General Chat / I don't know if anyone cares anymore.

there is no god

hockey has always been my favorite sport, ive played it since i was 5 and been watching the NHL since i was born thanks to my dad, and no its no more.

im goin to cry now, excuse me.

tis a sad day

So, is this the end of NHL? Or is it just showing that there isn't any 04-05 season?

strange, jus' saw something about it on tv..

or wait. i heard someone heard it on a tv i couldn't see at the time.....

It's just the end of the 04-05 season for the moment. Unless management and the players come to some sort of agreement, there may not be an 05-06 season start. Until the NHL limits the number of teams to a reasonable, and manageable, number, their going to have problems with money. With the players willing to take a 24% pay cut, at least for this season, there should have been a start to the season. But the owners wanted more, like a salary cap. I agree with the owners that a salary cap is necessary, not just in hockey, but in all professional sports.

Since I'm not a hockey fan, this is no great loss to me. But to those of you that are fans, I can understand the sense of loss you may be feeling. But if you really notice, there's not much of an uproar regarding the loss of the season.

Yeah, I really miss my fantasy hockey league. My team was the shit last year.

On ESPN they had a poll of wether or not people cared if the NHL season was cancelled.

After 8,000 votes it was 32% Yes, 68% No.

That's cuz the NHL has really lost marketing in the US over the past decade or so. Ever since they brought Gary Bennet in, it's gone downhill.

So it's a double whammy... the owners have been largely responsible for getting into this rut and they're also responsible for the general public not caring.