It is a niche sport. Things seemed to work well when it was a 21 team league.....they could have halted expansion at 24 teams and been fine.
The NHL of today is a sad looking thing compared to years gone by. A few owners went berserk with giving out contracts, now the players think that their gravy train should continue forever.
The owners have the chance to get the economic situation workable for 30 teams. I don't know though.....the league has a television contract that belongs on cable access. The players are losing a whole year's salary.....just so NHLPA Prez Bob Badenow can try and work his magic in an 11th hour deal.
Many of the rank and file players want to put the idea of a cap to a vote......Badenow is relenting, albeit he left the meetings yesterday and threw a hissy fit.....like a scorned, red-haired stepchild. Badenow only does the things that his player cronies, ie McCabe, Pronger, Chelios and the like want him to do. These are the sad primadonnas in the league......if McCabe, Pronger and Chelios all ended up with career ending injuries, that would only be too kind a way for that trio of f***heads to exit the game.
Nobody is innocent on either side......but the players are the one who, if the league survives, will have to take the slap to the face this time......just like the owners found out that is what happened to them in 95.