NHL Lockout

[specialisthusky]

How is Bettman even the commish after 1 let alone doing nothing to avoid this what seems to be inevitable next.

this video caught my eye and I know not alot of NHL fans are on the boneyard...the few that do appreciate the sport will love this video.

 

[Adios]

How is Bettman even the commish after 1 let alone doing nothing to avoid this what seems to be inevitable next.

Because he serves the interests of the owners very well.

 

[mets1090]

Because he serves the interests of the owners very well.

Yup. Not his job to serve the interests of the fans. Of course if you screw the fans over enough you'll see massive dips in attendance. Another lockout will further hurt the league. Not sure how many more times it can happen before every team starts just losing money.

 

[Adios]

Yup. Not his job to serve the interests of the fans. Of course if you screw the fans over enough you'll see massive dips in attendance. Another lockout will further hurt the league. Not sure how many more times it can happen before every team starts just losing money.

Most of the fans will come back. There's no question about that. Unless a new league forms.

 

[mets1090]

Most of the fans will come back. There's no question about that. Unless a new league forms.

Of course. I just wish it wouldn't happen that way.

Great video by the way.

 

[StoweD210]

I haven't followed the NHL lockout at all (beyond this thread), but that video is terrific. Really, really well done.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

The NHL has been its own worst enemy since before WWII and will never become a big time sports league unless it changes from its mentality (which appears to be a fear of becoming big time). I have a laundry list a mile long of decisions the NHL has made over the decades which have done nothing other than limit its potential which I will share at another time.

What I view as unconscionable is the contracts that teams have been throwing around to players this summer basically under the assumption that they would only be on the hook for ~70% of it once this lockout is settled. If the Minnesota Wild were truly able to offer Parise & Suter $100mm each, there should be no reason for this lockout. If they weren't, then there was a serious misrepresentation to the players when the contracts were offered.

I'm convinced that teams (who were under the cap) went into this off season thinking "offer them whatever they want, we'll only end up paying 70 cents on the dollar".