PantherBlood6*
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Just pure speculation on my part -- but I was talking about this with a buddy of mine earlier this evening.
Could this whole circus-act be some sort of a marketing ploy by the NHL AND the NHLPA? It seems kind of bizarre what is going on right now. Canceling the season gives the NHL a TON of media attention (although negative) -- because it's the first season to EVER be completely lost over a labor dispute in a major sport. But if you turn around and un-cancel the 2004-2005 season -- all that attention suddenly becomes positive.
Think about it for a second -- If the NHL and NHLPA announce a deal before the deadline given by Bettman -- they would get some attention but not NEARLY the coverage they are getting right now (at least in most US markets...). the players look like heroes instead of the criminals they are portrayed as now -- NHL legends like Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux and Steve Yzerman saving the sport from imminent disaster -- combine that with rule changes and a new economic system that should provide parity, the NHL could really market the sport as a new, rebuilt league with the sports eye as a whole fully focused on the NHL.
Maybe I'm nuts...but alot of things going on right now don't seem to add up. Be gentle......
Could this whole circus-act be some sort of a marketing ploy by the NHL AND the NHLPA? It seems kind of bizarre what is going on right now. Canceling the season gives the NHL a TON of media attention (although negative) -- because it's the first season to EVER be completely lost over a labor dispute in a major sport. But if you turn around and un-cancel the 2004-2005 season -- all that attention suddenly becomes positive.
Think about it for a second -- If the NHL and NHLPA announce a deal before the deadline given by Bettman -- they would get some attention but not NEARLY the coverage they are getting right now (at least in most US markets...). the players look like heroes instead of the criminals they are portrayed as now -- NHL legends like Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux and Steve Yzerman saving the sport from imminent disaster -- combine that with rule changes and a new economic system that should provide parity, the NHL could really market the sport as a new, rebuilt league with the sports eye as a whole fully focused on the NHL.
Maybe I'm nuts...but alot of things going on right now don't seem to add up. Be gentle......