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Official: Season Cancelled.

Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 12:03 pm
by Hollywood
Per Bettman.

Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 12:04 pm
by cprice12
Wow.

Sad day.

Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 12:04 pm
by okcblue
I just hope they can recover some sort of fan base.

Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 12:05 pm
by Guppy
That damn close.

Way to go :roll:

Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 12:06 pm
by stlbluz
Go Cards!


:cry:

Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 12:06 pm
by tomcat16
I really expected there to be a last minute deal. Especially with the "final" offers being traded in the media last night. $6.5M is nothing compared to gap that existed before.

Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 12:06 pm
by Jack T Adams
Nice work Goodenow.

You will never get a better offer from the NHL :evil: :evil:

Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 12:07 pm
by northwest dave
(Frank) them all!

Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 12:07 pm
by Hollywood
tomcat16 wrote:I really expected there to be a last minute deal. Especially with the "final" offers being traded in the media last night. $6.5M is nothing compared to gap that existed before.
Bettman claims they were not as close as being reported.

Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 12:08 pm
by TC
Hollywood wrote:
tomcat16 wrote:I really expected there to be a last minute deal. Especially with the "final" offers being traded in the media last night. $6.5M is nothing compared to gap that existed before.
Bettman claims they were not as close as being reported.
all Bettman is claiming over here is something called "buffering".

Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 12:09 pm
by Blueline29
northwest dave wrote:(Frank) them all!
:plusplus: [img]http://smilies.jeeptalk.org/contrib/lyn ... isgust.gif[/img]

Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 12:09 pm
by icing11
I have to find a way to get away from loving the game this much. I've wasted so much time scouring the net...this site and many others, only to teased and rejected time after time. It's a dark day for hockey, but especially for the fans.

Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 12:14 pm
by cprice12
And now Bettman says the cap will have to have linkage and the last offer is off of the table.

"The best deal for the players on the table, is now gone."

Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 12:14 pm
by kmeyer
Bettman is doing what is best for the game...........the players are a bunch of greedy fucks.........screw the NHL.......it deserves to fall flat on it's (Franking) face.........

Bring on the NBA!

Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 12:15 pm
by gosha83
While all parties are at fault, I am just hating the union and the players the most right now. It's their (Franking) greed that's done this. The owners would've been crazy to accept a CBA that would not have included a salary cap. What a bunch of skull fucks! :evil:

Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 12:15 pm
by Jack T Adams
cprice12 wrote:And now Bettman says the cap will have to have linkage and the last offer is off of the table.

"The best deal for the players on the table, is now gone."
This is the best thing that can come out of the sad news today. Goodenow screwed up by being so unrealistic. It only goes downhill for the NHLPA from here.

I support the National Hockey League.

Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 12:16 pm
by OS
cprice12 wrote:And now Bettman says the cap will have to have linkage and the last offer is off of the table.

"The best deal for the players on the table, is now gone."
Good. By having to cancel the entire season, the effect on revenues may be somewhat greater and the player's paychecks should be effected by it.

Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 12:18 pm
by Mark
You know what?

Despite everything, I'm glad this happened. I'm glad the owners and the players didn't decide to simply mend the financial problems but instead hopefully now those problems can be FIXED.

Hopefully there's hockey this fall, but, if the sport has to suffer through another year of a strike in order to get the finances in line then so be it...

In the meantime, GO OTTERS!!! Can I be the sponsor of...#55?

Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 12:18 pm
by HaveAnotherDonut
Pitchers and Catchers report this weekend.......

Congratulations! Mr. Goodenow!! You've just caused the Stanley Cup to not be awarded Since 1919!!

Now what are you going to do?

GO THE (Frank) TO DISNEYLAND!!!!!!!


RIP NHL
1917-2005

Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 12:18 pm
by ViPeRx007
Good job guys, (Franking) brilliant.

(Frank) you Bob.