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Hockey fans unite!!! {the All Things Hockey Thread}

it is so fitting for us LA KINGS fans that the one time our team wins the Cup, the following season gets cancelled and we never get to celebrate it. once the season does start( if it ever does this season), it will not be the same.

can we impeach Betteman? He has got to be the worst commisioner of any sport out there.
 
ocnbrze said:
it is so fitting for us LA KINGS fans that the one time our team wins the Cup, the following season gets cancelled and we never get to celebrate it. once the season does start( if it ever does this season), it will not be the same.

can we impeach Betteman? He has got to be the worst commisioner of any sport out there.
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I feel for you. At least we, Boston Bruins, got to enjoy our Stanley Cup win. I agree with you, Bettman is the worst commissioner of any sport. Maybe David Stern should move to the NHL after his NBA duties are over in Feb. 2013.
 
Rippin508 said:
I feel for you. At least we, Boston Bruins, got to enjoy our Stanley Cup win. I agree with you, Bettman is the worst commissioner of any sport. Maybe David Stern should move to the NHL after his NBA duties are over in Feb. 2013.
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i used to think bud selig was the worst for baseball, but this !#%$$ easily wins the worst commissioner award easily.

i really hope that mediation will work. if it does not work and the PA plans to disassociate like the NBA's PA did i'm not sure the same results will happen. even if they do have a season, it will still never be the same. and those new fans of the LA KINGS have probably forgot about the team by now. so now hockey in LA is still 3rd or 4th fiddle to other sports.
 
I'm glad they are not playing this season...the reason is, I work about 2 blocks from the arena and when they play, the parking is terrible for me at work. The fans get to park in our garage also.
 
saptech said:
I'm glad they are not playing this season...the reason is, I work about 2 blocks from the arena and when they play, the parking is terrible for me at work. The fans get to park in our garage also.
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well this stoppage not only hurts the players, the owners, or the fans, it hurts all the bussinesses that surround the arena. i'm sure where you work, your bosses are not happy right now with no hockey to help bring in people to the area. i'm sure they are doing ok, but i can tell you with the staples center, us hockey fans flood the area and most businesses do quite well.

you maybe glad for your parking space, but i do not think that for the overall economy it is not good to have this lockout.
 
ocnbrze said:
well this stoppage not only hurts the players, the owners, or the fans, it hurts all the bussinesses that surround the arena. i'm sure where you work, your bosses are not happy right now with no hockey to help bring in people to the area. i'm sure they are doing ok, but i can tell you with the staples center, us hockey fans flood the area and most businesses do quite well.

you maybe glad for your parking space, but i do not think that for the overall economy it is not good to have this lockout.
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I do understand what you're saying also. But what did the buisness do before a hockey team came around? Sports doesn't have any effects on my job either, I work for an insurance company in the IT field. I'm not against it per say but I just don't like why employees have to wait in long lines to park to do my job. I start work at the same time the games start, 7pm!
 
saptech said:
I do understand what you're saying also. But what did the buisness do before a hockey team came around? Sports doesn't have any effects on my job either, I work for an insurance company in the IT field. I'm not against it per say but I just don't like why employees have to wait in long lines to park to do my job. I start work at the same time the games start, 7pm!
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ok i guess i understand now your issues with parking and such, but such is the life of working near an arena that hosts hockey among other activities.

are you a hockey fan? i am.......and i'm not happy with any of this:mad:
 
slyd said:
NHLPA moves to 10 year cba term length and moves on revenue sharing. A deal seems imminent.
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i will believe it when i see it and we are back to having nhl games. until then, i'm sure garry betteman will find a way to cancel this season. i have no faith in that guy.
 
ocnbrze said:
i will believe it when i see it and we are back to having nhl games. until then, i'm sure garry betteman will find a way to cancel this season. i have no faith in that guy.
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There WILL be a season and I'm going to the next King's game.
 
slyd said:
There WILL be a season and I'm going to the next King's game.
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I love your optimism!!!!!believe you me, if there is a season after all, i will be at the very first game to watch the unveiling of the stanley cup champion banner. i did not have the chance to be there for the parade and i told myself that i would be there for the 1st game for the banner raising........so i really hope you are right.

but i fell so let down by the league and gary betteman. this lockout has done a lot of damage to its popularity that i'm not sure how people will react to it. i guarantee you that if the kings did not win the cup, i would not have shown up at all for any of the games. a 48 game season is a joke!!!!!
 
Yes this has left a bad taste in a lot of fans mouths. Really unfortunate after winning the Stanley Cup. I do hope there is a season even if short. No season would be worse and I do hope the fans come out and don't "boycott".
 
With the strike over, this means I'll have to wait in long lines to park for work. The good thing is I only work 3 nights a week! Hopefully, they will have one or two games those nights.
 
I'll probably go to game two or three. Can't do $150.00 per ticket for game one. I'm so glad to have them back, I watched the practice on TV. Go KINGS!
 
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