Bettman doesn't have to wake up early now.

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You know, I find it oddly comforting to know that all of this hurts the owners and players a lot more than it hurts me. I am unable to watch hockey for a while, but they are all losing millions of dollars. Don't know why, but that fact makes me feel better.

Why do we though? It's just a product, that's all it is. Our money isn't invested in the NHL unless they are actually playing. If you bought tickets, you could get your money back. What are they taking away from you right now? It's like if TV writers went on strike for a year. People would still watch TV after. All it is is entertainment. They are not ruining your lives or stealing money from you while being locked out.

IMO, if somebody didn't keep watching hockey after the NHL came back, then the sport wasn't all that important to them anyway (and that's not a bad thing).

Love this Ev!

All this talk about taking a two week break makes me think of the episode from Friends (got this from the Urban Dictionary):

WE WERE ON A BREAK!
something Ross on Friends says too much. Rachel said, let's take a break, so Ross boinked Chole, the punk girl from the copy center. He and Rachel immediately made-up, but when she found out about the boinking, she was pissed.

Ross spent the next four years or so saying, "WE WERE ON A BREAK!"
She wants me to take responsibility for everything that went wrong in our relationship. I mean she goes on for five pages about, about how I was unfaithful to her! "Well...WE WERE ON A BREAK!"

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12 Team "Experts" Roto representing Dobberhockey 2nd
G,A,PPP,+/-,SOG,Hits,Blocks,Wins,GAA,SV% - Keep 4
4C-Kopitar,M.Koivu,Stepan,Matthias,Prospal
4L-Marleau,Steen,M.Foligno,N.Foligno,Morrow,Umberger
4R-Hossa,Hornqvist,Little,Alfredsson,Oshie
6D-Byfuglien,Phaneuf,Doughty,J.Johnson,Burns,Wideman, Kostka,Methot
2G-M.Smith,Backstrom,Reimer

12 Team Salary Cap Roto Dynasty 3rd (G,A,Pts,FPts,DPts,Pim,SOG,H,BS,W+OTL+SO,GAA,SV%)
12F-Ovechkin,Kopitar,P&E Kane,Kessel,Ryan,M&N Foligno,Ennis,Hodgson,Killorn,Horton,Wolski,Morrow ,Bonino
6D-Subban,J.Johnson,Carle,Wizniewski,Franson,Spurgeon ,Kostka,M.Fraser
2G-Rask,Anderson,Emery
Farm-Markstrom,Scrivens,Brunner,Nyquist,G.Bourque,B.Con nolly,T.Barrie,Brennan,Barberio,Orlov

I've supported them financially, emotionally etc for a long time. Three lockouts in under 20 years, really? I have no interest in giving them my money and interest if they think NOTHING of my previous time/investment. If this was the first time, I'd perhaps not feel the same but I'm almost beyond it.

I endured the full season debacle in 2004 and understood that was over a point that would reform the game. This isn't about a generational issue, it's just about slicing up the pie and several peripheral issues. If they can't even figure that out, they're not competent to run a hot dog stand, let alone a billion dollar enterprise. The NHL and PA management have long since run behind that of the other big 3 sports in the U.S. and it's a GD embarrassment this time. I'm not defending it this time, I'm really not. Their deadline with me is Jan 1st. Beyond that, I'm killing off the Dynasty league I run, and not playing fantasy, buying Center Ice or anything else again. I'm so pissed, I'm willing to play Fantasy Basketball.

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12 team Full Dynasty w cap. 13F, 7D, 2G, 5B.
G 4.25, A 2.75, PPP 1.5, SHP 3, Hits 0.4, Blocks 0.5, PIM 0.25, DFP 1
W 5 OTL 1 SO 6 SV 0.25 L-1 GS 1

F:Stamkos, C Stew, R Johansen, B Dubinsky, Max Pac, Umberger, B Ryan, D Backes, T Ruutu, Lucic, Ott, MSL, Heatley, C Kunitz, J Benn, L Adam

D: C Fowler, Kronwall, A Goligoski, JM Liles, M Giordano, K Letang, N Nikitin, R Josi

G: J Quick, A Niemi, C Anderson, Rinne

I will be right back to being a fan when the NHL resumes.

Yeah... who are you guys kidding lol

I doubt anyone will "abstain" once the hockey season resumes

So they aren't breaking for two weeks?

Everyone is pissed off and frusterated, I am willing to bet that 80-90% of the people that claim to be done with the NHL if we lose the season, etc will return almost immediately once they announce hockey is back. Maybe some fall off the map and do divorce the NHL, but I feel most of them are just venting their frusterations and soon as the day comes that the NHL is back in business, its gonna be just a big sigh of relief and a " FINALLY" comment and everyone will get back to normal.

Put it this way... the fact that we're on a fantasy hockey forum to get our fix... while there's no actual hockey even going on... says it all lol