stfu MJL

I think we found out his reason for not being rich
- david22

I don't believe for one second that someone that "invested" in the social aspect of the game is done. This person, if there actually is a person, seems like a wannabe "real housewife of the NHL" and isn't giving that up so quickly.
- Scoob

Dear Eck.. I usually don't do this . but here goes.. I make less than 70 K a year. I cant afford tickets to any game let alone seasons. I have never won a stanley cup..I have never had the good fortune of playing pro hockey.I work a miserable 40 hour a week job with no chance of OT.. I hate what I do but do to marketplace I must shut up and punch the clock each day. I am divorced and my child never gets to rub noses with anyone in hockey. I looked forward to watching NHL each year as a stress relief and for enjoyment. I am not hurt I am PISSED off
- Popcorn Kid

Amen

25k sounds crazy.
- ses111

$25 k / year for 4 seats is about what we pay in Calgary for Silver seats in Avison Young club. Gold are a little more yet.

Who is the author of that letter?
- Scoob

Rick Chartraw?

$25 k / year for 4 seats is about what we pay in Calgary for Silver seats in Avison Young club. Gold are a little more yet.
- Iggysbff

Doing quick math, it's about $140 a seat.

That won't get you in the lower bowl in Toronto.

Dear Eck.. I usually don't do this . but here goes.. I make less than 70 K a year. I cant afford tickets to any game let alone seasons. I have never won a stanley cup..I have never had the good fortune of playing pro hockey.I work a miserable 40 hour a week job with no chance of OT.. I hate what I do but do to marketplace I must shut up and punch the clock each day. I am divorced and my child never gets to rub noses with anyone in hockey. I looked forward to watching NHL each year as a stress relief and for enjoyment. I am not hurt I am PISSED off
- Popcorn Kid

Good Call.... My wife and both have very good paying jobs and I can promise you I wont be spending any 25k a year for anything other then our home and family beach house. I love hockey but 25k a year?? This letter kinda just doesnt sounds right
- Flyers_1488

maybe he doesnt have a beach house

25k per year to watch hockey and be treated like poop...don't blame the guy I know I will be watching on TV if it ever comes back

What...ever

This lockout scares the hockey Insiders like Ek, Garth, (and to a lesser degree hockeyInsidrrrr ) because this lockout really is that bad and it threatens thier unabated access to hockey's most important people. Truth is the NHL might collpase and these guys will be left scrambling. Hence, the reason the meter is always on the positive side.

Dear Eck.. I usually don't do this . but here goes.. I make less than 70 K a year. I cant afford tickets to any game let alone seasons. I have never won a stanley cup..I have never had the good fortune of playing pro hockey.I work a miserable 40 hour a week job with no chance of OT.. I hate what I do but do to marketplace I must shut up and punch the clock each day. I am divorced and my child never gets to rub noses with anyone in hockey. I looked forward to watching NHL each year as a stress relief and for enjoyment. I am not hurt I am PISSED off
- Popcorn Kid

Well said!!

This lockout scares the hockey Insiders like Ek, Garth, (and to a lesser degree hockeyInsidrrrr ) because this lockout really is that bad and it threatens thier unabated access to hockey's most important people. Truth is the NHL might collpase and these guys will be left scrambling. Hence, the reason the meter is always on the positive side.
- Buffalo--Sabres

soccerbuzz is just as good

Eklund: An Important Letter from a NHL: "And if the NHL can lose me....."
- Eklund

I get it. I minored in psychology.

Brutal letter.

Who the heck cares if this person has had such great opportunities. Having those opportunities and experiences doesn't make him any more of a fan than me or any other regular joe.

I find it pathetic that these "fans" say they are done with the NHL now. Good for them.....whining babies. They don't get their way and they give up. Too bad.

I, like other true fans, am pissed off, annoyed etc. that the NHL and PA can't get their poop together. But that will never make me not love the game. Geez, it's the greatest game on earth. How does a fan just say "that's it, I'm done"? To all of them I say "Seeya, and enjoy the hoops"!

I find it sad that alot of you want to bash this guy cause he has money to burn. What does that matter? If most of us had cash to burn would we be any different?

