hockey lockout will "give us our lives back": Globe writer

Tue, 2012-09-18 15:39

Bacchus

Unionist wrote:

My coffee just went the wrong way... thanks Winston!

And Bacchus... if the corporations were really to be thanked for bringing us the classical arts, I might actually forgive them the blood sports.

I wouldnt. Im really not a big sports fan and whereas I could prob enjoy the minor league or college level stuff, the professional stuff just seems like a greedy money maker which toitally ignores the fans desires, wishes or goodwill figuring they have the suckers either way. This is not how it was 40 years ago when it was a smaller organization

Wed, 2012-09-19 05:44

#53

DaveW

.... totally ignores the fans desires, wishes or goodwill figuring they have the suckers either way. This is not how it was 40 years ago when it was a smaller organization ...

.....................

Bacchus, I gotta disagree:

today's NHL franchise owners are mostly corporations, while 40 years ago there were a lot more family owners, who were terrible to players and sometimes to fans (see Ballard, Harold, and Wirtz, Bill);

Ted Lindsay was hit hard by Red Wings for pushing for NHL player pensions, while Bobby Hull was driven out of Chicago by ungrateful/petulant/jealous owners....

It was no charity, and Maple Leaf Gardens was constructed during the Depression because owners knew fans would watch hockey, whatever the economic conditions.

Sun, 2012-11-18 07:19

#54

DaveW

meanwhile, in the Swiss A league:

http://www.planetehockey.com/top_scorer.php

Sun, 2012-11-18 10:49

#55

Catchfire

Legends.

Sun, 2012-11-18 16:33

#56

abnormal

It appears that the lockout isn't completely bad for business.

Mon, 2012-11-19 06:00

#57

lagatta

Here, when I go into the kind of business where there is usually either hockey or hockey commentary on the telly, they are tuned in to the Charbonneau Commission.

Mon, 2012-11-19 13:07

#58

Caissa

I watched two CIS hockey games and part of an AHL game on TV on the weekend. Who needs the NHL when I have the Varsity Reds.

Sun, 2012-11-25 08:24

#59

DaveW

Weekend hockey updates:

a big night Saturday for John Tavares (Berne HC) with 2 goals 4 assists, vs Bienne, whose Tyler Seguin and Patrick Kane got bombed, 8-2...

meanwhile Canadiens Yannick Webber and David Desharanis were face to face in Geneva-Fribourg matchups , saying "other than Montreal", this is best place to be:

http://www.lematin.ch/sports/hockey/defaut-jouer-montreal-voit-ici/story...

Sun, 2012-11-25 12:49

#60

jas

Saw some Junior A hockey this weekend - Spruce Kings vs. the Eagles - $7. Although you couldn't pay me to watch it on TV, I enjoy the odd live game. I went to a couple of Moose games in Winnipeg too, and was sad to see them unceremoniously booted out of the MTS centre when the Jets came back. It really was rude how that was handled. For entertainment value, I would see a Moose game over a Jets or Canucks game anytime.

Sun, 2012-11-25 13:20

#61

Serviam6

I'm glad about the lack of hockey. I have no sympathy about these millionares complaining about money

Sun, 2012-11-25 23:25

#62

onlinediscountanvils

Serviam6 wrote:
I'm glad about the lack of hockey. I have no sympathy about these millionares complaining about money

[url=http://www.edgeofsports.com/2012-10-16-784/index.html]Meet the Lockout Lawyers Destroying Sports[/url]

Dave Zirin wrote:
Currently the sports world is suffering its fourth lockout in the past fourteen months. On four occasions since August 2011, pro sports owners have locked their publicly subsidized stadium doors, sent stadium workers home and stopped play as usual. This is not coincidence or happenstance. It’s a coordinated management offensive that has reverberations far beyond the playing field.

