On January 6, 2013, hockey fans rejoice!
I woke up to the news the NHL and the NHLPA has come to an agreement to end the hockey lock out that has ripped fans off for one hundred and thirteen days. Don't get me wrong, I am happy there is a deal--even a tentative one--but one hundred and thirteen days in...that is 113 days! It took a bunch of grown men one hundred and thirteen days to agree to a new ten year CBA with an opt-out after 8 years.
Forgive me for not jumping for joy. I think this is plain stupid. It took them the whole season to decide on this deal which only mean in eight years, prepare for another one hundred and thirteen days lock out again. I think this is shameful, but you already knew that. The fact it took them this long is plain pathetic. Now what are they going to do? All those teams that needed the full season to make the playoffs shouldn't bother playing because right now they're properly ripped off and disadvantaged so they should not even bother putting skates to ice.
Teams like the Maple Leafs, who seem to need a good ten games to get their mojo going should sit this one out because quite frankly they don't have ten games to get anything going. The moment their skates hit the ice they will have to get to going.
I think they should all just call it a season--go play golf or whatever it is they're using their ill gotten gains of the fans' money to do and come back fresh next season. But I'm not sad. Hockey fans seem to be a bunch of zombies because they are pissed when the strike is on and when they strike is over they act as if nothing had happened. According to a poll on the CBC's website - the question is Do you forgive the NHL and players? And no surprise, the hockey fans have fogiven and forgotten and the world keeps turning.
The NHL and the NHLPA will forever keep doing this to us because most hockey fans have one track minds. They will never learn so it doesn't matter if they get their money's worth or not.
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