NHL Hockey Is Back!
(CNN) – The National Hockey League and the NHL Players’ Association struck a tentative agreement early Sunday that may end a more-than-100-day lockout of unionized players, the league said in a statement posted on its website. The new agreement reached in New York still must be approved by both the players and owners, the NHL said. ”After a marathon 16-plus hour negotiating session at the Sofitel Hotel that began Saturday afternoon, the sides announced an agreement in principle shortly after 5 a.m. Sunday,” the league said. Some players had a “crucial role in the final stages” of reaching the agreement, the union said. “Players in the room early Sunday for the announcement were: Craig Adams, Chris Campoli, Mathieu Darche, Shane Doan, Andrew Ference, Ron Hainsey, Jamal Mayers and George Parros,” the players association said. The NHL scrapped its preseason and all games through the end of 2012 after the contract expired on September 15 and the two sides were unable to reach an agreement. If the agreement is approved, the door is open to salvage the second half of the season and the Stanley Cup playoffs. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman has said any abbreviated regular season should probably have a minimum of 48 games per team
A 50 game season is basically handing the New York Rangers the Cup, right? Anyone who’s a hockey expert like myself knows that.
No one cares about hockey. Go back to Canada you fucking losers.
Im not a huge hockey fan myself but nobody pisses me off more than the “nobody cares about hockey” dickheads. Just because you dont care about hockey doesnt mean nobody cares about hockey. Theres an entire fucking league built around it so I’d say plenty of people care about hockey. So shut the fuck up and go jerk off to the NBA.
Love the NHL lovers dissing basketball when the ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE is more popular in this country than hockey. That’s right NHL fans, soccer is more popular than hockey here.
A short season is actually going to be pretty fun to watch. I havnt heard details but if they ex
Expand number of playoff teams it’s a big money grab.
expand the number of playoff teams? 16 teams already make it…why would you expand that?
so your going the whole pres thing? the i really no nothing about hockey but im gonna joke like i love it thing?
haha screw the nba. thank god the NHL is back
You have a lot of homers in the States if the EPL is more popular than the hockey. You fucks should take a little more pride in development program, considering the fact you just finished cleaning up at the WJC.
The NBA style of play is terrible and if you watch soccer, you’re a fucking loser.
Talk to me in March if the Rangers are in the Playoffs. Then i’ll buy a T-shirt.
Nobody cares about hockey
Love the soccer fans on this , half of you know nothing outside of FIFA and are fucking tools. Go throw on your flannel shirts, skinny jeans, and prance around Brooklyn you stupid mutts . The league with easily the best playoffs is back so suck on an orange and continue to suck on your mothers tit , “soccer” fans…..
Deeds
The Rangers might win the Cup… If all 29 other teams die in a plane crash
yea there’s pretty much no way the rangers don’t win the cup this season with Nash and a short season under torts aggressive but exhausting coaching barring disasterous injuries. But you’re such a fucking jinx bitch clancy, you probably fucked the rangers season through this one post alone.
NBA is awful. Any kind of soccer is awful. It’s that simple. Lets go rangers!!
NHL was locked out?
Soccer fans are morons. Who the fuck buys tickets to games that routinely end in 0-0 scores? Soccer idiots that’s who.
…and the manager of Taco Bell
Otwisted soccer and hockey have about the same amount of scoring. Only hockey has a lame ass shoot out at the end
NBA has turned in a terrible league because of stern. Hawks>Rangers
How can NHL fans complain about Stern when they have the worst commissioner in the history of sports? 2 lockouts in the past 5 years, what a fucking joke. Oh and soccer is the most popular sport in the world, the NHL can barely even keep itself in business.
You’re a rangers fan? Huh, would’ve taken you as an Islander since you seem to root for shitty teams.
Hockey: you get hit… you get up and shake it off.
Soccer: you get hit… you grab your ankle and cry like a bitch
There’s no comparison
Hockey glide around for 1 minute sit on bench
Soccer run while dribbling and avoiding contact for 90 minutes with no subs
No comparison
Pretty sure nobody in NY knows anything about hockey. I think the only people who follow it in the US is Michigan, Minnesota and New England. But it is funny how you NYers will bandwagon on anything. Maybe next year you can even sell out a Yankee playoff game.
league with the best playoffs aka the league that plays games on versus hahaha
Really Wilburham.. You think shootouts are lame. What about penalty kicks in Soccer.. Same fucking thing you cum dumpster. And to the rest of you using the same old “most popular sport” shit. Of course it is, not every country has the infrastructure, money, or climate to produce/maintain ice. Hockey is by far the most expensive sport to play. Soccer on the other hand is by far the cheapest. You need a ball and goal posts. It makes sense it is the most popular sport in the world.
so how long before the next lockout? 2, 3 seasons max?
