Stanley Cup Fever: I miss it!

4 thoughts on “Stanley Cup Fever: I miss it!”

1. I miss hockey also, I think its a shame that this is the 3rd time hockey has been on a lockout/strike. You would have thought after the last one, losing a whole season, they wouldnt temp faith again and lose more hockey fan. Hockey was just starting to rebound and now this again.

   At least I have my Junior Hockey to fall back on.

2. I said my peice about Bettman and the owners last time (still convinced that he was a plant by David Stern to run hockey into the ground), but we have the Barons in OKC – we’ll be fine.

   And the League might find the Union a little harder to break this time – dozens have gone to the KHL (Russia’s top league, and probably next behind the NHL in quality of play), Everyone with an entry-level contract has gone to their AHL affilliate (so we get No. 1 picks Taylor Hall and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins in Oklahoma!). The rest are finding teams in Europe or Double-A hockey here to keep them in shape.

   If the season is saved, then the fans will come back quickly – the league is in a good place in several areas. But if Bettman burns down another season, I would wager that a new rival league may rise out of it, with more attention to revenue sharing and player discipline. The NHL may have oversaturated the American markets, but a fresh 12-team league with 4-6 teams in Canada would take off quickly without an NHL around.

3. Good Morning from Omaha,

   I think we have 3 hockey teams here in Omaha. The UNO mavericks play a really good brand of hockey in a college hockey league. We also have two semi pro teams that really draw a lot of fans.

   There are a lot of hockey fans who really enjoy the game here in Omaha but there does not seem to be a clamoring for the NHL.

   This hockey lockout is just another example of killing the goose who laid the golden egg.It sounds like the players have found an alternative to the NHL. They still get paid to play the game they love and have just left a wake me when its over note in there lockers.

   Maybe the pool of talent the NHL lives for ,has been spread too thin to support the league as it is currently formulated.

   Strive for excellence, nothing but your best.

   Gene

4. This does make me shake my head in wonderment. Who wins in this situation? What is the vision?