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Another year with no NHL?

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Spagett+
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http://www.denverpost.com/recommended/ci_21481911

This sucks.

Sep 6 2012 6:40PM
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TACO-DOG.exe
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fuck that. a canada with no professional hockey just isn't canada
Sep 6 2012 6:42PM
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easiestEC
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im pissed
Sep 6 2012 6:44PM
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Wallisch_pl
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wats nhl
Sep 6 2012 6:47PM
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GayWolf420
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Fuck Bettman.
Sep 6 2012 6:48PM
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Funnel
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At least 'Murica has three other pro sports to watch. Definitely disappointed though. Sharks hockey needs a Stanley Cup win.
Sep 6 2012 6:51PM
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Static
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These brain dead players need to realize they control the fucking game, pool their money and start their own league. But they won't, so forever they will be little pawns and watch as their salaries drop little by little.
Sep 6 2012 7:05PM
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little1337
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Fuck. Looks like college hockey is now in.
Sep 6 2012 7:07PM
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Dr.Gonzo
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I know a guy who works for sportsnet and its his job to like follow hockey and stuff. He pretty much said that there is no chance of us seeing hockey before new years.
Sep 6 2012 7:08PM
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JzD.
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It really is on thin ice...





Serious note:
Hopefully it will be like the NFL. Lockout up to the beginning to generate some buzz, get people interested, and finally start the season. Man I hope I'm right, no NHL is going to blow
Sep 6 2012 7:10PM
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Barf.
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No NHL is gonna fucking blow... Hockey is the shit.
Sep 6 2012 7:55PM
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db21
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if there's no hockey i'll seriously cry. and my oilers are looking red hot coming into this season too. sigh :(
Sep 6 2012 7:57PM
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KJacks
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Well i live in winnipeg and we just got out NHL team back so the city would be irate if they locked out. The whole city would burn winnipegers are nuts.

I'm not a huge hockey guy, i enjoy watching the games and stuff but most of winnipeg love there hockey.
Sep 6 2012 7:58PM
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J.D.
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OH I SEE. INTREDASTING. And where, in this fairytale, would the games be played? Because NHL ownership controls all the arenas.
Sep 6 2012 8:16PM
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Avifarer
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max bell
Sep 6 2012 8:18PM
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J.D.
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Bahahaahaha, Oilers... every year. You guys are like Charlie Brown trying to kick a football. Anyway, there will be a lockout but it'll likely be 2-3 months, not a whole season.
Sep 6 2012 8:18PM
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bnewbs6
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DING DING DING we have a winner!
Sep 6 2012 8:45PM
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db21
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come on you have to admit theyre looking damn fine. im confident that we'll be in a cup final in the next 4 years
Sep 6 2012 8:52PM
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Wolffy
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It would be awesome if there was a thread for this kind of thing
Sep 6 2012 9:01PM
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bdarb207
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This is the main reason I prefer to watch college hockey. Most of them are playing for the love of the game, it's not such a job yet. Games are way more exciting imo. They seem way more intense even without the fights. I'll take hockey east over NHL any day of the week and twice on Tuesday.
Sep 6 2012 9:06PM
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rareison
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lolz oilers
Sep 6 2012 9:12PM
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TACO-DOG.exe
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eat dick
Sep 6 2012 10:00PM
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E__
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Always thought this way. I love watching CHL games.
Sep 6 2012 10:04PM
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rareison
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keep cheering for the oilers
Sep 6 2012 10:07PM
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edai
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sick! does this mean no "official nhl thread" this winter? becuase i know i fucking hate seeing that
Sep 6 2012 10:12PM
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SlimDunkin.
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????
Sep 6 2012 10:19PM
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db21
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at least me and tacodog have a home team to cheer for
Sep 6 2012 10:21PM
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Lt-Aldo-Raine
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The show will go on and the Wild will win.
Sep 6 2012 11:03PM
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john7elway
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who watches hockey? damn canadians.
Sep 6 2012 11:35PM
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Clark_Griswold
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I'm a US citizen and I fucking hate football. If there is no NHL the only sport I'll have to watch is skiing since formula drift is over and WRC is almost over:(
Sep 6 2012 11:38PM
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rareison
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touche




