Sticksboi05 Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Well, let's be real, this NHL season is at least going to be cut short. Pathetic? Yes. Stupid, unbelievably but it is what it is. On a good note, the NHL is not the only source of hockey for us fans of the sport and not just the Capitals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixcuincle Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 The second they lock out, I get NHL 13. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrypticVillain Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 smh at the "?". They are idiots. You barely survived one lockout, so the best thing to do is to do it again. Them greedy bammas I am going to get NHL 13, but not right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidenreich Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 I will buy NHL 13 on Sunday. Unless there is a lockout, then I am done with hockey. Never again. The owners got EXACTLY what they wanted 7 years ago. Shut the league down for cost certainty. Now thats not good enough? **** all of them. Hockey has 9 fans as it is. The reason they think they can do this is because all 9 always come back. Not this time...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@DCGoldPants Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 All Hail King Bettman. Commish during a few lockouts......Commish who felt it was more important keeping a hockey team in the desert over bringing one back to Canada. Commish who had no problem overturning the rules to unsuspend a player during the finals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
endzone_dave Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 I'll take the less popular opinion. The NHL built up a salary structure that paid the players the same as the other major sports but hockey is a niche sport that can fill most arenas but has TERRIBLE tv ratings. It doesn't generate in tv revenue anywhere near what the other major sports generate. The players might be a little out of touch with what they are worth. Jeff Schultz makes $3M per year in a sport whose finals tv ratings can't beat a typical NASCAR race. It just seems out-of-whack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCranon21 Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Can't believe there is about to be another lockout in the NHL. Did they not learn from the last one, and how it crippled them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticksboi05 Posted September 14, 2012 Author Share Posted September 14, 2012 Luckily, NCAA hockey does not have a CBA Bring on the season! There's a bunch of games on NBC Sports Network this year. --------------------- Fri., Oct. 12 Notre Dame vs. #12 Maine 7 p.m. Army vs. Nebraska-Omaha TBD Sat., Oct. 13 Final (Teams TBD) 7:30 p.m. Nov. 16 Harvard at #13 Cornell 7:30 p.m. Nov. 30 #1 Boston College at #11 Boston University 7:30 p.m. Wisconsin at #8 Denver 10 p.m. Dec. 1 #11 Boston University at #1 Boston College 7:30 p.m. Dec. 7 Michigan State at Notre Dame 7:30 p.m. Jan. 4 Colorado College at Nebraska-Omaha 7:30 p.m. Jan. 11 #3 Union at Princeton 7:30 p.m. Nebraska-Omaha at Denver 10 p.m. Jan. 18 Harvard at Yale 7:30 p.m. Jan. 25 Yale at #13 Cornell 7:30 p.m. Feb. 1 Dartmouth at #3 Union 7:30 p.m. Feb. 8 #6 North Dakota at Nebraska-Omaha 7:30 p.m. Feb. 15 #11 Boston University at #12 Maine 7:30 p.m. Feb. 22 Yale at Quinnipiac 7:30 p.m. #6 North Dakota at #8 Denver 10 p.m. March 1 Wisconsin at Nebraska-Omaha 7:30 p.m. March 8 #12 Maine at New Hampshire 7:30 p.m. Hockey East Tournament March 15 Quarterfinals 7 p.m. March 22 Semifinals 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. (@ TD Garden – Boston, MA) March 23 Final 7 p.m. (@ TD Garden – Boston, MA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
endzone_dave Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Luckily, NCAA hockey does not have a CBA Bring on the season! There's a bunch of games on NBC Sports Network this year. --------------------- Boo, no Clarkson U. on that list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FanboyOf91 Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Back into the shadows! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticksboi05 Posted September 14, 2012 Author Share Posted September 14, 2012 Boo, no Clarkson U. on that list. Maybe they'll be on the CBS College sports schedule? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidenreich Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 I'll take the less popular opinion. The NHL built up a salary structure that paid the players the same as the other major sports but hockey is a niche sport that can fill most arenas but has TERRIBLE tv ratings. It doesn't generate in tv revenue anywhere near what the other major sports generate. The players might be a little out of touch with what they are worth. Jeff Schultz makes $3M per year in a sport whose finals tv ratings can't beat a typical NASCAR race. It just seems out-of-whack. that is what the lockout in 2005 was for. The salaries were totally out of whack. They made a salary cap system that linked players salaries to league revenues. The first year the salary cap was around 40 million dollars. This year? It's 70.2 million. Hockey revenues have gone up dramatically since the last lockout. The only issue now is that the owners don't want to pay that percentage anymore. The system that was everything they wanted 7 years ago isn't good enough anymore. Can't believe there is about to be another lockout in the NHL. Did they not learn from the last one, and how it crippled them? That's the thing, it DIDNT cripple them. It should have, but it didn't. And thats why they are ready to do it all over again...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixcuincle Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 It's official. The NHL has locked out. *Gets NHL 13 to replace regular season hockey* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRAVEONTHEWARPATH93 Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 everyone was doomed as soon as Fehr joined the fray ---------- Post added September-16th-2012 at 12:05 AM ---------- well...at least we don't have to disappointed by the Caps this year lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRAVEONTHEWARPATH93 Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 but the idea of a shortened season isn't a bad one if we start out hot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixcuincle Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 I think they should just start the season on Jan 1st, like the NBA started theirs on Christmas Day. 82 games is just too many. What's better than starting hockey season on the biggest day of the hockey calendar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springfield Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 It's a shame. IMO, it's the owner's fault. In a lock out, it's always the owners fault to me. In this case the owners want a salary decrease and the players are content to keep the salaries the same (or in the same trajectory). How the owners could let two lock outs happen in the course of 10 years is all on them. I don't want to watch amateur (college) hockey. Does the KHL broadcast any games in America? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixcuincle Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Nope Which is why I am adamant that NHL 13 replace the regular season, plus you can be your own GM so you don't have to rely on the decisions of GMGM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticksboi05 Posted September 16, 2012 Author Share Posted September 16, 2012 It's a shame.IMO, it's the owner's fault. In a lock out, it's always the owners fault to me. In this case the owners want a salary decrease and the players are content to keep the salaries the same (or in the same trajectory). How the owners could let two lock outs happen in the course of 10 years is all on them. I don't want to watch amateur (college) hockey. Does the KHL broadcast any games in America? Do you watch college football? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pick6 Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 **** Bettman! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticksboi05 Posted September 16, 2012 Author Share Posted September 16, 2012 **** Bettman! It's more the owners being punk asses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixcuincle Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 I can't believe Backstrom is an 85, and Holtby is a 73. What kind of ridiculous **** is this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCranon21 Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 NHL '13 looks amazing. Think I'll get it with FIFA '13. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springfield Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Do you watch college football? Yeah but not like I watch the NFL. I get what you are saying and it's a valid comparison. I really just watch college football because that's "what's on" on Saturday's. I don't have a team. I watch it because I like football and could easily switch from one game to the next. I'll probably catch some NCAA hockey but I'd love to see KHL. I want to see how Kuznetsov and all the other washed up, under talented Euro-Russians play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pick6 Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 It's more the owners being punk asses. I know, but what is this? The third lockout on his resume? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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