Minnesota will still suck

Will be sad if Wings sit on their 17 mil salary cap space. Would like us to sign a solid defensemen and either sign Semin or trade for Nash. We have a surplus of forwards, Franzen + Nyquist + pick(s) for Nash if it was up to me.

19% reduction in revenue to the players.

GN8 NHL, not going to recover from this lockout.

you all obviously are not respecting the job creators in a proper manor

why there even is a thought of a lockout after how poorly the last one ended makes me want to shoot everyone involved squarely between the eyes

why there even is a thought of a lockout after how poorly the last one ended makes me want to shoot everyone involved squarely between the eyes

lol, flyers get weber

lol, rangers get nash

if the NHL doesnt lock out, this season has the hype to finally have detroit not only miss the playoffs but be dead last.

it also has the rangers and the wild having all the tools but probably sucking ass



who will be the team to emerge????

-.- I can't believe they traded Nash for that...

Should've just kept him.

i was reading that the redwings offered fillpula, tatar, nyqvist, and a first

Nah, the Wings, Stars, and Cubs will be competing for the cellar this year

NHL lock out this season

owners never happy until all the players work for free

The following message to fans was issued by the National Hockey League on Sunday:

Despite the expiration of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, the National Hockey League has been, and remains, committed to negotiating around the clock to reach a new CBA that is fair to the Players and to the 30 NHL teams.

Thanks to the conditions fostered by seven seasons under the previous CBA, competitive balance has created arguably the most meaningful regular season in pro sports; a different team has won the Stanley Cup every year; fans and sponsors have agreed the game is at its best, and the League has generated remarkable growth and momentum. While our last CBA negotiation resulted in a seismic change in the League's economic system, and produced corresponding on-ice benefits, our current negotiation is focused on a fairer and more sustainable division of revenues with the Players -- as well as other necessary adjustments consistent with the objectives of the economic system we developed jointly with the NHL Players' Association seven years ago. Those adjustments are attainable through sensible, focused negotiation -- not through rhetoric.

This is a time of year for all attention to be focused on the ice, not on a meeting room. The League, the Clubs and the Players all have a stake in resolving our bargaining issues appropriately and getting the puck dropped as soon as possible. We owe it to each other, to the game and, most of all, to the fans.

GN8 NHL, time to be less relevant than soccer, if you even come back.

The up shot is there are tons of Bouncers now on the market for a job.

na, they just all move to russia and play there

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=405665

He does bring up an interesting point...

sucks that its all about money

makes fans really appreciate their players...

Yes/no, I agree they make more than enough money playing. But I do agree with them that if some one signed a contract with them to pay them x amount of money for y years. I would be pissed if they tried to take back that agreement.

For example, say they want to cut players pay by like 20%, they can take 80% of current contracts and have that count against the new salary cap # that they come up with. But they still have to pay the players the amount that they have on their current contract.

It's also horse shit that owners are complaining about the amount of money and years of the contract, but the day before the CBA expires, owners went nuts extending contracts to high amounts for long lengths.

Nope