Corp000085 Posted November 1, 2004 Posted November 1, 2004 http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=1913581
Campy Posted November 1, 2004 Posted November 1, 2004 "The thing people have to realize is the people in the players association office are going to be there a long time after these players are gone," Ray said. "The players who are in the league now only have a short window of opportunity to make their money, and by not playing they're losing a lot." Ray said it's the little guy -- the third- and fourth-line forwards and fifth and sixth defensemen -- who are paying the biggest price in this lockout. "I went through this whole thing in 1994 when I was making $300,000," he said of the lockout a decade ago. "They got a deal done and I thought I was going to cash in big time. Well, I went from making $300,000 to $350,000. Big deal. "They said in the last lockout that a bunch of guys never played again and lost their jobs. Well, I would be willing to bet if this thing goes the whole year, then it's going to be double that number," he said. Hard to argue with that.
Corp000085 Posted November 1, 2004 Author Posted November 1, 2004 I wish ray would come back to the sabres. Its a real shame that he had to get traded away. Hell, the entire sabre team, minus zhitnik and satan are scabs anyways. Ray could still fit in with the buffalo sabres.
MadBuffaloDisease Posted November 1, 2004 Posted November 1, 2004 The players will cave eventually. I heard Mike and Mike talk about this this morning, and if 11 guys are willing to cross the picket lines next season, more will follow. Like Ray said, players only have a finite playing time, and since the majority will play about 5 years (I'm guessing), losing 2 years is huge.
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