It's a official

There will be, as of right now, NO NHL season this year. The commisioner of the NHL, Gary Bettman, issued a statement today that the players were locked out until the NHLPA and owners can agree. The basic problem is that the Owners want to have a salary cap and the NHLPA doesn't. For more on the story click here.

And now my analysis. The NHLPA needs to get over themselves. Back in 1994 they did almost the same thing. The owners caved in a little to much and we have the same problem we had 10 years ago. The NHLPA needs to get their heads out of the clouds, be happy with playing the worlds greatest game and take a little of a hit. I mean come on the average NHL salary is 1.8 million dollars. That's right I said average salary, and from what I have heard the NHLPA is objecting to the owners offering a salary cap to be set at 6 MILLION dollars. So if you're the best in the league you make 6 million if you aren't you make less. I also think that the NHL should introduce revenue sharing across the board. It works well in the NFL, where they have teams that play in places like New York City, New York and in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Maybe then the smaller market teams (and all Canadian teams) will have a chance to compete once again. This is one of the things that I definately have more to say on, and I will continue to watch the stories and developments on what's going on in the non-NHL year. Oh, and what are Canadians going to do on Saturday night now, no CBC? Guess CTV's and Globals numbers will gon through the roof. But I can't wait for Hockey to return.