Rock Out with Your NHL Lockout

So the NHL is on the brink of having its 2nd lockout in eight years.  This is an absolute disgrace, there are supposed to be more talks today about CBA but the owners are declining to meet.  This comes at an awful time.  The NHL seemed to be making a comeback in terms of being relevant again.  The cinderella story of the LA Kings drew tons of fans to start paying attention to hockey even in non NHL markets.  But instead players and owners being greedy and can't make a decision on how to get the season started.

TWO times in eight years, why would they not make the last CBA at least double digit years? The big dispute this year is the distribution of money.  Players say they are getting screwed over salary and owners say the teams are losing money.  The last proposal was a 50-50 split but the NHLPA and Donald Fehr, declined.  And today (October 25th) is the deadline each party set for having a full 82 game season, and there seems to be no light at the end of the tunnel.

As a huge hockey fan, this is unfair to so many people.  First the fans, we love hockey and we are gonna miss another year of the NHL.  All of out favorite players are going to farms teams that are rarely televised and over seas to the only threat to the NHL the Russian KHL.  It is not fair to us that we don't get to enjoy the sport.  Secondly the players, this is their career!  And with the lockout there are a lot of players that aren't superstars that have no other means of living.  That 4th line center that had steady paycheck no longer has that and is looking elsewhere for income.  Lastly no one ever thinks about the workers at the arenas.  The custodians, concession workers, broadcasters and cameramen, everyone involved in organizations.  What do they do? Once again that is their job, and with our economy and high unemployment rate it is difficult to find income for some of them.

So on behalf of all of NHL fans, PLEASE come to an agreement and lets drop the puck.