I am in it for the long haul. Besides being one of my favorite sports it is the one sport that my wife will actually watch with me. If the season is canceled then I will miss all of the date nights with my wife this year. We will need to find something else to do for our date nights.
NHL 2012 off-season notes & transactions
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I am in it for the long haul. Besides being one of my favorite sports it is the one sport that my wife will actually watch with me. If the season is canceled then I will miss all of the date nights with my wife this year. We will need to find something else to do for our date nights.
Yeah, things like that would suck. It would be like me and my wife going to UK basketball games.
Along with Ice, I'm also a huge college hockey fan...and they never go on strike. I hope to visit the newly renovated Yost Arena this season.
Along with Ice, I'm also a huge college hockey fan...and they never go on strike. I hope to visit the newly renovated Yost Arena this season.
I also plan on going to a few OSU games this year even though I really don't care about them. Figure it is better than no hockey at all.
First regular seasons games have been canceled. They have canceled all games up to October 24th.
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=642785&navid=DL|NHL|home
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=642785&navid=DL|NHL|home
It would be WONDERFUL if someone could post (when announced) broadcast schedules of any of the College, AHL, etc. hockey games that one might find on an RSN or the like. Thanks in advance.
KHL is being broadcast on ESPN3
http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/2012/10/2/3443426/khl-espn-tv-hockey-alex-ovechkin-ilya-kovalchuk
Oh, sir! That is just what the Dr. ordered. In some ways college hockey is more enjoyable to watch than NHL. This plus any additional AHL games will certainly feed the need. Many thanks.
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Listen guys, not like I have any "insider info" here ('cause I really don't!) but yesterday I was speaking with an operations person in one of our SoCal NHL teams and when asked about the lockout his quick, terse reply was "Not before December!". That response gave me the chills.
The players know the NHL will cave by mid-December in order to save the winter classic as its a ratings cash cow for NBC. I don’t care how stubborn Buttman, I mean Bettman is, the NHL won't risk alienating NBC and their billion dollar deal. Pissing all over Canada is one thing, but not on NBC.
Cheers, K
PS- I don’t care much for this former NBA deputy commissioner. It will always be the Norris, Smyth, Patrick and Adams divisions and Campbell and Wales conferences in my book.
Cheers, K
PS- I don’t care much for this former NBA deputy commissioner. It will always be the Norris, Smyth, Patrick and Adams divisions and Campbell and Wales conferences in my book.
I know Bettman is the face of the NHL but he answers to the owners he doesn't just do what he wants. Fehr drug this out all summer hoping for a lockout so he could say the players want to play blame the owners. If there wasn't a lockout he probably would have waited until just before the playoffs and had the players walk.
I'm hoping for a resolution by the end of the year, football will keep my attention in the meantime.
I'm hoping for a resolution by the end of the year, football will keep my attention in the meantime.
Good point! NBC Sports needs some sports programming, and they're not going to be happy if they're having to show Ping Pong and Hacky Sack tournaments. Regardless, I'm won't be watching the NHL this season if they don't come to an agreement by 15 October. I don't need this schtuff once again.
@DJ --> In the event the players ever walk out right before the playoffs, the fans would burn the city to the ground.
Cheers, K
Cheers, K
It looks like the NHL powers have not stopped by the Big House to continue their planning for the Winter Classic. This event is predicted to draw more than 115,000 fans...not to mention Comerica Park hosting various hockey activities over a two week period. Ugh!
http://www.freep.com/article/201210...er-classic-detroit-red-wings?odyssey=nav|head
I say again...what these a%$*ole multi-millionares don't realize or care about are the thousands of jobs being held in limbo by their greed. This is truly, truly sinful.