well I was born in raised in Vancouver so the nucks will always be my team
Sep 7 2012 12:19AM
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Lé.Skiing
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'tha FUCK?
Sep 7 2012 1:02AM
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Zimmerman
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I'll cry if it happens. especially since the blueshirts have t-2-3 seasons of being good left
Sep 7 2012 6:26AM
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E__
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Fucking tits, I was so looking forward to this season.
Sep 7 2012 6:35AM
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Static
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even if they had to rent university stadiums, or smaller arenas for a few years people would still watch. NHL players get more money from NHL profits than the owners do. You piece of shit.
Sep 7 2012 7:00AM
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Hamster.
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I personally don't like hockey, so therefore its less time on sportscenter=more time for sports I enjoy. Other than that I feel bad for hockey, because the last time there was a lockout they lost TV licenses and popularity, now when its starting to get going again, this will happen again and kill the sport again, poor move by the NHL to do everything possible to avoid this.
Sep 7 2012 8:06AM
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Bubba-Snax
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Sep 7 2012 9:06AM
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SkierX
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You speak as if hockey received some semblance of coverage on Sportscenter to begin with...
Sep 7 2012 9:14AM
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marsland
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seriously. a couple top plays a week and you can get back to your sanchez/tebow coverage. jermey lin too
Sep 7 2012 9:57AM
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PacificRimJob
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But really, the owners are fucking jerkoffs straight up...

bitching about not having enough money, and then they give guys 100 million dollar contracts on the reg.

and lets not forget they all collectively own the Coyotes. They need to cut bait on that shit and move it to somewhere actually profitable.
Sep 7 2012 10:24AM
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Bar_Down
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I just can't wait to tune in to Sports Centre in the morning and watch 30 minutes of basketball highlights.......
Sep 7 2012 11:27AM
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Blurst
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Sure as hell does in Canada
Sep 7 2012 1:18PM
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SkierX
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Ah, I was confusing ESPN's Sportscenter with TSN's Sportscentre.

Fundamentally different programming. Since ESPN stopped broadcasting NHL games there is very little coverage of hockey on Sportscenter. This would obviously not be the case in the Great White North. :)
Sep 7 2012 1:49PM
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quaive
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care
Sep 7 2012 2:06PM
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chicken
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FUCK
Sep 7 2012 2:08PM
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Hamster.
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No I mean prior to the lockout a few years ago it did get decent coverage, yeah they blow tebow out of proportion, and make a 20 minute story about how Jerry Sandusky takes his coffee, and how long it takes lebron to do his laundry, but the lockout killed any coverage and TV deals the NHL had, and it will do the same here.
Sep 7 2012 3:46PM
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PacificRimJob
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The TV Deal that the NHL currently has with NBC will not be terminated in the event of a lockout.

In fact, the NHL still gets paid...
Sep 7 2012 6:38PM
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Hamster.
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My bad, all I remember was the first time round most of their games got knocked down to vs which is a low level channel, because of the lockout. However if there is a lockout, can NBC opt out of the deal?
Sep 8 2012 1:21AM
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PacificRimJob
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in 05, they ended up on OLN in the states for national coverage, which almost nobody had. regional affiliates still carried games however, and NBC has covered the playoffs/cup finals ever since.

Then OLN changed it's name to VS, and now is NBCSN.


Sep 8 2012 3:18AM
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Hamster.
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Well got a major lesson here, shows you how I'm not a fan of the sport and how much I know, just my thoughts, which I guess weren't accurate, my bad.
Sep 8 2012 6:52AM
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PacificRimJob
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I'm not here to prove you wrong or say you're not a fan or anything. I'm answering your questions.

NBC cannot opt out of the deal by the way. They are firmly entrenched, and will pay the NHL whether there is a lockout or not. (which is a pretty fucking fraudulent way for the owners to collect cash..)
Sep 8 2012 7:09AM
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