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ravencallscrowsThe Stanley Cup, it would appear, is twenty minutes away from residing in Tampa Bay.
What a fitting way for the NHL to die.
I've managed to blow off the last few entries in the annual In Memoriam series, i know. Call it simply not caring any longer which set of multi-millionaire players wins sports' best known trophy for which multi-millionaire ownership group which continually whinges about losing money while continuing to pay ever increasing salaries and pricing the fans out of the game. Bugger the players, the owners, the league and the union. All the greedy bastards can go fuck right off. As much a fan of the game as i am, i don't expect to see a successful end to the Collective Bargaining Agreement in any way that will leave the league fundamentally intact. And the players can go off and play in the Russian, Swedish, Finnish, German etc. leagues and perhaps we'll see the international game.
What a fitting way for the NHL to die.
I've managed to blow off the last few entries in the annual In Memoriam series, i know. Call it simply not caring any longer which set of multi-millionaire players wins sports' best known trophy for which multi-millionaire ownership group which continually whinges about losing money while continuing to pay ever increasing salaries and pricing the fans out of the game. Bugger the players, the owners, the league and the union. All the greedy bastards can go fuck right off. As much a fan of the game as i am, i don't expect to see a successful end to the Collective Bargaining Agreement in any way that will leave the league fundamentally intact. And the players can go off and play in the Russian, Swedish, Finnish, German etc. leagues and perhaps we'll see the international game.
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Date: 2004-06-07 09:16 pm (UTC)You know, I'm happy Tampa won. I didn't think I would be, but I am. Huh. Who woulda thought.
I did miss the summaries, Vanya, but that's okay. It might as wind down since Hockey is dead. Well, NHL hockey, at any rate.