time to play hockey?
    Or do they plan on going right into round 1 of the playoffs?


    Sure. Draw straws to pick the playoff teams and seedings and just go from there. :lol:


    i sometimes forget sarcasm doesnt translate too well on the internets.
    :wtf:


    You don't like the straw idea?
  • Dr. Delight
    Dr. Delight Posts: 11,210
    Just to get your hopes up again...

    http://www.cbc.ca/sp...-years-day.html
    Next meetings to end NHL lockout likely on Wednesday
    Gary Bettman strode through the doors of the National Hockey League’s Times Square office on Tuesday night, bringing a cautiously optimistic message with him for one of the few times since the 108-day lockout of the players began.

    Speaking at the end of a 30-minute meeting with Donald Fehr and the NHLPA’s bargaining committee, the commissioner seemed to indicate that talks on a new collective agreement had settled into the last, hard push to a resolution.
    And so you see, I have come to doubt
    All that I once held as true
    I stand alone without beliefs
    The only truth I know is you.
  • DS1119
    DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    Well the Rangers updated their app. Must be a sign. :lol:
  • Bathgate66
    Bathgate66 Posts: 15,813
    really......almost there, again?
    :?:

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  • drivingrl
    drivingrl Posts: 1,448
    Dr. Delight wrote:
    the 108-day lockout

    Holy crap. Has it really been that long? :cry:
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    Next!"
  • DS1119
    DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    Does anyone here really think a season can be salvaged this year?


    http://espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/id/87997 ... fer-league
  • peacefrompaul
    peacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    DS1119 wrote:
    Does anyone here really think a season can be salvaged this year?


    http://espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/id/87997 ... fer-league

    Hell no
  • neilybabes86
    neilybabes86 Posts: 16,057
    okkkk

    co-worker's buddy works for the firm who is handling the pension aspect of the deal

    very big roadblock

    says Fehr is an asshole

    deal should get done by FRIDAY

    20 teams in playoffs.....48 game sched

    sadly Bettman is sharp as a tack :fp:
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  • Indifference71
    Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,913
    I don't even know if I want them to salvage what's left of this season. 48 games crammed in here will lead to some pretty bad hockey. We saw with the NBA last year how shitty the quality of games were when you jam so many games into such a little time. Then again, once the NFL is over I'm not going to know what the hell to do with myself so it would be nice to have some hockey to watch. The whole thing sucks.
  • badbrains
    badbrains Posts: 10,255
    I agree with J, deal will be done by this weekend, I'm thinking sun. Owners told bettman cancellation of season is unacceptable. Players in Europe have started to return back to the states. Season prob begins around jan 18. Lets drop the fucken puck!!!

    And 81, by the time your suspension is done, we'll have hockey and us rangers/flyers fans can do it all over again! :mrgreen: :corn:
  • neilybabes86
    neilybabes86 Posts: 16,057
    Indifference71 wrote:
    I don't even know if I want them to salvage what's left of this season. 48 games crammed in here will lead to some pretty bad hockey. We saw with the NBA last year how shitty the quality of games were when you jam so many games into such a little time. Then again, once the NFL is over I'm not going to know what the hell to do with myself so it would be nice to have some hockey to watch. The whole thing sucks.


    i'll take anything...

    as u mentioned their is NOTHING to watch

    until preseason baseball :lol::lol: :fp:
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  • Indifference71
    Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,913
    neilybabes86 wrote:
    Indifference71 wrote:
    I don't even know if I want them to salvage what's left of this season. 48 games crammed in here will lead to some pretty bad hockey. We saw with the NBA last year how shitty the quality of games were when you jam so many games into such a little time. Then again, once the NFL is over I'm not going to know what the hell to do with myself so it would be nice to have some hockey to watch. The whole thing sucks.


    i'll take anything...

    as u mentioned their is NOTHING to watch

    until preseason baseball :lol::lol: :fp:


    You know it's bad when it's Jan 3rd and already looking forward to baseball season. But yeah, it will be nice to have something to watch. I'm just going to feel like such a chump because I know I'll be back watching every Hawks game and going to a lot of games. What a bunch of assholes.

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