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Re: [Hockey] Official~ NHL thread...........scores and highlites

What is needed is a fan revolt if they come back. Hopefully that will kill a few of the teams that Bettman is trying to save with this lockout.... the teams that are healthy in Canada and the Northern US are supporting the stuff in the desert and vacation spots...
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Read a great article last week [can't find it now though] about how the fans could revolt,but the author goes on to say that no matter how po'ed they are right now and they swear they'll never go to another game or they'll sell their season passes..........it won't happen because of how fanatical hockey fans are ,especially in Canada.

I understand what he's saying and theres really nothing the fans can/will do except stay away in droves...........but we all know that unfortunately won't last for long.

Personally as a fan who buys a lot of sportswear my boycott has and will be not buying anymore nor will I ever go to another live game,unless given the tickets...........this is definitely the last straw for me.
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The whole dynamic of fan anger could change if the key unpopular faces associated with this debacle were dumped. Maybe that's why Bettman seemed so agitated. He surely knows he wasn't exactly a popular guy with the fans even before this latest disaster.

Has he ever been?

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If/when this gets sorted out, when the time comes for the Stanley Cup to be given to the captain of the winning team, I hope he tears it out of Bettman's hands and skates away with it rather than posing with the biggest reason this is still going on. The look on Bettman's face when he realizes he's just been insulted, big time, in front of millions of people, would be priceless.
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In response to the website, Did Scott Gomez Score Last Game?, the answer is yes.

In six games with the ECHL's Alaska Aces, Gomez has three goals and four assists. He's a playmaker, not a goal scorer.

There's a slew of NHLers on the team....all Alaskans.

Scott Gomez - Montreal
Brandon Dubinsky - Columbus
Nate Thompson - Tampa Bay
Joey Crabb - Washington

I'm lovin it. However, I do feel sorry for the people that are not working at locked-out arenas. That's just insane!!!

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The TV was on in the background with no volume and I didn't catch the comments till after football,but yeah Buttman is not a happy camper.

It seems the owners want to crush the PA at any expense,and it's going to be expensive.

The only rose in all this? Robbers and Bhell spent a bundle for content in buying MLSE and get nothing in year 1.
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Looks like the players will have to decertify and sue the NHL.

Buttman has to go.

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Besides that, Buttman's obsession with expansion in the US desert is partly responsible for some of the league's financial troubles. But yeah, "slimy little pr*ck persona" pretty much sums it up!

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"slimy little pr ick persona" pretty much sums it up!

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Buttman shaking and foaming

I finally got to see this famous press conference. It seemed to me that Buttman was presenting a VERY one sided version of events. If we're to believe Buttman, the players are negotiating totally in bad faith, as if they have no interest in ever resolving this. I doubt that many believe anything the smarmy little weasel ever says, and I'm sure Fehr would have a very different story.
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Re: [Hockey] Official~ NHL thread...........scores and highlites

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I think both Bettman and Fehr are telling their own versions of the "truth" (those are airquotes), but I think Bettman's body language and the tone of his voice tell that he's angry that he got one-upped in a game with high stakes and he's not happy about it. He's accustomed to playing from the seat of strength and being the 'first off the mark' to have the players responding to him, and on Thursday the NHLPA got their message out first after things had been positive sounding and Fehr sounded calm, reasonable, and genuine.

I wouldn't be surprised if Betty promised a lot to the owners and is now getting squeezed to get it delivered while Fehr is looking at it and saying "no, I don't think so".

If another lost season doesn't cost Betty his job, then the owners are thinking with their egos rather than their wallets.
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I agree as well, and it does help answer the question of why many are directing most of the blame at Bettman. No doubt there's fault on all sides, but instead of being the dealmaker and force of reason that he's paid to be, it seems that Bettman just exacerbates the problems.