If the NHL lockout is causing devoted fans to meander away, what is happening with casual fans?
After dragging fans through the last lockout in 2004-05, the NHL had an advertising agency draft an uplifting new mission statement to be framed and displayed throughout the league. Naturally, it couldn't heed it.
With the lockout now set to last at least three months, many fans find themselves wondering which they miss more - hockey or the NHL?
Reality is quickly becoming my vision of what hell is like. No matter what happens, an annoying little gremlin-like nuisance continuously prevents me from watching hockey, while a bunch of pigs...
If the NHL lockout is causing devoted fans to meander away, what is happening with casual fans?
A fans perspective of the NHL lockout.
After dragging fans through the last lockout in 2004-05, the NHL had an advertising agency draft an uplifting new mission statement to be framed and displayed throughout the league. Naturally, it couldn't heed it.
With the lockout now set to last at least three months, many fans find themselves wondering which they miss more - hockey or the NHL?
In which we vent our lockout frustrations, not the least of which for this humble author is the attitude Commissioner Bettman seems to take in his public appearances.
Since the NHL isn't getting the message about how upset fans are about the lockout, talk to them in a language they understand... cash.
The world is just a sad, ugly place without NHL hockey
Judging by its reluctance to seriously negotiate, the NHL owners have a scripted date or milestone in mind when they'll stop demanding the world or else. Is that date this season? Can that milestone come with NHLPA decertification?
I bled Union Blue. I'm not so sure anymore.
While the NHL and the NHLPA keep going around and around, fans are wondering if there's a point.
As the Festivus season is upon us, we partake the years old tradition of 'Airing of Grievances'. Since much of our grief centers around hockey, a few of the writers decided to let the NHL and NHLPA know how they really feel.
The lockout is a lot like an angry marriage and those of us watching are helpless kids. Why can't our opinionated uncles (pundits) stop going over the top when picking sides?
With no professional hockey in Buffalo, Sabres fans are being deprived of watching an influx of young talent not seen since...well, the last lockout.
After some soul searching, maybe this lockout wasn't such a bad thing. I won't be watching 250 games like I did last year. No, my life is mine once again. I am active in my community, doing things that can have a positive influence. You can too!
The NHL's lockout has been dragging on for months with no end in sight. It's annoying, it's aggravating, and we all probably need a minute to just blast away. This is your place to do it.
As the lockout claims another two weeks of the NHL schedule and nears its third month, we decided a bit of group therapy was in order. With that in mind, here's our airing of the grievances. Please...