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The really pathetic thing is that hockey overall was hurting pretty bad before the lockout. Now these nimrods are fighting over what will be a lot less money coming in once it's over.
They are all going to suffer bad and they deserve it.
For anyone "siding" with the owners or the players I'd just say this: They both created this mess (along with the lovable agents) and if you look at the average salary in hockey it is WAY higher than the teams/leagues incomes dictate.
The top players in hockey earn $9-11M / season where in baseball & basketball it's about double that and in football it's about the same. Now look at the league-wide revenue (incl. tv rights) those leagues produce .. it's a no-brainer that mathematically, the average NHL salary should be maybe $500K and the very top salaries $3-4M tops.
So until the salaries come back down to reality, this sh1t will go on for a very long time.
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