NHL IS BACK! The Official 2012/2013 Canucks & NHL Thread

[Hondaracer]

losing 30m per season, to MAYBE make 1m per game like the Canucks do isnt profitable.

[Mike Oxbig]

Lol easier for some teams to tank for lottery pick this year

seth jones will still be #1 overall pick

[Tim Budong]

ok..away from hockey
dont kno whats going on...but #dregerface is trending
I just saw Pierre Lebrun tweet this link...im fucking dying inside LOLOLOL

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[Gh0stRider]

[SkinnyPupp]

Originally Posted by Gh0stRider

i said a chance...not a guanteed spot

Still too much credit

[Ronin]

Originally Posted by Gumby

Or the CFL?


IMO, I think the season length of 82 games is just about right... Look at a MLB season! And the 16-28 playoff games shows that the Stanley Cup is the toughest trophy to win in professional sports.

The CFL is fun as hell to watch but it's a pretty sad league if there's 8 teams and 6 make the playoffs. We only love it because its our sad little league. I can understand why Americans don't care.

[Ronin]

Originally Posted by murd0c

more games = more profit sharing = making up the money they can't agree on

Yes, more Canucks, Leafs, Canadiens, Rangers, Red Wings and Flyers games but you're also getting more Columbus, more Florida, more Tampa, more Islanders, etc. Yes, revenue goes up but so does operating costs.

LOL more games = solution to all our problems!

Originally Posted by DanHibiki

^LOL I thought it said Bettman dropped dead

Someone asked me that today because I wished Gary Bettman would get hit by a car or fall through an elevator somewhere...asked what if he died today...would I feel bad for saying that stuff?

NO. I would dance a jig, immediately. Like whatever I was doing, as soon as I heard the news, I'd fucking tap dance. Plenty of people must've wished Hitler would die in the 40s....they probably didn't feel bad when he fucking did.

There's a special circle of hell reserved for Gary Bettman...where he will be forced to watch the 1995 New Jersey Devils play the 2003 Nashville Predators, it's always 0-0 and it's always the first 10 minutes of the first period. FOR ETERNITY.

[DanHibiki]

^lol. pretty extreme to compare him to hitler don't u think...

[Ronin]

We'll see where the lockout goes. The window is closing, dammit.

[Tim Budong]

I stopped blaming Gary...
He's almost become the puppet..
as for Donald Fehr, hes a fucking puppeteer

both men, still douchebags

[iwantaskyline]

So...the players passed on their self-imposed deadline to file a "disclaimer of interest". Seems like they're going to accept a deal before the 11th.

[SkinnyPupp]

Teemu Selanne:

"I think the lockout ends next Monday, the 7th, camps begin on the 10th and the 1st game is on the 18th or 19th. Light at the end of the tunnel now since it's the 1st time NHL and owners have pressure and the whole season really is in jeopardy.

"Right now I'm optimistic and think the season will begin. We (players) have wondered why this has taken so long and NHL has taken that stance."

[sonick]

Sooo... Canada lost to the US. Russia vs Canada for Bronze, US vs Sweden for Gold.

[Ch28]

NHLPA doing another vote for disclaimer of interest. They better fucking use it instead of wasting our time.
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[jeedee]

Dat pass

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[N.V.M.]

Twitter:

Nick Kypreos ‏@RealKyper
Source "tentative deal could be done within 24 hrs or #NHLPA could serve #NHL notice to disclaim early as 2day. Present meeting is huge.

[cliffhanger33]

lots of twitter feeds claiming lock out is over, but again not sure if legit
@BretHedican: Nothing official yet that I've heard, but several sources have said it's done. Let's hope this is Official!

LOLOL i wouldnt trust his credibility

but we have some tweets like these:
@Real_ESPNLeBrun: NHL player (not in bargaining room) says he believes "talks are going well." ...
@TheFourthPeriod: Tremendous amount of "movement", one league source just told me.
@CraigCustance: Text from plugged in player confirms things are close but hedges with "you never know."




let's keep fingers crossed

http://www.thefourthperiod.com/news/nhl130105.html

It's believed the NHL has offered to increase next season's salary camp above $60 million, but at this point it's unclear to what extent.

"There's been movement. And process is moving again," NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly told TFP.

While a deal is not expected to be finalized today, several reports suggest a deal could be imminent if some the remaining issues are ironed out this weekend.

There has been a significant amount of optimism stemming from those reporting on the CBA from New York City, where the meetings and mediation sessions are taking place, however another source told TFP "not to get ahead of yourselves. There's still plenty of work to be done."

[dbaz]

apparently next 24-48hrs something may happen

[cliffhanger33]

@tpanotchCSN: Sources on both sides see Monday as likely date when all is settled. But could be late Sunday, as wel

will know soon

Edit: @GlobeKPD: Vet agent: deal as good as done, league now taking it to final hour, grabbing what's left to take off table.

hmmmm

[dbaz]

teemu the psychic

[RiceIntegraRS]

time to do happy dance!

[slicrick]

if this is true I cannot wait, to just see NHL hockey in general but to also see Rick Nash in his first game as a Ranger and it is against the Islanders

[spideyv2]

Originally Posted by dbaz

apparently montreal just released their 2012-2013 schedule on their site. seems there might be hockey. 2012-2013 Regular Season Schedule/Results - Montréal Canadiens - Schedule

nhl.com has a schedule up now as well. says canucks vs caps jan 15th

notsureifsrs........

The sched has been up on the Canucks site forever. All games were cancelled up to that day, so all they did was keep wiping out games till said date.

Nothing new.

[dbaz]

ya, seems like i was trolled. sites were promoting it as a new schedule released on Montreal website. at least it seems negotiations are close

[jeedee]

Pierre LeBrun ‏@Real_ESPNLeBrun

Told deal is "real close" - source



edit:

Pierre LeBrun ‏@Real_ESPNLeBrun

A tentative agreement has been reached between NHL and NHLPA - source

Bob McKenzie ‏@TSNBobMcKenzie

Lockout is tentatively over.