Maybe so. But what if you were one of those fans, and really enjoyed the team you root for. You wouldn't think that contraction was so great.
- MJL

Well i'm a leaf fans so the pain of losing a team couldn't possible hurt more than cheering for the leafs in recent years....

Except that will mean about 150 fewer jobs. Never gonna happen.

Although I think we could all survive every team losing their 4th line and 3rd D pair.
- stuckey

Well not sold om getting of the 3rd D pair since it might wear out the top 4 D, but YES I agree we don't need 4th line players. As far as the 150 jobs, it's unfortunate but it happens in life.

Sort of thinking no one knows anything other then idiot players and idiot owners..

Andy Scott
@Andy_Scott15
A few trusty sources saying NHLPA - NHL deal will be announced tomorrow..... #FinalStretch #AboutTime

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Darren Dreger
@DarrenDreger
Many reporting on HRR discussions and allegations the NHL failed to identify alterations to specific articles, deeply concerning for pa...

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Jesse Spector
@jessespector
So we've got a former player saying it's blowing up, and an agent saying there will be a deal tomorrow. Great

Well i'm a leaf fans so the pain of losing a team couldn't possible hurt more than cheering for the leafs in recent years....
- Fruitcakenipple

Luongo will carry you guys to the playoffs next season.

Sort of thinking no one knows anything other then idiot players and idiot owners..


- opeth_pa

We need an update from Eklund.

One update to rule them all.

Luongo will carry you guys to the playoffs next season.
- niedermayer27

Oh god not LOLoungo....

Oh god not LOLoungo....
- Fruitcakenipple

It's 7uongo

Well i'm a leaf fans so the pain of losing a team couldn't possible hurt more than cheering for the leafs in recent years....
- Fruitcakenipple

AGREED!!!!! Try being a Leaf fan the last 7 years, no playoffs & to add insult to injury, Tyler Seguin & Doug Hamilton are not members of the Maple Leafs. You wanna talk pain? The pain of losing a team pales on comparism to what Leaf fans have been through the last 7 years. In fact some Leaf fans might even go as far as to say that the last 46 years cheering for the Leafs has been painful.

David Pagnotta ‏@TheFourthPeriod

All this doom and gloom all of a sudden... Small group with NHL and NHLPA are still meeting, talking pensions. Talks are still ongoing.

AGREED!!!!! Try being a Leaf fan the last 7 years, no playoffs & to add insult to injury, Tyler Seguin & Doug Hamilton are not members of the Maple Leafs. You wanna talk pain? The pain of losing a team pales on comparism to what Leaf fans have been through the last 7 years. In fact some Leaf fans might even go as far as to say that the last 46 years cheering for the Leafs has been painful.
- GCHonda

Management decisions, no system can fix this

well I am cheering myself up watching the replay of the US beating Canada today... Just saying

well I am cheering myself up watching the replay of the US beating Canada today... Just saying
- Popcorn Kid

You must be a US citizen

Well not sold om getting of the 3rd D pair since it might wear out the top 4 D, but YES I agree we don't need 4th line players. As far as the 150 jobs, it's unfortunate but it happens in life.
- GCHonda

wow bud. youd still have the same number of players per team, the point was that they'd be eliminating the worst players from the league hence, 4th liners and 3rd pairing D.

or, put another way, the whole Leafs roster.

Management decisions, no system can fix this
- Symba007

Jesus couldn't fix that mess....

Jesus couldn't fix that mess....
- Fruitcakenipple

but Burke is god according to some....and god knows best.

wow bud. youd still have the same number of players per team, the point was that they'd be eliminating the worst players from the league hence, 4th liners and 3rd pairing D.

or, put another way, the whole Leafs roster.
- muffin_man

Edit:..U slut

Summary of where they are at

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/...-in-nhl-labour-talks.html

You must be a US citizen
- Symba007

I am...we don't get too many chances to enjoy these world wins

Pierre LeBrun
@Real_ESPNLeBrun
Players on conference call were angry about the HRR dust-up with the league. Foul mood right now on players' side

but Burke is god according to some....and god knows best.
- Symba007

The mess isnt his fault though...

Well not sold om getting of the 3rd D pair since it might wear out the top 4 D, but YES I agree we don't need 4th line players. As far as the 150 jobs, it's unfortunate but it happens in life.
- GCHonda

Obviously the 4th line and 3rd D line would be replaced with better players from the dissolved teams.

Pierre LeBrun
@Real_ESPNLeBrun
Players on conference call were angry about the HRR dust-up with the league. Foul mood right now on players' side
- opeth_pa

poor babies arent getting their way

Pierre LeBrun
@Real_ESPNLeBrun
Players on conference call were angry about the HRR dust-up with the league. Foul mood right now on players' side
- opeth_pa

like I have said all a long, there wont be a season, but you idiots believe there will be.

Luongo will carry you guys to the playoffs next season.
- niedermayer27

Well if Luongo becomes a Leaf, from the ACC rafters your guaranteed to either hear: LUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU or.....................
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

Luongo as a Leaf might set a Guiness World record of the most times any athlete in all of professional sports has gone from hero to goat, back to hero, back to goat, back to hero, back to goat & so on & so on.

It a sad league when the Owners have to make rules in a CBA to protect themselves from themselves...
- Fruitcakenipple

The players don't have to accept it. Decertify for good.