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Franck
Anyway, here is NMA's gory take on the lock-out:
TheClassicK
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I feel confident that they'll sort it out, but it bothers me that this is still an issue at all.
matt1555
Luckily I can watch the Sheffield Steelers they are playing Belfast on Sunday
Franck
Was thinking about getting a season ticket for Frölunda to compensate for the lack of NHL hockey. Turns out those clowns want over 7000 SEK (That's about £700 or so) for one.
I pity the people who are willing to fork out that kind of money to watch a mediocre team play defensive hockey on big ice.
How much does EIHL tickets set you back?
matt1555
But to pay on the door is about £16.50 but I can get discount as I have a Cineworld Unlimited card.
I've only been to one of the home games so far this season as I have been working away trust it to be the only match they have lost this season too
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matt1555
Franck
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Meanwhile, in Bruins land, they seem to have mostly been ignoring it and posting write-ups of the P-Bruins training sessions. Nice to see a Bourque in Black and Gold.
bluemoon.
Franck
Their system of closed leagues with strong ownership and a legal framework that is almost entirely based on collective bargaining lends itself to it.
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In the NHL, someone has to play an active part in that. So that means that budgets and salary caps can change from season to season. Plus, it's in the best interests of the governing body that running costs are as low as possible. So they like to squeeze the players salarys because... well, because they can. So every 5 years, they pull something like this and players are like "hey, wait this isn't fair".
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Franck
Awesome! Completely out of the blue as well as he has no links with Frölunda at all.
Will definitely try and go to a game or two now.
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Franck
Tommo.
Franck
I believe it'd be ESPN America who hold the broadcast rights in the UK.
Edit: Scratch that, turns out Premier Sports have re-upped their broadcast deal for another 4 years.
Tommo.
Cheers. Really need to finally get ESPN. been going to get it for ages but just not got round to it. Wanna watch catch my teams from NCAA & NBA and start watching MLB & NHL
Franck
I honestly still can't wrap my mind around the fact that there is a British TV channel airing the Swedish Speedway league.
Tommo.
England will show pretty much anything :L
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SAVE.
BY.
THOMAS.
Tommo.
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They've used the threat of the lock-out as their first bargaining position. From what I've read, they've been very stubborn at negotiations and refused to let the season start as planned and let negotiations continue as games were being played. It seems they're trying to smoke out the players to get a better deal. While this might sound like greed on the part of the players, the deal they were offered was much worse than the one they previously had, a lot of the owners just care a lot more about the money than the sport will the players live for the sport. It's a shame.
A lot of the information I've read has been from the NHLPA so it could be biased. But still.
Marc.
Franck
With all the big signings they made in the summer they'll be one of the big losers if this season gets cancelled.
Franck
There's your hockey fix, PA.
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There'll be a stream I suppose.
Franck
JR is the fucking man!