In an utterly predictable turn of events, the negotiations over the last 60 or so hours ended with a resounding thud not too long ago, as Bill Daly reportedly informed the Fehr brothers via voicemail that the PA’s latest offer was wholly unacceptable, and that talks would not continue any time soon and all other previous offers were now off the table.
Pardon me while I yawn.
The owners and players were up late working on a Deal: PHT
60 games is an important number and may explain the recent Hustle: PD
Reasons for the movement include more than dropping Smokey and the Bandit: SI
Of course on somethings they’re still at an Impasse: ESPN
Good starts are big in a short season, Spector looks at who will be able bring the Heat: SN
I hear this and the empty chair Clint spoke to are Best Friends: Twitter
We’ve been fooled before, and though I want to be optimistic and lead you through the darkness more than anyone, we have to preach caution at the top of our lungs. Though preaching caution loudly would seem to be a very odd tactic, but you’ve never required me to make sense.
(And before I go any farther, this was all an elaborate (kinda) excuse to post a picture of Bob Mould, and to tell you if you didn’t get his latest album then your life really isn’t all it could be right now).
After last night’s meeting without the two towers of obstinance, the words “progress,” “optimism”, and “substance” are actually being thrown around. There’s still far to go, and these people could fuck up a piss-up at a brewery. I bet when they get to figuring out “lockout reparations” is where things could get messy.
Constructive Day but could this be Entrapment? (Chicago Tribune) (Spector’s Hockey)
Saving the Hockey World like James Bond:(Sportsnet)
Merchants near NHL rinks are losing money like The Great Train Robbery: (TSN)
Will an angry owner speak out, Never say Never..again:(Toronto Sun)
Players are paying for mistakes like a team in the Valley of the Rising Sun:(Sportsnet)
Adventures in Team Travel like going to The Rock: (Backhand Shelf)
From Russia with Love?? An unlikely Gordie Howe Hattrick:(CJAD)
Maybe I’m wrong but this reporter should probably Get Smart: CBS
Owners and players to meet today and neither side will bring their Kingpin: TSN
The players side of the table will be Larger than Life: PHT
While the owners send a few faces from the hardliner’s mt. Rushmore: PHT
Meyers says the NHLPA may have to change its Stripes: CSN
But when crossing the boarder some of the labor laws get Lost In Translation: ESPN
Proof that its not just fans who can act/think like Meatballs: SI
Jesse points out the mistakes made by The Man Who Knew Too Little: ESPNChi
For goalies With Friends Like These…: PD
Maybe there is a Ransom:(Kukla’s Korner)
Maybe the Mediator can be a Lethal Weapon: (TSN)
Is Fehr missing the message of The Patriot of Pro Sports Unions: (Sportsnet)
Greg Jamison likes the Signs he got from the Glendale City Council: (CBC)
Payback could be a bitch: (Toronto Sun)
Apparently Mathieu Darche doesn’t stay at the Million Dollar Hotel: (Montreal Gazette)
Forgive me for laughing at a DUI but this one is Funny People: PD
Maybe having Grown Ups in the room will help things Click: ESPN
If you’re a Blackhawks ticket holder they continue to ask you to Just Go With It: BH
Glendale City Council says That’s My Boy: PHT
Kaner doesn’t exactly fit with these Airheads: Deadspin
Mission:Impossible: (TSN)
For a Few Good Men this is their third lockout: (Sportsnet.CA)
Some fans are Losing it on the players:(Reddit)
Interview with the Vampire or Criminal: (Sportsnet)
The new OHL fighting rules are Far and Away an improvement:(Backhand Shelf)
Some Outsider hacked Guy Serota’s Twitter: (SN)
A look at the Top Gun’s that retired after the last lockout: (Down Goes Brown)
Not only did that picture fit with the title, but this is the level of intelligence I think the leaders that be are at.
Maybe it wasn’t the worst, but this was one of the worst weekends to go through as an NHL fan. Not only was the gaping hole where our Black Friday game impossible to ignore as I attempted to watch LSU-Arkansas or something just as non-sensical, but the amount of noise, bullshit, and downright stupidity ramped up even more in the past few days. Add to that the frustration we are feeling has piled up to the point where we are fighting with each other at a moment’s notice, and frankly I’m exasperated as to where to go from here.
Not only did that picture fit with the title, but this is the level of intelligence I think the leaders that be are at.
Maybe it wasn’t the worst, but this was one of the worst weekends to go through as an NHL fan. Not only was the gaping hole where our Black Friday game impossible to ignore as I attempted to watch LSU-Arkansas or something just as non-sensical, but the amount of noise, bullshit, and downright stupidity ramped up even more in the past few days. Add to that the frustration we are feeling has piled up to the point where we are fighting with each other at a moment’s notice, and frankly I’m exasperated as to where to go from here.
