The NHL Doomsday has arrived!

KingDL1 · September 17, 2004

I hope so, I can't imagine not having hockey to watch after Football season is over.

As it stands right now the players are the bad guys in my book. I am not sure the NHL can survive a long drawn-out strike. If it goes to next season I see the owners starting over with a new group and any of those that want to come back.

The players 5% roll-back is a joke. Anyone really think when it comes to negotiating a new contract that will come in to play.

Without the proper fan-base the owners don't have much choice but to go to a salary-cap situation of some sort. I will concede that the owners were the ones that agreed to the high salaries before hockey was ready. Now they have to put a real control in, and for the players there are always signing bonuses and other ways to make some of their money back with the wealthier teams.

NTEagle08 · September 17, 2004

I am just hoping that they don't try to rush things and try for a quick fix. What the NHL needs is a complete overhaul of the economic system that is present right now. The players look as though they are going to go a while holding out to get what they want, but sooner or later I think they are going to have to view that some form of a salary cap is enevitable.

I think realistically another thing that should, and probably, will happen due to the lockout is that the NHL needs to contract. They made a big mistake in the 90's by adding all those teams, where only Columbus and Minnesota have worked out. I don't think Carolina or Atlanta would miss hockey any if the NHL teams in those markets disappeared.

jgb0607 · September 17, 2004

I am just hoping that they don't try to rush things and try for a quick fix. What the NHL needs is a complete overhaul of the economic system that is present right now. The players look as though they are going to go a while holding out to get what they want, but sooner or later I think they are going to have to view that some form of a salary cap is enevitable.
I think realistically another thing that should, and probably, will happen due to the lockout is that the NHL needs to contract. They made a big mistake in the 90's by adding all those teams, where only Columbus and Minnesota have worked out. I don't think Carolina or Atlanta would miss hockey any if the NHL teams in those markets disappeared.

Uh, the Stars were added in the 90's. They seemed to have worked out quite nicely!

NTEagle08 · September 17, 2004

Uh, the Stars were added in the 90's. They seemed to have worked out quite nicely!

I was talking about the expansion teams. They went from I believe something like 21 or 22 teams to start off the 90's to the current 30. Atlanta hasn't really worked out, and Nashville looked like it wasn't going to work out, but I think they are finally turning it around.

MeanGreenNation · September 17, 2004

The Hockey Players need to stop their crying. This is not the NFL that brings in vast sums of money. Their job as a hockey player is about the equivilant to my job as a graphic desinger for the city. If I was working this same job for a dallas firm or company I would be getting about $10,000 more a year. It is stupid to hear them crying over 4million a year not being enough. Sure it is not NFL or NBA sallary, but what do you expect from a league that does not pull in much money?