Posts tagged with "NHL Lockout"
Is The NHL Repeating Previous Contract Mistakes?
July 18th, 2014 This off-season thus far has seen a lot of activity in the NHL. New rising stars have been drafted, trades have been made in hopes of improving teams, and free agents have been signed to fill key areas. All of that is good for the league, it revitalizes teams and maybe even renews interest in fans who’ve become indifferent. But...
The Lockout Effect: Will NHL Injuries Be More Prevalent in 2013-14?
September 5th, 2013 The 2012-13 NHL Lockout was awful. For fans, for owners, for players. It wasn't fun waking up to read news of more and more games cancelled with no end of the bad news in sight. Once we got started, we were treated to a whale of a start and an even better finish from the Blackhawks, more "Shana-bans" and a whole lot of hockey slammed...
2013: The Shortened Season That Felt So Long
April 13th, 2013 Wow, time flies. There are less than eight games left for most teams to finish up the shortened 2013 NHL season. But don't let the 48-game season fool you. For most fans, this season felt really long. It didn't help that both sides did nothing to prevent the owner-Gary-imposed lockout from happening on September 15. It took so much...Flyers Fans Return in Large Numbers
One word that was uttered a lot during the lockout was "care." We heard how people weren't going to care about hockey's labor dispute. There were theories from a lot of different people that "nobody cares." It was put out there by many fans and media alike, but it was easy to be skeptical. Major markets such as Philadelphia have given...
The Chicago Blackhawks And A Potential Marian Hossa Buyout
January 9th, 2013 The end of the NHL lockout has obviously ignited a great deal of discussion, due to the many new aspects of the soon-to-be-ratified collective bargaining agreement. Of course, one of the main talking points of the new CBA is the idea of the two buyouts that will become available to teams. Those buyouts are expected to be...
Local Businesses Win With End of Lockout
January 7th, 2013 It can be argued that none of the parties involved in the CBA talks actually came away victorious in the new deal. Gary Bettman and the owners and Donald Fehr and the players displayed their ultimate stubbornness in waiting until the last minute to reach an agreement, and that cost them millions of dollars in revenue and...
