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Idoit40fans wrote:I think he said a week ago that he was giving it about another week
llipgh2 wrote:I find it funny no one seems to have the same outrage when NHL guys sign to play in the ECHL.
Not singling out Bathgate, just an observation. I've read comments on other boards (TSN.ca is a perfect example), people are raging about NHL players stealing jobs for European players. But not a peep about guys like Gomez, Armstrong and a few others signing with the ECHL and taking roster spots from guys that probably really need the job.
joopen wrote:Well, in all fairness, with the 2 examples you cited, they probably should be in the ECHL
Bathgate wrote:If he goes to Europe, I want to know the name of the guy that gets cut from the team and loses his source of income to make room for Crosby. It would be a guy that if he reported to North America next September as part of a group of replacement players would be labeled a dirty scab by Crosby and the other NHLers. Shame! Don't do it Sid.
Idoit40fans wrote:Bathgate wrote:If he goes to Europe, I want to know the name of the guy that gets cut from the team and loses his source of income to make room for Crosby. It would be a guy that if he reported to North America next September as part of a group of replacement players would be labeled a dirty scab by Crosby and the other NHLers. Shame! Don't do it Sid.
I have asked this many times and never got an answer, are you a caricature of something? I don't even know what, but I can't believe that you actually think the things you say. Also "scabs" don't exist in lockouts, they can only exist in a strike. I'm quite sure that you don't know what you're talking about.
Bathgate wrote:If it came to actual games with replacements, they would have to charge 1/2 or 1/4 current ticket prices. Maybe they would go with less than 30 teams. There would be a new PA. The idea would be to induce the current players to give up the fight and return (and join the new PA under the new CBA). Possibly just some talk about or initial action toward replacements (like sending invitations to potential replacements) would get the current players to cave. Otherwise, it would probably get messy and ugly. There would be legal actions and counter actions and the courts might block it. Maybe no fans would show up. It would all be very unpredictable. I bet some owners have already talked about the possibility, though.
Pitt87 wrote:Bathgate wrote:If it came to actual games with replacements, they would have to charge 1/2 or 1/4 current ticket prices. Maybe they would go with less than 30 teams. There would be a new PA. The idea would be to induce the current players to give up the fight and return (and join the new PA under the new CBA). Possibly just some talk about or initial action toward replacements (like sending invitations to potential replacements) would get the current players to cave. Otherwise, it would probably get messy and ugly. There would be legal actions and counter actions and the courts might block it. Maybe no fans would show up. It would all be very unpredictable. I bet some owners have already talked about the possibility, though.
They might as well just change the sites for minor league games... basically how it would work anyway, and I would pay over 1/2 for WBS or Nailers games.
tfrizz wrote:Pitt87 wrote:Bathgate wrote:If it came to actual games with replacements, they would have to charge 1/2 or 1/4 current ticket prices. Maybe they would go with less than 30 teams. There would be a new PA. The idea would be to induce the current players to give up the fight and return (and join the new PA under the new CBA). Possibly just some talk about or initial action toward replacements (like sending invitations to potential replacements) would get the current players to cave. Otherwise, it would probably get messy and ugly. There would be legal actions and counter actions and the courts might block it. Maybe no fans would show up. It would all be very unpredictable. I bet some owners have already talked about the possibility, though.
They might as well just change the sites for minor league games... basically how it would work anyway, and I would pay over 1/2 for WBS or Nailers games.
Something important to keep in mind is the number of AHLers with NHL contracts. That makes them a part of the NHLPA, so they'd be locked out. The only AHL players the owners could use are guys with AHL-only contracts.
Gaucho wrote:You're not much of a realist if you believe the NHL can survive with replacement players
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