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Knuckles
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The NHL and NHLPA have signed off on a new six-year collective bargaining agreement.
Now the fun starts as the sides will have to deal with free agent signings and the 'Next One' Sidney Crosby sweepstakes.
I don't think they're going to be hurting very badly.. Yes they lost a bunch of fans who are po'd but I think the other fans that haven't boycotted the NHL whom go to few games to many games.. who collect very little hockey cards to a lot of hockey cards will be going to see a lot more games and buying a lot more hockey product than ever.. These fans are missing the NHL bad and will dive right into it and with rookie cards of young stars like Crosby going into the 2005-06 product I think the card companies are in for a record sales year for hockey.
Call me crazy but just wait and see.
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<< <i>The NHL and NHLPA have signed off on a new six-year collective bargaining agreement.
Now the fun starts as the sides will have to deal with free agent signings and the 'Next One' Sidney Crosby sweepstakes.
I don't think they're going to be hurting very badly.. Yes they lost a bunch of fans who are po'd but I think the other fans that haven't boycotted the NHL whom go to few games to many games.. who collect very little hockey cards to a lot of hockey cards will be going to see a lot more games and buying a lot more hockey product than ever.. These fans are missing the NHL bad and will dive right into it and with rookie cards of young stars like Crosby going into the 2005-06 product I think the card companies are in for a record sales year for hockey.
Call me crazy but just wait and see.
I for one will be going back to games and buying stuff. The year's abscent only made me hungry for more.
Knuckles, you are CRAZY (with all due respect)!! I personally know of three collectors who have had enough, and who have vowed not to support the NHLPA any longer by buying hockey cards. One can assume there are many, many others. I do think, however, that there are others who will plunge wallet-first into the market, trying to make up for lost time.
By the way, I am looking forward to July 18 and that feature in the Hockey Beckett.
Eyebone
<< <i>Geez, I have got to figure out how to do this whole quote thing properly.....my apologies. I am not very computer saavy. >>
No big deal.. hit the 'Quote button', paste what the other person had said, click ok, type your response in the message text box under what was automaticly inserted after clicking ok..
Before hitting the reply button just make sure the Q in brackets is at the front of what text you're responding too.. and the Q with the / in front of it within brackets should be at the end of this text before your words..
<< <i>By the way, I am looking forward to July 18 and that feature in the Hockey Beckett. >>
Thanks
RipublicaninMass:
Well IMO i hope the fans do what we baseball fans did a few years back, and that is don't show up. It appears that Jeromy reonick still doesn't care as well. Gotta love it.
To be totally honest, I really don't care what the deal is anymore. All I care about is getting the game back on the ice," Flyers star Jeremy Roenick said in a telephone interview during a celebrity golf event in Nevada
If Jeromy don't care, I don't care
What I know about hockey: ice - skates - sticks - puck - avulsed teeth.
But, I am willing to learn.
Is there like a place they can send you for training and stuff?
Congratulations guys
Awaiting the news hi-lites
mike
The next 8 weeks are going to be VERY interesting as we witness 1) ratification by both parties, 2) the mad scramble of contract buyouts and free agent signings, and 3) the draft avec Sidney Crosby, the highest rated prospect since Eric Lindros. The the games begin!
I hope Todd Bertuzzi's gets his reinstatement.
I hope Crosby doesn't go to a team like Nashville.. That would suck.
I hope Lindros ends up in Toronto.
weeeeeeeeeeeee
league-wide revenues.
Needless to say, I won't be holding my breath waiting for it to happen!
Poor philly only has one ball.. (in the lottery draft)
As a longtime hockey card collector and fan, I'm happy the game is back. I do hope that if any rule changes take effect, they'll actually ENFORCE them. The vow over the years to cut down on clutch-and-grab hockey has largely been empty. The league also tried to decrease the size of goalie equipment some years back. Again, look how big it is today. Eliminating the two-line pass, I think, will largely decrease the neutral zone trap, alas, open the game up. No-touch icing will also shave a few minutes off the game and, more importantly, reduce serious and needless injuries.
Yep, it's gonna be an interesting summer.
Some teams have more lottery balls than others which give them a better shot..
Lottery Balls
3 Buffalo
3 Columbus
3 NY Rangers
3 Pittsburgh
2 Anaheim
2 Calgary
2 Chicago
2 Edmonton
2 Los Angeles
2 Minnesota
2 Nashville
2 Phoenix
1 Atlanta
1 Boston
1 Carolina
1 Colorado
1 Dallas
1 Detroit
1 Florida
1 Montreal
1 New Jersey
1 NY Islanders
1 Ottawa
1 Philadelphia
1 St. Louis
1 San Jose
1 Tampa Bay
1 Toronto
1 Vancouver
1 Washington
Re: Knuckes wish list.
1) I do not hope Todd Bertuzzi gets reinstated immediately, although I admit he has to be reinstated at some point.
2) I agree that Crosby going to Nashvill would have sucked.
3) I would LOVE to see Lindros go to Toronto, just so all those Leafs fans can ask for the upteenth consecutive year: "What do we have to do to get this team to spend money on a decent corps of blue liners!" When McCabe and Kaberle are your best defensemen you can kiss a run at Lord Stanley's Cup good bye.
LONG LIVE THE NHL!!
Yes, I collect shiny modern crap
All your Shaq are belong to me
Marian Gaborik, Ilya Kovulchuk, Rick Nash, Vincent LeCavalier
Sidney Crosby is being hailed as the next Gretzky, so we'll see what happens. His cards are going to HIT THE MOON pricewise when they're released.
Yes, I collect shiny modern crap
All your Shaq are belong to me
Moving the goals back to the original position- What was the original intent of moving them forward again?
Eliminating the red line- GOOD!
Shootouts after OT- Why not? It's exciting and there will be no more sister kissers.
Smaller goalie equipment- I'll believe it when I see it.
bjork - two words.... Joe Thornton. He'll probably be the most poductive player in the league this season.
In case anyone missed it the Bruins are sitting pretty with only 3 players signed right now. They have about $30 mil to spend on putting together a stellar team for making a cup run.
Roenick, Guerin, Tkachuk, Lindros may all don the spoked B this year.
I've said it before and I'll say it again. Harry Sinden is a genious.
Hey I can dream right.
Bob
P.S. For the first time in 30 years there will be an Orr on the Bruins roster. Tuff guy Colton Orr (no relation) should make the team.
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