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A modern-day WHL?
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08:23 AM ET 09.21 | Of course, the hockey landscape is very different now than it was in the Original Six days, but is there a league that might be capable of competing for the world's top players after a lockout? As long as owners keep together they tend to get their way if only because when the NHL shuts down it quickly becomes a buyer's market for hockey talent, with players like Jason Spezza and Joe Thornton willing to play in Switzerland essentially for free, after the cost to insure their multi-million NHL contracts is factored in. But an aggressive KHL could change things, and in some ways already has. Certainly the NHL's Russian-born stars have embraced the chance to stay at home and get paid during the lockout.
Alex Ovechkin, Icon Sports
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I will just assume they meant WHA....
Spiny Norman
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A , L , Potato ,Potahto...whatever it takes ;-)
Harry Crack
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As the old adage goes Spiny "Never assume as it makes an ass out of u and..... the NHL, The Buttgoblin, The Fehrer, The Players, The Owners, and The NHLPA.
Oh what the hell. Assume away.
Canuck eh?
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No, the WHL, the Western Hockey League. You know, cos Russia is west of North America and has a hockey league, and.....oh, I can't do this. The interns just screwed up again.
Nobody expects…
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NOOOOOOOO!!! My faith in everything has been challenged!
santapig
Kansas City , MO
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I thought we were going into, "I can see Russia from my house" territory here
Spiny Norman
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Nah. That's old material.
Nobody expects…
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Sorry, but hard truths must be faced head on! ;)
Nobody expects…
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i thought they were gonna go with a story about broads playing pro hockey...
uncle teabags
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while it'll never happen, it'd be GREAT to see the players association change their name to just "Professional Hockey Players association" (ditch the National Hockey League part) and offer to start a new league on their own. They collectively have enough money to create new teams on their own and to rent our local arenas to put on games and let the fans show up for pennies on the dollar.
THAT would really put the vice on the owners, to see these guys playing for nearly nothing filling up venues for fans to watch quality hockey. The owners would go ****!
ArchMedia
Spokane, WA
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Sarah can watch the Russian games from her house :-)
whale2
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"all of 'em, I can watch all of 'em"....
Spiny Norman
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Board Nazi's took out my comment #14
NY Rangers
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I don't care anymore....Let them eat cake....
Hank Kingsley
Port Alberni, BC
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I guess they didn't like your avatar:-). You are a good sport and have paid the price long enough. Time to get back to your original.
whale2
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Haha...Thinking back she is a hockey fan. Have to like that about her
whale2
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No but with really good binos, the oldest Palin daughter sometimes forgets to close her bedroom blinds.
shiprock
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what do you mean....she forgets....isn't that her new tv show?
Spiny Norman
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