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Lockout just got real with regular season games canceled

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03:15 PM ET 10.04 | In case fans were not completely convinced that the NHL lockout was a real threat to the regular season, the news out of the league office today should cement it for them. The league announced that the first two weeks of the season have been canceled as a result of the on-going work stoppage. In total, 82 games will be written off through Oct. 24. The season was to officially kick off on Oct. 11 with four games slated for the opening night. The lockout has already cost the league nearly $100 million dollars in revenue thanks to the canceled preseason schedule and that number will only grow with this latest news. The players will now lose out on the first of 13 paychecks that were set to go out on Oct. 15, according to the Canadian Press. To make matters worse, there does not appear to be a silver lining in this cloud as no talks are scheduled between the two sides, bringing further weeks of scheduled games into question.

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October 5, 2012  12:14 AM ET

Nope, we were all already convinced.

October 5, 2012  12:31 AM ET
QUOTE(#1):

Nope, we were all already convinced.

+1

October 5, 2012  08:02 AM ET

I hope gary buttman dies in a horrific accident where he gets beat by a gorilla then thrown into a freezing cold shark tank pulled out seconds before drowning and consumed by the shark then lit on fire for all the NHL fans to watch...buck fettman!!!

October 5, 2012  08:40 AM ET
QUOTE(#3):

I hope gary buttman dies in a horrific accident where he gets beat by a gorilla then thrown into a freezing cold shark tank pulled out seconds before drowning and consumed by the shark then lit on fire for all the NHL fans to watch...buck fettman!!!

Shark? I didn't know you were a San Jose fan?

October 5, 2012  09:04 AM ET

I think I'm going to start following a sport with a little more integrity....like Chinese Badminton.

October 5, 2012  09:20 AM ET
QUOTE(#5):

I think I'm going to start following a sport with a little more integrity....like Chinese Badminton.

curling??

October 5, 2012  09:23 AM ET
QUOTE(#6):

curling??

Not a bad idea.

October 5, 2012  09:24 AM ET
QUOTE(#6):

curling??

Don't be dissing curling. Probably the only sport played on ice that is truly honourable. Figure skating has political crap all over it. Hockey has this nonsense. Speed skating has it's share of shenanigans too.

Curlers play hard and fair and then go drinking with the competition afterwards.

October 5, 2012  09:37 AM ET

i wasnt...curling is fun to watch

October 5, 2012  09:44 AM ET
QUOTE(#9):

i wasnt...curling is fun to watch

Rog....

I've never played so don't be thinking I'm a player, but I love watching it on TV. You can see and hear everything.

Unlike golf.....

October 5, 2012  09:54 AM ET

another fine contribution from my people, aslong with whisky and golf

October 5, 2012  09:55 AM ET

Curlers play hard and fair and then go drinking with the competition afterwards.


Why not just skip the curling part?

October 5, 2012  10:10 AM ET
QUOTE(#8):

Don't be dissing curling. Probably the only sport played on ice that is truly honourable. Figure skating has political crap all over it. Hockey has this nonsense. Speed skating has it's share of shenanigans too.Curlers play hard and fair and then go drinking with the competition afterwards.

That's how all sports used to be and should be again.

October 5, 2012  10:10 AM ET
QUOTE(#11):

another fine contribution from my people, along with whisky and golf

And here's another....

October 5, 2012  10:11 AM ET
QUOTE(#11):

another fine contribution from my people, aslong with whisky and golf

I agree with the former but the latter is more for masochists than anyone else ;)

October 5, 2012  10:11 AM ET
QUOTE(#12):

Curlers play hard and fair and then go drinking with the competition afterwards. Why not just skip the curling part?

That's management thinking that is.

October 5, 2012  10:31 AM ET
QUOTE(#12):

Curlers play hard and fair and then go drinking with the competition afterwards. Why not just skip the curling part?

because the whole "good looking women" part of the equation has to stay I think

October 5, 2012  11:10 AM ET
QUOTE(#3):

I hope gary buttman dies in a horrific accident where he gets beat by a gorilla then thrown into a freezing cold shark tank pulled out seconds before drowning and consumed by the shark then lit on fire for all the NHL fans to watch...buck fettman!!!

Why are you not including the Fehrer in yous ghoulish scenario? Doesn't he deserve the same fate? And ... Let the shark decide who goes first.

October 5, 2012  11:32 AM ET
QUOTE(#6):

curling??

The bonspiel they call it. I wouldn't mind to spiel my bon on a few of those curling chicks. :-)

 
October 5, 2012  11:52 AM ET
QUOTE(#5):

I think I'm going to start following a sport with a little more integrity....like Chinese Badminton.

Of course that would require a new photo Avatar...so smile, "watch the birdie".

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