Gary Bettman has officially announced the cancellation of hockey through November, delivering the coup-de-grace on the full season and the incipient nail in the coffin for the entirety of the 2012-2013 season. The way this leg of the negotiations reminded me of that part in "Angels in the Outfield" where Joseph Gordon-Levitt beckons his father on when they would be a family again. Basically, Christopher Lloyd needs to team up with Donald Fehr in order for us to see any semblance of the world renowned ice sport.
Friday felt a lot like a divorce hearing. The players and the owners reminds me of "mommy and daddy fighting again". I'm half-expecting to hear Gary Bettman say, "now you kids can see hockey every other weekend and Wednesdays. And your new Uncle Colin will pick you up!" Divorce usually meant a lot less visual yelling but you were usually guaranteed twice the presents, so what I'm hoping will come from this is that we get a hockey that continues through August. And when the monthly fan support checks come in, I hope they count it as a hockey related cost.
PS: The answer is half-full. Hockey fans don't get depressed.
Friday felt a lot like a divorce hearing. The players and the owners reminds me of "mommy and daddy fighting again". I'm half-expecting to hear Gary Bettman say, "now you kids can see hockey every other weekend and Wednesdays. And your new Uncle Colin will pick you up!" Divorce usually meant a lot less visual yelling but you were usually guaranteed twice the presents, so what I'm hoping will come from this is that we get a hockey that continues through August. And when the monthly fan support checks come in, I hope they count it as a hockey related cost.
PS: The answer is half-full. Hockey fans don't get depressed.
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