[Lucy Brown]

Originally Posted by itsJ.Millertime

What makes you think that? Surely nothing you read on this site because 99% of the members here have their lips so firmly planted to bettmans azz his anal pubes are stuck between their teeth. If I've learned one thing from being a long standing member of this site it's that hockey fans have ZERO backbone and ZERO commitment to do what they believe is right, pretty much like americans in general.

[b]What the hell is that supposed to mean? Why single out Americans?[/B]

Those of of who have been around long enough have had to endure over 20 years of seeing this once great sport turned into a boring, no hit, puzzy sport and the few true hockey fans that were/are members that have taken a stand and quit watching everything but the fights are ridiculed non stop to the point they leave the site.

I've been doing the for almost 5 years now. I'm out of market for the Rangers and refuse to pay to watch.

Yes the league will struggle, yes there will be lots of empty seats and yes there will be a couple teams going bankrupt but there already is that now so what changes? This work stoppage will do nothing to change anyone or anything. Whenever the league begins again, whether it's 2013 or 2014, they'll all be back swallowing whatever garbage product is put on the ice and calling it the "greatest sport on earth" because that's what the spineless, so called "hockey fans" do and bettman and the owners know it.

Every sport is like that. You cant single out hockey. People will come back and they know it. The problem the NHL can have here is that this could affect the broadcast deals from major networks. Think NBC is happy that they have to pay for the rights to broadcast this year, hockey or no hockey. I'd think twice before bidding big bucks to to business with the NHL if I was a network executive after another lost season.