Lockout threatens to erode fan base in ...

Duh

or a legitimate cause for not returning as a fan.

The media is not on their side. Even in large markets, the ticket prices are too high for the average man on the street.

Kill the Union, if a guy wants a job to play hockey...hand in your resume and hope for an interview.

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Originally posted 09:02 AM ET  10.22 by Baun-ded=PH in MOTION

or a legitimate cause for not returning as a fan. The media is not on their side. Even in large markets, the ticket prices are too high for the average man on the street.Kill the Union, if a guy wants a job to play hockey...hand in your resume and hope for an interview.

While I certainly see you point, can you imagine how awful Dwarfus Horribilius would be if there was no "protection" for the players? The owners and he would run over them like blades of grass

Tomorrows lead story in the Pittsburgh Post- Gazette -" Water is wet"

Someone should sit the Buttgoblin and the Fehrer down and make them watch this over and over and over......

I don't think Dallas is alone in this scenario.

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Originally posted 09:33 AM ET  10.22 by Harry Crack

Tomorrows lead story in the Pittsburgh Post- Gazette -" Water is wet"

My God! Really? Thank God for the journalists in this world. Without them we'd know nothing. 'Cause like they already know nothing..............

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Originally posted 10:04 AM ET  10.22 by Slapshot

My God! Really? Thank God for the journalists in this world. Without them we'd know nothing. 'Cause like they already know nothing..............

So let me see if I understand this correctly:
You put a sports team in a place where it has no history/doesn't belong/doesn't really fit...and then, as some permanent buzz is beginning to develop, you simply take it away in a fit of pique over an amout of money that people in those areas think may be excessive....and you thnk the fan base may evaporate (in the heat...)
WOW!!!!!

I want to see the NHL play only in cities where the ponds ice over in the winter.

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Originally posted 11:13 AM ET  10.22 by THE BISHOP!

I want to see the NHL play only in cities where the ponds ice over in the winter.

I'm Spiny Norman and I approve this message
(and have said the same thing to cries of "snob"...as if I care)
and oh yeah:


THE BISHOP!!!!!!

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Originally posted 11:13 AM ET  10.22 by THE BISHOP!

I want to see the NHL play only in cities where the ponds ice over in the winter.

What if global warming takes that away from me?

I guess it's turning this NHL season into the Not Hardly Likely

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Originally posted 10:18 AM ET  10.22 by Spiny Norman

So let me see if I understand this correctly:You put a sports team in a place where it has no history/doesn't belong/doesn't really fit...and then, as some permanent buzz is beginning to develop, you simply take it away in a fit of pique over an amout of money that people in those areas think may be excessive....and you thnk the fan base may evaporate (in the heat...)WOW!!!!!

Yes ! Place this in the "pretty much " category LOL

...Penguins defenseman Matt Niskanen...

The Penguins have defensemen? ;)

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Originally posted 11:30 AM ET  10.22 by Garbage Man

What if global warming takes that away from me?

That question may be a tad too deep for this thread I'm afraid.

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Originally posted 12:20 PM ET  10.22 by THE BISHOP!

That question may be a tad too deep for this thread I'm afraid.

I have a call into Al Gore's office to find out and while I was at it I sent him a thank you card for inventing the internet.

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Originally posted 11:13 AM ET  10.22 by THE BISHOP!

I want to see the NHL play only in cities where the ponds ice over in the winter.

Amen Bishop! And when the time comes when Dallas no longer has the support it needs and leaves/contracts, can we get our name (North Stars) and colors (Green/Gold) back here in the North where they belong? Thank you for your time and consideration. Keep hockey in the North!

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Originally posted 12:36 PM ET  10.22 by Nacho Johnson

Amen Bishop! And when the time comes when Dallas no longer has the support it needs and leaves/contracts, can we get our name (North Stars) and colors (Green/Gold) back here in the North where they belong? Thank you for your time and consideration. Keep hockey in the North!

Nacho you're not allowed to make intelligent remarks with the flag hand as an avatar

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Originally posted 02:11 PM ET  10.22 by Garbage Man

Nacho you're not allowed to make intelligent remarks with the flag hand as an avatar

With a name like Nacho there has to be an avatar somewhere on the net to be able to identify with.

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Originally posted 12:36 PM ET  10.22 by Nacho Johnson

Amen Bishop! And when the time comes when Dallas no longer has the support it needs and leaves/contracts, can we get our name (North Stars) and colors (Green/Gold) back here in the North where they belong? Thank you for your time and consideration. Keep hockey in the North!

Once you cross the Mason Dixon line, there is no business having hockey there. They are too stupid and inbred to understand something as simple as icing.