Oh Wilburham………you have no fucking clue
Hope you’re enjoying your easy bake oven
@TampaJack..i think youre forgetting about upstate NY, places like Buffalo and Rochester where hockey is huge, shit living in Buffalo is basically like living in Canada..i will agree though that the only people in NYC who know anything about hockey are people who played growing up
and as far as the EPL being more popular than the NHL, i’d venture to say EPL games get better ratings than a lot of pro sports because of all the foreigners coming here by the raft-loads
Sask soccer only has pks in a few games a year compared to hockey which has shootouts in regular season games.
Evil one I have no idea about what? And what does an easy bake oven have to do with anything? Hockey is a niche sport just above lacrosse
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO2keOKV5g0 …….. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DjiF7svXFg ……. all soccer arguments are obsolete
@wilburham, you are a huuuuuuge douchebag if you’re trying to compare hockey to soccer. You are definitely a flopping soccer pussy.
You have no idea about the game of hockey, I played soccer from 4-16, it’s a boring game to play, sleep inducing to watch.
Try playing hockey before you yap (oh, you can’t skate ?)
sucks to be you.
Now go bake the men some cake
Evil one I played hockey from 3 to 17 boring boring game to play even more boring to watch. Your probably fat and unathletic and slow of foot so you resort to gliding on the ice. And I don’t know how to bake a cake so your out of luck
And you all probably only watch the World Cup which is the shittiest soccer you could possibly watch
Soccer sucks bud. Wrap it up. Just an awfully boring sport to play and watch. You’re better off just running cross country if you wanna talk about endurance.
“Hockey glide around for 1 minute sit on bench Soccer run while dribbling and avoiding contact for 90 minutes with no subs No comparison” That may be the weakest argumental statement ever.. So you pansies float around your pitch for 90 fucking minutes trying to avoid hitting one another.. And when you are hit, you fucking flop over like someone shot you. Hockey players may play for 45 second shifts, but every second they are out there, they are going full tilt.
@dwaynewadesherpes how bout you show us your source for your conclusion? More NHL games are broadcasted than any soccer league. If you’d like to bring soccer into it, well guess what? Hockey is more popular on a worldwide scale than any American sport. That’s a fact. Your stupidity is baffling.
Hockey= lacrosse on skates boring unathletic and for privileged white people in small parts of the country.
Really sask I didn’t realize that slowly skating outward and dumping the puck was full tilt. Hockey people are delusional your sport sucks and 90 percent of the nation could care less about it
I’m assuming wilburham is some stupid Italian from Jersey who roots for Italy every World Cup . Face facts, the USA is a third tier soccer nation at best so all of you guys essentially suck . Meanwhile, the USA is an emerging power at hockey who will at the very least medal in next years Olympics.
I can’t debate with stupid anymore.. Enjoy your EPL, it is 90 minutes of pure fucking awful.
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I can’t debate with stupid anymore enjoy your 3 periods (really 3 wtf is that about) the three periods are fucking awful
wilburham, please stop embarassing yourself. You’re a joke. If you think soccer is more intense than hockey than you’re just a fucking squid. Soccer is a very very pathetic sport. The weakest of the play play soccer. Take a lap. Go to bed. Tomorrow is a new day.
I’ll take also chain out because I can actually run unlike lazy unathletic hockey players
Hockey sucks.
Cue the brainless, hipster hockey fans and their “NBA is for pussies” remarks.
Nhl>nba. And thats comin from a football guy that loves the celtics but bruins games are just better.
The only way NY wins a championship is if the J-E-T-S join the nhl….the are bonified winners having gotten to not 1, but 2 AFC championship games….that means rings, right?
RexRyansAfatClam, I’m pretty sure the only sport that hipsters are interested in is the NBA. Skinny white kids in throwback NBA jerseys should be a demographic by now.
That comment should be directed at 5550123, not RexRyansAfatClam.
Soccer and the NBA are pathetic jokes of a sport ! Bitching and flopping is all I see when I’m forced to watch either one of those Jogballs. Hockey is a real mans sport, too bad there are to many powder puff pansies out there who would rather watch Kobe Bryant and David Beckham attend another Golden Globe Awards. Thank God for Scot Beckenbaugh, definitely in line for Hart trophy and Man of the Year Awards.