The guy is pissed about the NHL situation and his opinion is every bit as vaild as yours, the fact that he has money is irrelevant. He is a fan like the rest of us, and we should be sticking together not blasting a guy cause he has more money. Crying about that make you look like jealous babies.

I find it sad that alot of you want to bash this guy cause he has money to burn. What does that matter? If most of us had cash to burn would we be any different?

The guy is pissed about the NHL situation and his opinion is every bit as vaild as yours, the fact that he has money is irrelevant. He is a fan like the rest of us, and we should be sticking together not blasting a guy cause he has more money. Crying about that make you look like jealous babies.
- RedTide

I don't think anyone's bashing him for having lots of money. I think to quote him specifically people are just pointing out that he says he isn't wealthy, but then dumps 25 000 on tickets.

Dear Anyone who gives a crap,


I only go to games when I get tickets, which used to be somewhat often becaiuse my father's employer (before it went bankrupt and in turn bankrupted him) used to give us tickets once a season growing up. I was extremely fortunate to attend games and one day hope to be able to buy my own tickets, but I live near Toronto so I could probably just save up and buy the Columbus Blue Jackets instead of going to one measley Leaf game, but that is beside the point. I watch 82 games per year + a divorce-inducing amount of non-Leafs playoff hockey. I play 5 hockey pools, own a $250 Phaneuf jersey, and even have a Masters degree in English/Literature which I hope to parlay into a job writing about hockey one day. (Note to anyone reading this, I need a job).

That being said, the second hockey comes back, I'll celebrate harder than I did when Obama won the Presidency. I will be pumped.

I can't for the life of me understand why someone would stop doing something they like and enjoy just because some corperate suits are selfish and greedy. The NHL lockout has no effect on how I feel about hockey. I love it. I want to watch the best players in the world play and I will pay what I can afford, as I always do, when they come back.

I understand being pissed off, but really, you would only be hurting yourself. The NHL is not going to lose too much of their fanbase, and over time, almost none of it. Not enough to put them out of business anyways, and acting like an overtly emotional whiner is of no help to anyone. Do they deserve your money? No, probably not, but that doesn't change the fact that by quitting, you only hurt you.

I mean, if the transit in your city went on strike, would you boycott busses? I mean, if you needed them to get to work you'd only be hurting yourself and with hockey, its no different: if you need it to distract yourself from the fact that America almost elected an actual evil robot to run the world, then yeah, its not Bettmen or Iginla who loses, its you.

Remember this: collective bargaining sucks, but its better than seeing people exploited, and before you tell me that you would play in the NHL for 45K, remember that these are the best 700 people in the world at doing what they do, do you know anyone who is among the best 700 at anything? Its insane how rare it is to have that skill and if someone can make a bazillion dollars off of it, you better be compensated fairly. I don't care whose right or wrong, just suggesting a little understanding and patience would go along way.

I'm sure it would have warmed my heart if I had read it.
- Canada Cup

It warms my heart that it would have warmed your heart, if I had read it also.

Dear Anyone who gives a crap,


I only go to games when I get tickets, which used to be somewhat often becaiuse my father's employer (before it went bankrupt and in turn bankrupted him) used to give us tickets once a season growing up. I was extremely fortunate to attend games and one day hope to be able to buy my own tickets, but I live near Toronto so I could probably just save up and buy the Columbus Blue Jackets instead of going to one measley Leaf game, but that is beside the point. I watch 82 games per year + a divorce-inducing amount of non-Leafs playoff hockey. I play 5 hockey pools, own a $250 Phaneuf jersey, and even have a Masters degree in English/Literature which I hope to parlay into a job writing about hockey one day. (Note to anyone reading this, I need a job).

That being said, the second hockey comes back, I'll celebrate harder than I did when Obama won the Presidency. I will be pumped.

I can't for the life of me understand why someone would stop doing something they like and enjoy just because some corperate suits are selfish and greedy. The NHL lockout has no effect on how I feel about hockey. I love it. I want to watch the best players in the world play and I will pay what I can afford, as I always do, when they come back.

