H.M.: znot one tea spoon or pinch of chicken stock. That’s just like putting lipstick on a pig. Players must stop chasing the grizzly bear wearing a dress. They’re not going to win this battle. Players are used to wining battles in the corners using their muscles, but, owners use their brains to make money. The membership must engage their grey matter before engaging their mouths, otherwise the grizzly bear in that dress will shred them to pieces. Can you imagine these big strong boys running to the owners with their tales between their legs begging for a deal? Players are acting like children out of their sandbox without their toys. They’re grasping at straws.

F.H.: so what you’re saying, Howie, is you think the players are too ignorant to see the bear wearing the dress, or the lipstick on the pig.

H.M.: I didn’t say that. I said the players need to get their heads out of their jock strap and take a breath of fresh air to clear there heads from the stench and realize they have as much chance of breaking the ownership than a wildebeest has to survive a lion’s attack.

F.H.: “He shoots, he scores!” Thank you, Howie. Well! there you have it hockey fans. The owners are looking to win big again against its arch rival NHLPA. This is Foster Hewitt signing off from the Gondola at Maple Garden in Toronto.

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