my nipples are hard....
- Fruitcakenipple

Stop playing with it and let it grow.

Leafs suck.
- ShootingSemin

NO U!!!!

Stop playing with it and let it grow.
- ShootingSemin

He will have his own personal chia pet if he does that.

One day after NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman promised the league would lock out its players if a new Collective Bargaining Agreement was not in place by Sept. 15, representatives from both the NHL and the players' association exuded an air of optimism that the season could start on time. Full Story.

as per TSN.

Discuss

Leafs suck.
- ShootingSemin

Such origionality here. I can't state it better than that! You deserve a reward for literary merit. You are a hero to me. I could never have reasoned out the complexity of that statement. The logic, the passion. I can't say enough about it. I'll forward it to all of my friends and family for their thorough evaluation. When is the sequel? Will you be signing copies of it, at the nearest Chapters? Will you take it on tour, overseas? They will embrace you in Europe and parts of the Northern U.S. with such literary prowess. Move over Mark Twain.....the King is dead, long live the King!

Such origionality here. I can't state it better than that! You deserve a reward for literary merit. You are a hero to me. I could never have reasoned out the complexity of that statement. The logic, the passion. I can't say enough about it. I'll forward it to all of my friends and family for their thorough evaluation. When is the sequel? Will you be signing copies of it, at the nearest Chapters? Will you take it on tour, overseas? They will embrace you in Europe and parts of the Northern U.S. with such literary prowess. Move over Mark Twain.....the King is dead, long live the King!
- PrinceLH

Pfft, you can't even spell it. Also, by your response obviously my ruse did not work. Sorry fella.

One day after NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman promised the league would lock out its players if a new Collective Bargaining Agreement was not in place by Sept. 15, representatives from both the NHL and the players' association exuded an air of optimism that the season could start on time. Full Story.

as per TSN.

Discuss
- MindFr3eak

I hope Fehr and the players bend Bettman and the owners over the bargaining table. I hope they take their lunch money and their bike. Go Team Players!!!!!

He will have his own personal chia pet if he does that.
- MindFr3eak

Chummy!

Pfft, you can't even spell it. Also, by your response obviously my ruse did not work. Sorry fella.
- ShootingSemin

Ooohhhh......a spelling Nazi......even better......you are a writer......actually I'm bored. There is absolutely nothing going on, the last few days on here. Maybe some fun aggravating people is the only entertainment value these days. I really hate the collective bargaining crap going on. I remember the last one and when I worked, I'd listen to Leafs Lunch, on AM640 in Toronto. They'd do everything to keep hockeytalk alive, but they'd just stretch it to adnausium. It's getting close to that point on here. Recycled news, views and rumours. When they start WHA rumours, I'm outta here.

Ooohhhh......a spelling Nazi......even better......you are a writer......actually I'm bored. There is absolutely nothing going on, the last few days on here. Maybe some fun aggravating people is the only entertainment value these days. I really hate the collective bargaining crap going on. I remember the last one and when I worked, I'd listen to Leafs Lunch, on AM640 in Toronto. They'd do everything to keep hockeytalk alive, but they'd just stretch it to adnausium. It's getting close to that point on here. Recycled news, views and rumours. When they start WHA rumours, I'm outta here.
- PrinceLH

Don't let the door....

Don't let the door....
- ShootingSemin

Yeah, actually I won't I'm too quick for that! Maybe I need to go outside and let the rain wash away my troubles. Don't forget to spell check this for me now......I need a spellcheck slave to add to my collection!!

Yeah, actually I won't I'm too quick for that! Maybe I need to go outside and let the rain wash away my troubles. Don't forget to spell check this for me now......I need a spellcheck slave to add to my collection!!
- PrinceLH

If you are going to respond in English then please do so properly. Thanks.

Yeah, actually I won't I'm too quick for that! Maybe I need to go outside and let the rain wash away my troubles. Don't forget to spell check this for me now......I need a spellcheck slave to add to my collection!!
- PrinceLH

I was wondering what you ment when I heard you mumble Mindfr3eak and collection or something like that, I was more thinking Silence of the lambs, I'm glad I was wrong

I hope Fehr and the players bend Bettman and the owners over the bargaining table. I hope they take their lunch money and their bike. Go Team Players!!!!!
- ShootingSemin

You're crazy if you think the players will come out on top of any CBA deal... Bettman is going for the hat trick...

You're crazy if you think the players will come out on top of any CBA deal... Bettman is going for the hat trick...
- SofaKingBored

Then I've come to the right spot? Also, Bettman is about to get mounted, the players didn't hire Fehr to lose.

Then I've come to the right spot? Also, Bettman is about to get mounted, the players didn't hire Fehr to lose.
- ShootingSemin

They hired him so they'd lose less...

Yeah, actually I won't I'm too quick for that! Maybe I need to go outside and let the rain wash away my troubles. Don't forget to spell check this for me now......I need a spellcheck slave to add to my collection!!
- PrinceLH

booze man ...
but then, it comes back at ya the next morning as you say to yourself - I SLEEPED WITH HER!!!!!

They hired him so they'd lose less...
- SofaKingBored

Mounted. They will lose in the media and with the fans, that will be the start of NHL Spring. Since the American teams owners really don't give a (frank) about the season until the NFL is over, this will be another long lockout. Whilst old Gary and the owners got their hard cap last round it certainly didn't change a (frank)ing thing, salaries are still (frank)ed and so are the contracts those same owners spent 10 years trying to find creative ways to circumvent. Players and the media alike will wear this mother(frank)er out... They will win the war in the media first, then the fans jump on board, the lockout drags on, we lose the year anyways, and it ends up back to even by the time the CBA is signed by both sides late next summer. Hopefully a few teams go under, 5 or so be nice to see gone. And the only good things that comes from it all is ELC's will be 5 years now instead of 3 and Bettman gets canned. Book it...

WOW! If this is how dead that it is right now, can you imagine if there is a lockout this fall? I can just see it. Everyone into the Julie Robenhymer thread to debate College Hockey.......not.
- PrinceLH

Good one Borat......veeery nice!

It's all about typical human (frank)ing greed. Owners and players alike. Bettman is the head of the snake, and we know that old adage. There used to be pride in playing for a certain organization, now it's the almighty dollar. Players sign long term contracts for HUGE amounts of money, apparently looking to "secure' their futures (willingly offered by the owners). What a crock of crap. If your future isn't secure after making 3-5 million a year for 5 or 10 years, then you need your head read, and you shouldn't have it In the first place. All of these players know It's a crap shoot and a long haul to win a Stanley Cup, so I don't buy that "going to a contender" crap argument either. Get on a hot streak with a hot goalie, and ANY team could go all the way. This Is our money, yours and mine, the fans. Yet we have to put up with this political posturing BS with the CBA. I've stopped going to games, cancelled my NHL package, and continue to be a fan of MMA, where REAL men play to win first, payday second, and no other reason. I've been watching pro hockey for 35 years, and greed Is what Is killing pro hockey. It started with Bettman. It should end with him.

I hope the NHLPA sticks It up their "collective" arses.