I understand being pissed off, but really, you would only be hurting yourself. The NHL is not going to lose too much of their fanbase, and over time, almost none of it. Not enough to put them out of business anyways, and acting like an overtly emotional whiner is of no help to anyone. Do they deserve your money? No, probably not, but that doesn't change the fact that by quitting, you only hurt you.

I mean, if the transit in your city went on strike, would you boycott busses? I mean, if you needed them to get to work you'd only be hurting yourself and with hockey, its no different: if you need it to distract yourself from the fact that America almost elected an actual evil robot to run the world, then yeah, its not Bettmen or Iginla who loses, its you.

Remember this: collective bargaining sucks, but its better than seeing people exploited, and before you tell me that you would play in the NHL for 45K, remember that these are the best 700 people in the world at doing what they do, do you know anyone who is among the best 700 at anything? Its insane how rare it is to have that skill and if someone can make a bazillion dollars off of it, you better be compensated fairly. I don't care whose right or wrong, just suggesting a little understanding and patience would go along way.
- Jimmy_Tea

im top 700 easy...wheres my cheque?

I have to say that I am die hard fan who spends about $2k per year on tickets and I have completely lost interest in this lockout.

I vow that I will never buy tickets in this city again. I'll go to games if I score free tickets but I will not spend anther $ on tickets nor will i buy any concessions once there.

Problem is that it means nothing because if I don't t buy then there is a lineup of people behind me who will.

It warms my heart that it would have warmed your heart, if I had read it also.
- Aetherial

i read it. it was embarrassing.

Dear Anyone who gives a crap,


I only go to games when I get tickets, which used to be somewhat often becaiuse my father's employer (before it went bankrupt and in turn bankrupted him) used to give us tickets once a season growing up. I was extremely fortunate to attend games and one day hope to be able to buy my own tickets, but I live near Toronto so I could probably just save up and buy the Columbus Blue Jackets instead of going to one measley Leaf game, but that is beside the point. I watch 82 games per year + a divorce-inducing amount of non-Leafs playoff hockey. I play 5 hockey pools, own a $250 Phaneuf jersey, and even have a Masters degree in English/Literature which I hope to parlay into a job writing about hockey one day. (Note to anyone reading this, I need a job).

That being said, the second hockey comes back, I'll celebrate harder than I did when Obama won the Presidency. I will be pumped.

I can't for the life of me understand why someone would stop doing something they like and enjoy just because some corperate suits are selfish and greedy. The NHL lockout has no effect on how I feel about hockey. I love it. I want to watch the best players in the world play and I will pay what I can afford, as I always do, when they come back.

I understand being pissed off, but really, you would only be hurting yourself. The NHL is not going to lose too much of their fanbase, and over time, almost none of it. Not enough to put them out of business anyways, and acting like an overtly emotional whiner is of no help to anyone. Do they deserve your money? No, probably not, but that doesn't change the fact that by quitting, you only hurt you.

I mean, if the transit in your city went on strike, would you boycott busses? I mean, if you needed them to get to work you'd only be hurting yourself and with hockey, its no different: if you need it to distract yourself from the fact that America almost elected an actual evil robot to run the world, then yeah, its not Bettmen or Iginla who loses, its you.

Remember this: collective bargaining sucks, but its better than seeing people exploited, and before you tell me that you would play in the NHL for 45K, remember that these are the best 700 people in the world at doing what they do, do you know anyone who is among the best 700 at anything? Its insane how rare it is to have that skill and if someone can make a bazillion dollars off of it, you better be compensated fairly. I don't care whose right or wrong, just suggesting a little understanding and patience would go along way.
- Jimmy_Tea

you lost us.

Tired of people saying they are done with the NHL. Easy to say that now with no NHL hockey to speak of. Wait until it comes back, these so called "hard-core hockey fans who gave up" will be watching hockey again. They may not be as invested at first, but they will be back. It's the casual fan the NHL will loose. And they won't be writing any poopty letter like this, rather they will just ignore hockey entirely.

Easy to give up something you don't have, try giving up NHL hockey when it's made available to you, then a letter like this might have some impact. Everyone who loves the NHL is pissed.