50% of 3.5 Billion would have made them more HRR than the 57% or 65% that they are trying to squeeze out of the 60 game schedule they are hoping to play at this point…….MAYBE it generates 2 billion…….Maybe….it still won’t gross them anywhere close to the amount they could have made now or in the future with how frustrated people have gotten.

But ok, let’s just say their pride is more important. If they would have avoided all of this nonsense their “pride” could have patted them on the back in 5 years when HRR had risen another Billion or more to close to 4.5.

Unfortunately not all fans will continue to watch hockey. Some will tell both the players and the owners to F- off, and for good reason…..They’ve all acted like a unch of spoiled children and the Fehr is as guilty as Bettman of getting all of the children to continue to act as such.

1) requires little thought, which appears to be Tackeldummy’s strong suit, and

2) In their eyes the lockout would be over if the players just cave and sign any deal the league wants.

Throw in the fact that the very type of contract the NHL is trying to prevent from recurring are the long term back loaded contracts – like the one he signed this summer and do you really think he has anyone’s interests at heart aside from his own?

Dec. 3

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.

There’s no question about Crosby being a good guy and all. But the truth is that he does have to walk a very fine line throughout this business. As the “face and voice” of the league, Crosby cannot be either too critical or too soft in terms of his rhetoric towards Bettman and the owners. After all, once an agreement is reached and play resumes, Fehr will be long gone from the game of hockey … while Bettman and the owners are his “paymasters” who are going nowhere.