happy new year to all!


and ek you do realize that NHL headquarters in NY is actually a couple blocks away from times square where people congregated, and its not like people were standing outside the NHL headquarters to get any news

at least we know in 18-19 days the season will either start or be over
- dmarsden2988

I love this site because I get to meet people like you.

- Flyfreaky

afternoon good sir.

Happy New Year trolls.
- mhp

Happy new year..........can't wait to not go to any games this year or buy any merchandise. I will however be watching on tv. No matter what Fehr is a slimeball!

http://spectorshockey.net...lines-new-years-day-2013/

52 game season?

What really matters now’”, writes Cox “is both sides want to get as many games in as possible, and a deal in the next two or three days might allow for a 52-game schedule rather than a 48-gamer.”

Happy new year..........can't wait to not go to any games this year or buy any merchandise. I will however be watching on tv. No matter what Fehr is a slimeball!
- seven111dman

Agreed on Fehr.

- Flyers_1488

My 3 year old thinks this is the funniest poop all time

It's going to be a laughfest, when they trade Luongo and Schneider falls flat on his face, ala Andrew Raycroft. The crowd will turn on their beloved Canucks and chant for the management to be fired. The downfall of the Canucks empire and it's unfulfilled promises. Something like the U.S. Democrats, with tears in their eyes, chanting Barack, Barack, as he concedes the Presidency to Romney!
- PrinceLH

Where is the Prince and his great predictions?

afternoon good sir.
- mhp

I hope all is well with you and the family

I hope all is well with you and the family
- Buttwipe

Thank you and same to you as well.

Where is the Prince and his great predictions?
- Symba007

Habs will finish 9th in the conference, miss the playoffs and miss one of the great draft picks, in this shortened season..........will that do?

Habs will finish 9th in the conference, miss the playoffs and miss one of the great draft picks, in this shortened season..........will that do?
- PrinceLH

Nah...they suck....no way the finish 9th Colby Armstrong, Kaberle and Gomez will be their regular self and suck....I say they finish 13th in the conference at best.

Happy New Year everyone

Come on.... who else finds Ek's new Avatar a little sexy.


Happy New Year

Nah...they suck....no way the finish 9th Colby Armstrong, Kaberle and Gomez will be their regular self and suck....I say they finish 13th in the conference at best.
- Symba007

Whoa... that almost resembles Hockey Talk.

That is all true. But the league is also bumping up against its own deadline for canceling the season and directive by some of the most powerful owners on a BoG that a canceled season is not an option. Basically, we've gotten to the point where the two sides have no choice but to compromise enough to strike a deal.
- bmeltzer

Which means another work stoppage at the end of this "new" CBA. I still don't believe we will have a season this year.

Nah...they suck....no way the finish 9th Colby Armstrong, Kaberle and Gomez will be their regular self and suck....I say they finish 13th in the conference at best.
- Symba007

Happy New Year anyway Symba, eventhough your a Habs fan.

Whoa... that almost resembles Hockey Talk.
- Beatle_john

Hockey talk......yes......I remember that.......wasn't that what people did back around the time of Mark Twain? Or was it Edgar Allan Poe?

Hockey talk......yes......I remember that.......wasn't that what people did back around the time of Mark Twain? Or was it Edgar Allan Poe?
- PrinceLH

A little known fact. Mark Twain supported the south, during the Civil War. Samuel Clemons(Mark Twain) served on the Mississippi at the start of the war, then left for California.

This is why they need to add a provision in each CBA that states if a new CBA isn't in place by the start of the upcoming season then that season will be cancelled...
- Flyfreaky

Great idea!

This would be the most important element of the new CBA, but sadly enough this is FAR TOO practical, reasonable and intelligent for these two groups of greedy a-holes.

Great idea!

This would be the most important element of the new CBA, but sadly enough this is FAR TOO practical, reasonable and intelligent for these two groups of greedy a-holes.
- As_I_See_It

It's like Public Sector workers. They always have their collective agreements end in either May or June, so they don't have to walk on a picket line, during cold and snowy weather.

Chicago-Montreal

It's like Public Sector workers. They always have their collective agreements end in either May or June, so they don't have to walk on a picket line, during cold and snowy weather.
- PrinceLH

Seriously, if the League/Owners and Players are as genuine about "just wanting to get back on the ice" as they been saying throughout this entire process, why wouldn't a provision like this be added to the new CBA?

It doesn't benefit one side more than the other and the deadlines "to negotiate" would be bumped up to the summer and early September. With EVERYTHING FOR AN ENTIRE SEASON on the line, both sides would have way more motivation to sort this crap out.

Happy Hangover Day (frank)ers!!!