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With the Leafs not playing and the Raptors MIA this year, I have to wait for the baseball season.  I definitely wouldn't mind hockey coming back, but unlike the last lockout I think the lack of a season could actually benefit the Leafs.  
Living in Canada, I have almost no choice but to get daily updates.  Both sides piss me off.  I started as pro-owner, seeing the players as a bunch of spoiled brats who couldn't hack it in reality.  However, Bettman's way of negotiating and say he's pulling offers from the table rubs me the wrong way.  Both sides need to make sacrifices for the sake of the game or else you can pretty much kiss at least 4 American markets goodbye.

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Stooge Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 09 2009 Location: Toronto, Canada Status: Offline Points: 1003	Posted: December 08 2012 at 15:32
	With the Leafs not playing and the Raptors MIA this year, I have to wait for the baseball season. I definitely wouldn't mind hockey coming back, but unlike the last lockout I think the lack of a season could actually benefit the Leafs. Living in Canada, I have almost no choice but to get daily updates. Both sides piss me off. I started as pro-owner, seeing the players as a bunch of spoiled brats who couldn't hack it in reality. However, Bettman's way of negotiating and say he's pulling offers from the table rubs me the wrong way. Both sides need to make sacrifices for the sake of the game or else you can pretty much kiss at least 4 American markets goodbye.
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rdtprog Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Heavy, RPI, Symph, JR/F Canterbury Teams Joined: April 04 2009 Location: Mtl, QC Status: Online Points: 5134	Posted: December 08 2012 at 04:22
	Betteman have done some bad decisions by giving teams to some new markets in the south of US and now it tries to fix things with owners that can't seems to control themselves when comes to time to give long contracts to players, but what is curious is the fact that only a minority of owners can give the power to the NHL to get in a lock out and i presume that it's the owner that don't make money who gave their vote on a lock out. Hockey is suffering from a lack of interest in some markets in the US and now that owners have spend their money irrationally, they want to have back their money from the players, and i understand the players to refuse to give all they have. Edited by rdtprog - December 08 2012 at 04:22
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The Dark Elf Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: February 01 2011 Location: Michigan Status: Offline Points: 12688	Posted: December 07 2012 at 21:18
	Ian White of the Red Wings called Bettman an "Idiot", and rightly so. White also said that Bettman has been ruining the game since he became commissioner, and I think that is an inarguable fact. The game is going to hell rule-wise, there are too many failing teams in markets that don't give a damn for hockey, and these stupid lockouts keep driving potential fans away. I am glad I didn't waste money on season tickets this year. I may not even go to a game next year.
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	I will do a sport trip in New York and there was supposed to be an NHL game. CURSE YOU GARY BETTEMAN !!!
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	Shame...rangers get good, season gets cancelled. How much have they cancelled now? I figured the whole season is gone once they cancelled the winter classic.
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AEProgman Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: August 11 2012 Location: Toadstool Status: Offline Points: 1787	Posted: December 07 2012 at 20:07
	I have not kept up on it since the first few cancelations and have missed going to a few Hurricanes games this year, even though I am a Penguins fan. Just when the NHL seemed to be getting some popularity, they have screwed it up again!


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	Yeah, we all really f**king miss it in Pittsburgh! Damn you, Bettman!
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rdtprog Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Heavy, RPI, Symph, JR/F Canterbury Teams Joined: April 04 2009 Location: Mtl, QC Status: Online Points: 5134	Posted: December 07 2012 at 04:25
	Looks like we wont see (Canadians) hockey soon or maybe its part of the strategy to wait until the last day next week, because, make a 30 games schedule would be ridiculous. It was so funny to see last night one side saying that both parties were close to a deal and the other the contrary. The players are more divided than ever after that frustrating day where the owners took away their offer, and now its all looking ridiculous to witness the battle of millionaires on numbers. Does anybody care about the NHL? Edited by rdtprog - December 07 2012 at 16:10
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