We'll know a deal has been reached if we see a white puff of smoke from the Zamboni :)
No HOCKEY?
YAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!
Aw Shucks! No NHL Hockey. I'm deeply saddened.
It is always good to see a bunch of millionaire jocks and their greedy agents and union cut their own throats trying to squeeze another thirty five cents out of the owners. I'm sure these hockey guys have all sorts of skills and professions to fall back on. Did they even get to talking about the drugs, dope and steroids?
My wife was watching the cooking channel when she called me over and remarked that the chefs in the show were chefs exclusively for top NHL players. I then came to the conclusion that hockey as we know it is finished. People who have chefs to cook their meals and are on strike just doesn't add up in my book!!
Negotiating through the press is a sign that the owners and players are working more on looking better when the season is called rather than trying to settle their labor differences in bona fide negotiations.
It doesn't look good for this season to be salvaged IMHO.
1: A recent survey of New Yorkers when asked their opinion about the cancelled hockey games so far found that most of them didn't even know that hockey had been cancelled.
2: Spring training starts today. And we're talking about the hockey starting.
TS
Local ESPN station here in Pittsburgh reporting that the owners have been sent a memo stating that the season will be cancelled.