Please note that someone has now begun posting here under the erroneous names of “blomfelb” and “Ib4joey” ! Of course these names are fake and they should in no way be confused with either “yours truly” or blomfeld. blomfeld already has a good handle on who’s behind this little caper. But for good measure, he has also asked his old friend “Stransky” to take a look into this (ie: Stransky is a physicist and an expert in forensic causation analysis) and he’s assured blomfeld that he’ll have the name of this imposter within 48 hours, with a margin for error of “plus or minus” 2.5 hours. Once this imposter has been identified, then suffice it to say that he/she will be “dealt with” quickly and ruthlessly.

Alright, I’ll chill out. Monday should be a big day.

Earps = Blomfeld, Sportsfan, Id4Joey, Paledevil

Clantons & McLaury’s = mudslinger, daburghdabest and a bunch of other scum

WON’T SOMEONE THINK OF THE POOR OWNERS? THEY BARELY HAVE ANY MONEY AT ALL AND THE PLAYERS ARE TRYING TO STEAL IT FROM THEM!!!!!111111

Go read a book.

BTW, Gary makes about $8 million a year now without ever risking his life or health on the ice like the players who actually sell tickets do. How many years does the average American have to work to make as much as the guy who has been the one constant in the last three NHL work stoppages?

When all you want to do is meet with the other side and keep repeating the same demands over and over again… you’re not negotiating. Look at last week. The players were saying for weeks that they were the ones wanting to talk and blah blah blah. Once they finally met with the owners, what did they actually end up giving in on? Nothing at all. That just proves they really don’t want to talk, they want to demand.

So don’t blame the owners for not wanting to talk. Idiot fans with only half a brain see an article like this and say “Gee, if only the owenrs wanted to talk”. However talking between the two sides is only a good idea if one side is ready to change its position. If no one is willing to budge, its not a good for both sides to get together… because you just end up with a short, hostile meeting like we saw at the end of last week.

An NHL player with a standard entry level deal ($800k) will make as much money in one year as an average American makes ($46,326) in 17 years. So remember that next time any of you actually think about feeling sorry for any of the players. You’re not watching hockey because guys who make AT LEAST more money in one year then most people make in 20 years don’t want to take a 13% pay cut.

Of course with Fehr at the helm, I don’t see the players giving in any time soon.

You did. And all the other people who brought up the fact that you were wrong.

Black Friday came a week early for them.

Only three days ago, I had resigned myself to the fact that “all” was lost and that it was time for me to board the “doom and gloom” train with everybody else. Well I did board that train friends and to be quite frank with you, it made me sick to my stomach ! Now my original thesis calling for a “magical” breakthrough during the week of Nov 5-10 “plus or minus” 3 x days did prove to be invalid, as did my hope for common sense to prevail. Well tonight friends, I’ve just come to the realization that perhaps “all” isn’t lost after all and that we’re now possibly closer than ever to a conclusion of this madness ? My original postulation was made two months ago on September 16th, only 24 hours after the lockout began. So just like a battleship upon entering an engagement, who’s opening salvo lands “close” from a distant range, who’s to say that I didn’t have these bastards pegged from day one, albeit off by a few days ? My thinking during the past 24 hours or so, is that the excellent commenter called “Id4joey” may have had this right all along, by calling for an agreement to be reached by the US Thanksgiving and play to then commence by the start of December ? It makes sense when you think about it, no two ways about that … and something is definitely afoot here, don’t you agree ?

GO BETTMAN !!

GO “END OF LOCKOUT” !!!!