NHL Lockout Looms and Week 2 Picks

The NHL is about to gamble on the loyalty of its fan base one more time.   Yep, Gary Bettman, in his infinite wisom, is doing his best to fuck over the sport get another cash grab for the NHL owners.  Note - this would be his third lockout since he became commissioner.  Niiiiiice...

Seriously, it's this crazy

Now, I'll be the first to admit, and have written many times, that the NHL needed to do something drastic during the last labor strike.  And it worked.  But what gets me most, and seems to be recurring theme of late, is one of the sticking points the owners want that makes absolutely zero sense...

NHL Recovery Plan

This column has been driving me crazy for two weeks now. And I think it’s cause I’m probably going to be writing it again next year, but coming up with ways to save the NHL is so damn frustrating because of how the league did this to itself. And really, how did the league do this to itself? How, in the midst of becoming the fifth major “sport,” behind NASCAR (which, remember, is not a sport, look it up in the archives), do you decide to lock out for an entire year? Seriously… God, I can’t do this right now, let’s go to a caller. Rob, in Tempe, AZ, Rob, you’re on Logical Betting, what’s up?

Rob – Hey, LB, love the show. Did you see the Barry Bonds got his felony charges knocked down from 11 to 5? And that Andy Pettite is cleared to testify against Roger Clemens in his perjury trial? Crazy, man, thank God pitchers and catchers are here. I’ll hang up and listen.