ready for hockey.go wings
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DaleRoberts
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Cant wait..
racerboy71
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i'd be pissed if i were a fan ...f uck those people imo.. you know how much money both sides in that fight both make?? it's sickening how much athletes make imo.. rather disturbing who we look up to as a society...
my sister is a huge fan.. huge is a huge understatement, she's excited though..
TheMan13
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Actually the man pictured above, Nick Lindstrom, should be a roll model for all US athletes. This man's character and skill is respected worldwide bar none. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicklas_Lidstr%C3%B6m
#5 spent his entire career with the Red Wings supporting the city of Detroit when not else much was.
#5 spent his entire career with the Red Wings supporting the city of Detroit when not else much was.
i wont watch. millionaires and billionaires fighting over money, fuck em. watch NASCAR get more ratings anyways, hockey is a dying sport and asshole gary bettman isnt helping, that short toad stool piece of shit.
Fuck Hockey. Fuck Greed.
Fuck Hockey. Fuck Greed.
bloodytrichomes
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we should get 50 games better than nothing
oldesthippy
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wow great pic theman13
st0wandgrow
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Right, because NASCAR is all volunteer. No money being made there.
st0wandgrow
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mrbungle79
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while i'm not endorsing greed, hockey is the lowest paid sport compared to baseball, football and basketball. to be honest the lockout that happened several years ago because of greed is the reason i, a die hard fan at the time quit watching hockey. season long lockout over money? i was over it. lemme make 50k forget millions playing a sport i love and i'd be happy as a pig in shit . nope i make 50k a year working 60+ hrs a week at a job i hate. maybe i'm just looking at it all wrong
ExtremeMetal43
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Go Pens!..........
st0wandgrow
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Would you be willing to do it for $50k a year knowing that you will probably only play for about 7 years, and there's a good chance you will fuck your knees and back up so badly that you will be in constant pain the rest of your life?
The skating until you puke thing kinda sucks too!
mrbungle79
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i get it but still, 5mill a year isn't enough? i could retire now at 33 with just 1 mill and be comfortable. but i also don't need a huge house and mercedes and my wife is very good with $$ and budgetingWould you be willing to do it for $50k a year knowing that you will probably only play for about 7 years, and there's a good chance you will fuck your knees and back up so badly that you will be in constant pain the rest of your life?
The skating until you puke thing kinda sucks too!
. doing what i do for 50k a year i could end up with a career ending injury or worse any day of the week. talk to any of the oldtimers and they'll tell ya the same thing. it shouldn't be about the $$ it should be about the sport but yeah, again i get what you're saying
st0wandgrow
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I hear ya. 5 million a year is a lot of money. The reality is that most players don't make that kind of coin. Here's a good article on the topic:
http://www.nyrangersblog.com/2012-articles/november/the-reality-of-the-average-nhl-salary.html
Playing a sport that you love is a dream come true for most people. Once you get there though, you start to see what truly goes on. The politics are crazy, and you start to understand that you are just a commodity. A piece of meat that they will use until they no longer have a use for you, then you're swept away. I couldn't tell you how many times I was shot up with a pain killer and shoved back out on the ice. Most players play through injuries with the understanding that it could cost them personally long term, but they do it anyway because it's what's best for the team.
I side with the players in this 100%. The owners are all but guaranteed to make a fortune. The players on the other hand have a very small window to try and capitalize on their talent and opportunity.
TheMan13
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I really do not understand how Bettman has accumulated two decades of tenure now, overseeing three historical lockouts and some how remains gainfully employed. I get the fact that his job is to look out for the owners, but in the end whom actually has lost the most from these foolish lockouts of his? The owners really need to wake up and give this SOB the boot!
they just received an Obama bailout to help the struggling owners. Lets be very clear, I WILL NOT WATCH NASCAR, i have too many teeth and my sister is already married. I said, watch nascar get more ratings, fuck,.. soccer will probably get better ratings then the NHL. I was a die hard wings fan, but it was with Yzer, Federov, the Russian 5, Larinov, Fetisov...Konstantinov...ya know when it was great to see McCarty beat the shit out of lemeiux. Now hockey is like football in the near future, played for pussys. no more fights, no more good hits...its starting to be finesse over grit. Figure Skating at least has Tonya HArding. Holmer retiring makes it official, i am hanging up my winged wheel as a fan...they lost me fighting over money.....again...2005*