Eklund: as Hockey Media focus Shifts to World Juniors, Look for Meeting to Resume

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Eklund: as Hockey Media focus Shifts to World Juniors, Look for Meeting to Resume
- Eklund

yay

Go Leafs Go

Go Leafs Go
- Zezel

Yeah, Go Leafs Go!

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- LetsGoIsles

sphemy sphemy sphemy sphemy.....

Yeah, Go Jays Go!
- Cptmjl

Go Jays Go
- Zezel

Over half the season canceled. No negotiations in two weeks. Sides aren't talking. No plans to meet.

Meter says "Making progress".

Over half the season canceled. No negotiations in two weeks. Sides aren't talking. No plans to meet.

Meter says "Making progress".
- el conquistador

It's dyslexic....or rigged

Nice and vague

It's dyslexic....or rigged
- JIMI-JAMES

No them not talking is progress. Means neither side hasn't had to change their diaper in 2 weeks because there hasn't been any pissing contests.

Eklund: as Hockey Media focus Shifts to World Juniors, Look for Meeting to Resume
- Eklund

Are these quiet meetings follow ups to the top secret meetings only you reported on that were taking place last week that no one else seems to know about?

Are these quiet meetings follow ups to the top secret meetings only you reported on that were taking place last week that no one else seems to know about?
- thepuckstopshere

Yeah Dude I signed up for a tweeter account so I could see what everyone else was saying and I havent seen anything about the NHL and NHLPA talking at all - Just chalk this up as more false hope

Yeah Dude I signed up for a tweeter account so I could see what everyone else was saying and I havent seen anything about the NHL and NHLPA talking at all - Just chalk this up as more false hope
- Flyers_1488

Combined stats for the Blue Jays rotation...

381-305 with 4,402 strikeouts.

Just cancel the season already and put everyone out of the misery. If deal is not done by the June get replacement players, league, and union that will consider themselves blessed and fortunate to be involved in such a great sport.

Some people don't know how good they have it. Let 'em get jobs like us and let the owners lose all the value of their franchises.

Yay, das meter un backe...

ho-hum

Hey Ek. I know your still optimistic, but what are the odds something gets done? Your opinion, give me a percentage. Also, if and when do you see it happen?

I feel bad for you now. I understand hope springs eternal, but you're clearly stuck in the phase most fans passed long ago. And quite honestly, your complete disconnect with your readership is yet another casualty of this process.

Moving on, I'm interested to survey the damage this lockout has caused. Past the players and the owners, it would be interesting to see/hear what impacts this has had on the thousands of people directly hit in this. The league/team accountants, operations folks, writers, producers, vendors, merchandisers, payroll specialists, HR, mail room workers, officials and goal judges, Zambians drivers, maintenance staff, etc... There are no "make whole" discussions for these people. There's no 10k cheques for them. There's no representation for them. There's no discussion of them. Yet, they are the ones who are most representative of you and I. They are fans. They are working class folks like you and I who depend on our pay cheques. And they are the ones who have really been really impacted by this lockout. Have they moved on and found other employment? Have they gone on unemployment, or welfare? How do they feel? What are their thoughts, and what of their morale? What will their morale be like when (if) they come back after the lockout? And what impact on the "product" will their morale have? I find it amazing how quite the little guy is in this process. Is there a gag order, or is the media really that indifferent to the plight of those most impacted by this impasse? I don't think they would be if this was American Express or Coca Cola or Walmart imploding. Yet these, the most impacted fans of the game are the least covered corner of this soap opera.

When the lockout is done and the history books are written and read, there will be no record or accounts of these stories. When my kids and your kids read about it, they will not learn to ask the question of "what about the little guy?" Because nobody cared to cover it when it happened. Which means they won't ask these important questions themselves. They'll only concern themselves with the "plight" of the millionaires vrs. Billionaires. And we'll wonder what's wrong with that generation? And that's just sad. This business is sad. These attitudes are sad. And this makes me mad.

Yeah Dude I signed up for a tweeter account so I could see what everyone else was saying and I havent seen anything about the NHL and NHLPA talking at all - Just chalk this up as more false hope
- Flyers_1488

If you had hope for a season because of something that was on Hockeybuzz than you are in for a very long life...

Combined stats for the Blue Jays rotation...

381-305 with 4,402 strikeouts.
- Tee-Dot

All looks great on paper

Just cancel the season already and put everyone out of the misery. If deal is not done by the June get replacement players, league, and union that will consider themselves blessed and fortunate to be involved in such a great sport.

Some people don't know how good they have it. Let 'em get jobs like us and let the owners lose all the value of their franchises.
- Numbers65

This, (frank)'em all

Eklund: as Hockey Media focus Shifts to World Juniors, Look for Meeting to Resume
- Eklund

According to Helene Elliott of the L.A. Times, "No talks planned". Ek, with all of your false reports, your credibility has been severely damaged.