Dave Zirin wrote:
The number of lockouts, once the third rail of collective bargaining, has doubled since 2010. But you need more than cash reserves to make this the new norm. For management to win a lockout they need to convince the public—and transform the culture—into thinking that lockouts (starving out your workers) is an acceptable practice. No NHL players are starving, of course, but this is about exploiting sports to enforce a new national labor paradigm.

Sun, 2013-01-06 12:25

#63

Catchfire

From the weak and huddled masses comes a chilled, hoarse cheer -- but one almost borne of feeble recognition after a rye-whisky hangover rather than one of genuine enthusiasm for a lost love. In a word: hooray.

Mon, 2013-01-07 10:41

#64

Caissa

I was hoping my Habs wouldn't give me grief this year. Apparently, not.

Mon, 2013-01-07 13:22

#65

Catchfire

Fortunately, I can combat that annual pain with a newly found apathy. If only it were a World Cup year...

Mon, 2013-01-07 13:26

#66

Caissa

Having children can induce sports apathy.

Mon, 2013-01-07 18:23

#67

6079_Smith_W

There was an interview on local CBC radio tonight with an official who pointed out that referees made a decision to not go to work in junior leagues, because that would have bumped other refs out of work. He said it would have caused a long-term problem for their profession, which depends on people coming up through the ranks.

Mon, 2013-01-07 21:47

#68

Sven

6079_Smith_W wrote:

There was an interview on local CBC radio tonight with an official who pointed out that referees made a decision to not go to work in junior leagues, because that would have bumped other refs out of work. He said it would have caused a long-term problem for their profession, which depends on people coming up through the ranks.

Kinda like the NHL players.
Oh, wait...

Mon, 2013-01-14 11:41

#69

DaveW

back in action this Saturday night at Montreal vs Leafs;

and despite all the complaining from everyone, the TV numbers will no doubt be huge ....

Mon, 2013-01-14 13:31

#70

Caissa

Go Habs Go!!!!

Mon, 2013-01-14 15:46

#71

Catchfire

Caissa wrote:
Go Habs Go!!!!

Sans Gomez (Enfin)

Mon, 2013-01-14 16:12

#72

Michelle

Caissa wrote:

Go Habs Go!!!!

Whatevs.

I heard one sports analyst say that the Leafs could benefit from a shorter season since they often do well early in the season and then break our hearts later on. So...this is the year! I just know it!

Heh. I can't even type that with a straight face.

Mon, 2013-01-14 16:17

#73

Catchfire

The Habs and the Leafs will keep each other's miserable company at the bottom of the Eastern Conference. Neither have a chance at a playoff spot, even if the Leafs do nab SoLuongo.

Sun, 2013-02-10 16:11

#74

Boom Boom

Folks here are all crying the blues because apparently Toronto beat Montreal in a hockey game recently. Can anyone here verify that for me? I thought Toronto wasn't allowed to beat Montreal.

Mon, 2013-02-11 07:59

#75

Caissa

6-0 for the fuckin' buds. Grumbledamn fuckin Habs, grumble.

Mon, 2013-02-11 12:00

#76

Boom Boom

Fri, 2013-04-05 15:52

#77

DaveW

enjoying the Habs run, may end quickly, but best team overall in years, and most exciting since that 2010 playoff run ...

Fri, 2013-04-05 16:25

#78

Catchfire

Catchfire wrote:
The Habs and the Leafs will keep each other's miserable company at the bottom of the Eastern Conference. Neither have a chance at a playoff spot, even if the Leafs do nab SoLuongo.

Good to know if my choice to pursue a career in wesbite moderation doesn't payoff I have a cosy backup plan as hockey prognostiocator.

That said, I haven't been able to get excited about this season at all, even though when I manage to catch a game, I'm impressed by the new players (and Ryder! Back in the tricoleur! Nice.) But it's just not happening. I hope it's not permanent.

Maybe it's me. I haven't been into footie much this year either.

Sun, 2013-04-21 01:47

#79

Catchfire

Leafs nation reborn

hockey lockout will "give us our lives back": Globe writer

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