What have they done?

Hey pens fans,
I haven't heard anything new, but I wanted share some of my thoughts on what has already happened and what may happen in the future. Hockey has been an important part of my life for a long time. I remember going to games when I was a kid and nothing made me happier than to see my Penguins win. I remeber watching Lemieux and Francis on a line together it was almost magical. I cannot believe the league and the players cannot come to an agreement. They have forgotten the most the two most important parts of the game, the game itself and the fans. Do they think what they are doing is for the good of the game? If they do, do they realize that without the game, which because of their lockout they are not playing, they wouldn't have a job or make the kind of money they do? They also seem to have forgotten about the fans, the fans who buy the tickets and go to the games, the fans who buy their merchandise, the fans who watch the games on tv, which why the league makes money from ESPN carrying the games. (along with the local stations for each hometown) These are the fans they are disappointing. Do the players and the league realize that without the fans they wouldn't have a game that they could play that they love and make enormous amounts of money? I just hope for the sake of the sport that I love the fans will come back to the game once this is all over. However, I can almost not blame the fans if they do not come back after the players and the league have acted like bitter children. I did say almost. I think that most fans will come back and those who don't were not true fans to begin with. Please tell me your opinions on the status of the league by emailing them to me at pensfan17148@msn.com.

Gretzky

Hey pens fans,
Nothing new to report, but check out what the "great one" has to say about he and Mario's involment in the meetings over the weekend. http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?id=115751

Nothing New

Hey pens fans,
No, I am not forgetting to update. There is just nothing new going on that I have heard. I f you have any info email it to me at pensfan17148@msn.com.

Tons of rumors

Hey pens fans,
There are tons of rumors flying around about the league and what occured this weekend. I have not heard any definate or even very likely stories, but have heard so many different thing i do not know what to believe. One thing that I am fairly sure of is that the season is passed the point of no return.

european rumor

Hey pens fans,
There is a rumor in europe that the NHL lockout is over and that a press conference will take place sometime today or tomorrow. A few clubs in Europe have announced their NHL players will be leaving and that they have played their last game with their current team. Not sure how true this is, but I will try to find out.

What went wrong?

Hey pens fans,
The players are furious. The league said there was rrom to negoatiate and after they arrived in New York said there is no room to move. A 5 owners were strongly opposed to moving the cap to 45. They don't have to spend all of it, but they are mad. Now the negotiations have ended. What happend to this afternoon when a press conference was rumored as scheduled and abruptly cancelled? I have no idea what is going on or if it is to late to be saved. i will try to find out more, but it isn't looking good. Because of those few owners this could seriously be the day that hockey died.

not today

Hey pens fans,
Nothing new today, no word on when talks will continue not deal has been made as of yet.

It's all but officially over

Hey pens fans,
The deal is said to be announced today and that some possible rule changes could include, no red line, and changes in offsides. Hopefully the deal is done, but I am not sure how I feel about the possibility of the not havinf a red line. I will try to keep yo posted.

rumors keep on coming

Hey pens fans,
The rumored deal is said to be done, but some are saying something went wrong. I have not been able to definetly confirm either, but based on the sources I am more inclined to believe that deal is done. When it is saved remember, Lemieux and Gretzky would not let hockey die.

It may actually be over

Hey pens fans,
That's ight the latest rumor is that it is a done deal and the press conference will be tomorrow. According to the rumor NHL players in Europe are being recalled to their NHL teams now. Also it is rumored that Lemieux is on his way to New York or may have already arrived there.