So the players aren't part of "The NHL"?
- wolfhounds

They're employees of the NHL. They have no ownership in it.

The players can be replaced. I personally cheer and tune in for the front of the logo on the jersey, not the names on the back.
- Pen15

Anybody can be replaced.

So what you're saying is you don't cheer for the owners or the players, rather a jersey.

The only lyer this whole process has been Fehr!
- Iggysbff

Hey, you never got back to me with a source on the NHL's gag rule prohibiting players and owners talking. Did you ever find that?

The players can be replaced. I personally cheer and tune in for the front of the logo on the jersey, not the names on the back.
- Pen15

Good point. People don't spend all their tine obsessing about trades and UFAs here.

JUST DROP IT! from Steve Chase on Vimeo.

They're employees of the NHL. They have no ownership in it.
- Pen15

True. But there's no league without Players and Owners.

If the NHL was so easily replaced, we wouldn't be here hoping this CBA gets resolved, we'd all be watching collegiate and minor league instead and be just as happy, right?

But to seriously answer your question, the correct term would be oligopoly.
- Atomic Wedgie

Show off

Anybody can be replaced.

So what you're saying is you don't cheer for the owners or the players, rather a jersey.
- wolfhounds

Not sure what you're trying to get at....

But yes, I cheer for the Toronto Maple Leafs....and by default, anyone that wears their jersey.

and if Kessel is replaced by some no namer from the AHL, I'll cheer for him just as hard.

Anybody can be replaced.

So what you're saying is you don't cheer for the owners or the players, rather a jersey.
- wolfhounds

I cheer for the socks.

The owners should stop lying and give the players what they want.
- Scooby_Doo

you're trolling and I'm lov'in it!

Not sure what you're trying to get at....

But yes, I cheer for the Toronto Maple Leafs....and by default, anyone that wears their jersey.

and if Kessel is replaced by some no namer from the AHL, I'll cheer for him just as hard.
- Pen15

Leave Kadri out of this

That poll is pretty telling.

I am bookmarking this article just so i can shove it in his face when the owners cancel the season. Bettman is more than willing to throw a year away to get the best deal for the owners and Fehr is equally as stubborn. Not saying a season is out of the question but to say there is a zero percent chance despite the history of the NHL is moronic.

Leave Kadri out of this
- Canada Cup

He meant Zigomanis

That poll is pretty telling.
- laughs2907

Obama takes Ohio

So Fehr wins the CBA negotiations by getting the 300mill make whole? Really? If he had just accepted 50/50 in September the players would make more money then they can ever make back now..

CAW = ?

- wolfhounds

Canadian Auto Workers Union

I cheer for the socks.
- Atomic Wedgie

- BulliesPhan87

He meant the Toronto Maple Sucks

you're trolling and I'm lov'in it!
- bloatedmosquito

Most of us are on here today trying to come up with a solution to the current CBA deadlock, so that the NHL and NHLPA can sign a new one and get back to playing.

It doesn't help with you stupid Vangroovy trolls hindering the amazing progress we have already made. If you don't want to be part of the solution, piss off.

We are all united in our hatred of you.

That makes us a union.

Need a neither option for the first question, or perhaps a better question would be who is doing more to destroy the NHL.

I cheer for the socks.
- Atomic Wedgie

Chicago or Boston?

Obama takes Ohio
- Canada Cup

Water is dry... The sun is cold.

The only lyer this whole process has been Fehr!
- Iggysbff

Blows me away how all you guys support what Bettman has done.

JUST DROP IT! from Steve Chase on Vimeo.

- Symba007

"Liked" and shared. I still don't think it'll do much, but pretty much the only way to get the voice of the fans heard.