The Jets are a No ring circus! The only thing Rex really cares about are covered up by his clown shoes.
lazy, unathletic hockey players? wow. just wow. wilburham, there’s a reason why EVERY person at some point has played soccer. Including myself. I played it for 17 years and I’ve never played organized hockey in my life. Hockey is just so much better. More action. No one being pussies. Not everyone can play hockey because it takes work to actually be able to compete. You notice when you played little league soccer that everyone, including all the unathletic fatasses in your school played it? Yeah. Thought so. I like soccer, both playing and watching. But it doesn’t even compare to hockey. And the World Cup is absolutely the best soccer to watch. In general people have more national pride than any other type of pride and it brings out the best of the players during the world cup. I’ve never been as entertained by soccer when watching league play as I have watching the World Cup. So, I’m ending everything right fucking here. Some people like soccer more and some like hockey more. The fact that you took time to come on a hockey specific post just to argue with people that hockey sucks makes you a cock smoker. why would you even click on the blog if you dont care about hockey? some of us care a lot so how about you let us be happy that our favorite sport is back? is that too much to ask? Final thing, did you see the two youtube links I posted? Two different videos of soccer players grabbing other player’s dick and balls. Doesn’t happen in hockey. Ever. Go fuck yourself.
@ wilburham. Plus with hockey we are actual fans based on where we live. I bet you bandwagon a team real hard in the EPL. I’m gonna go ahead and guess your favorite team is either Arsenal, MAn U, Man City or Chelsea. Or you might like the Spanish league and be a Real Madrid or Barca fan. Either way, isn’t it convenient that you root for one of the best soccer teams in the world and it has nothing to do with where you are from. In this respect you are worse than Locked Out Habs fan. He’s a douche bag that roots for a team that was one of the worst teams in the NHL last season but at least he has pride for his home town team. 100% of Americans who watch European club soccer can’t say that. Again, go fuck yourself
Arguing about what sports you like and dislike is fucking annoying. Dead-end, uninteresting conversation.
Soccer are for Sally’s without hand eye coordination , yea they can run a marathon but besides that, the least athletic of all sports.
Skating a hockey rink compared to jogging on grass, penalty box because two guys knocked there teeth out compared to yellow card for bumping, fast moving back and forth compared to slow as fuck! Soccer Sucks and so does the NBA!
Then leave!
Forkz You!!
as someone who played both hockey and soccer for 15+ years I have to say hockey was the more exciting of the two and I prefer watching hockey over soccer any day of the week, but to come out and call anyone who plays any sport at a world class level un-athletic is just ridiculous..yea everyone grows up playing soccer when theyre like 10 and can compete because they as well as everyone else sucked, shit I was barely 5′ my freshman year of HS and I played fucking basketball, so the whole argument that ‘everyone can do it’ is invalid…both soccer and hockey players as a whole are some of the most conditioned and overall best athletes in the world, plain and simple..and as far as LAX is concerned, the people who play lacrosse are the faggots that wish they could play hockey, but are too retarded to learn how to skate
smd kfc. devils have a better chance of winning the cup
@dwaynewadesherpes how bout you show us your source for your conclusion? More NHL games are broadcasted than any soccer league. If you’d like to bring soccer into it, well guess what? Hockey is more popular on a worldwide scale than any American sport. That’s a fact. Your stupidity is baffling.
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nukid you are one ignorant dumbass. The EPL and the Spanish league regular season games have more viewers and are broadcasted in more countries than the Stanley Cup Finals, let alone NHL regular season games. Also, the NBA is way more popular worldwide than the NHL. There are players from many countries that play or have played in the NBA from different backgrounds; not the NHL where it’s all white people sprinkled with 2 or 5 black people. How many countries care about hockey at all? 10, maybe 15? There are billboards of Kobe, Lebron, Howard, and Rose in Asia and Europe, they are known worldwide; Half the people in this country don’t even know who Sidney Crosby or Alex Ovechkin are. You can hate the NBA all you want, but it will always be more popular in this country and worldwide than hockey.
You fucking retards that think soccer and other shitty sports like that are more popular than hockey need to go kill yourselves. Fucking morons. And basketball ducking blows.
And wilburham you are an idiot
And wilburham you are an idiot, maybe the biggest one I’ce ever come across
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Why the fuck is it doing that?
Mazy pad you’re a retard the World Cup is the worst soccer it’s not real teams its individuals that come together for a month and the quality of the play Is crap based in the tournament format. And that’s what most of us based our soccer opinions on
This soccer and hockey argument is fucking terrible. I played both. They’re different skill sets, both require conditioning and athleticism. WIlburham you are a fucking clown. Not because you’re opinion on soccer is necessarily wrong (I wake up to watch the EPL ever single weekend) but because you’re wasting time arguing it on a blog. About hockey. In the United States. Shut the fuck up.
natkingcole, i KNEW you were a pussy