It could not have been better in Sweden. A lot of nhl players played in the swedish elite league and it was epic af

@brokebankfishin4839

2 жыл бұрын

Why has no one asked about highlights of these?

I feel bad for Detroit, Colorado, New Jersey, Calgary, etc. they all got robbed a chance at a Stanley cup

@Tim100893

4 жыл бұрын

Buffalo, Philadelphia and San Jose too.

@ogreman-lll-957

3 жыл бұрын

@@Tim100893 and Ottawa

@ogreman-lll-957

3 жыл бұрын

@@Tim100893 probably would’ve been Detroit vs Ottawa in the final

@jamedlock83

3 жыл бұрын

All the teams got robbed

@ogreman-lll-957

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamedlock83 not Atalanta or Phoenix for example

Who needs hockey in 2004 when you have Napoleon Dynamite that year 😏

@musicman76enator

2 жыл бұрын

And Friday Night Lights the movie

@notoriouseagle1074

Жыл бұрын

@@musicman76enator Saw and Incredibles as well.

It could be worse, they could ignore serious domestic violence situations the players are facing.

It sucked, but looking back over the last 20 years, is the league better now? I think so.

I remember I was furious watching this live but looking back, I realize Bettman wasn't wrong.

@jp783

10 ай бұрын

oh really? lol

@spime93

8 ай бұрын

​@@jp783Yes. Really. Nearly 75% of the NHL's revenue was being spent on player salaries, that's way too much for any sports league. Don't forget the amount of Canadian teams and the Canadian dollar, that also contributes to the NHL's financial struggles back then. I'm not pro-owner but I don't blame them for playing hardball against the players here.

@jp783

8 ай бұрын

@@spime93 I've never seen any proof of what you just claimed and I'm inclined not to believe it. The owners, and I can name specific people, now and then were known to be colluding and keeping multiple books for their secondary revenues re: $$$ that wouldn't exist without their franchises. It's bullshit... And greed. Period.

@spime93

8 ай бұрын

@@jp783 It's on Wikipedia. Also, you can't cry greed when the players were making 75% of the revenue of teams. Ideally it'd be split half-and-half, and better yet, a salary cap would be in place to prevent potential losses. This is why the lockout happened, this is why teams like Quebec moved to Colorado. The players made too much money and the owners (as cheap as they are) couldn't find financially viable ways to keep up with the expenses

@jp783

8 ай бұрын

@@spime93 you don't know how dumb and naive you actually sound when you say "it's on Wikipedia". Honestly, I thought at first you were joking. I wish you were. And one doesn't "cry" greed. Get your head out of your behind and stop licking boots.

I vividly remember watching this press conference coming home from school that day. I maybe in the minority, but I think the display of how angry Gary Bettman seemed here proved his feelings toward the game in its position were organic, not manufactured.

@jamesgentry13

5 жыл бұрын

This lockout saved hockey.

@jp783

10 ай бұрын

@@jamesgentry13 you're on drugs

Affordable ticket prices my a$$, rangers gms are outrageous

@slapshot68

5 жыл бұрын

A Fax Machine a big improvement from being 20 of the 30 teams that were losing $

The 1995-2004 CbA was terrible, 1.8M average salary was outrageous.

@jamesgentry13

3 жыл бұрын

While the star player salary re and the same the lower players salary increased

@slapshot68

Жыл бұрын

@@jamesgentry13 look at the nba salaries now

Look at that desk 😂 compared to now lol

Gary Bettman's attack on the Union itself hurt the ability to reach a new CBA before the 2005 season was to began. We've heard that same rhetoric from Commissioners like David Sterns and Roger Goodell. That is the problem with Professional Sports. Commissioners are only working for the owners, when they should be working for league and as a neutral. Commissioners should stop working for the owners and being hired by the owners. They should be elected by an equal voting system of owners and players, and have set term lengths with the possible of Re-Election. I watch this on Halloween 2021, as the MLB faces a possible Lockout going into 2022. Rob Manfred has made so many blunders in recent years, the players are angry. I fear a Lockout is likely, and the dangers of a shortened or cancelled 2022 season are possible. I hope not, I hope the MLB owners and the MLBPA will work in good faith, and for a a fair and balance new CBA gets ratified before payers report to Spring Training in February 2022.

@mr.brenman2132

Жыл бұрын

Not really. It's a business and business comes before everything else. The NHL isn't the NFL or MLB. Player salaries were rising faster then league revenues. The league was losing hundreds of millions of dollars and the players selfishly choose skyrocketing earnings over the future of the league. The salary cap and revenue sharing instituted after the 05 lockout secured the future of the league and made it a better league for the fans. Fans sided with the owners in 05. The NHLPA head was fired. The players absolutely got destroyed by Bettman. He drew a line in the sand and stood firm which ended up being a great move.

@michaelbecker2435

3 ай бұрын

So do owners get a say In who the head of the players union is?

anyone else here in 2020 after the seasons cut from corona

@mikeomoran9256

4 жыл бұрын

Yep, also was looking up 94 MLB Strike videos

@slapshot68

4 жыл бұрын

I loved the nhl wen they had no cap

They have cancelled nhl season in 2004-2005 due to the lobotomy dispute nhl lockdown and now mlb lockdown in 2022 if there’s labor dispute and abs no agreement mlb 2022 will be cancelled aswell

@streetspitzley5854

2 жыл бұрын

Well MLB finally has a deal, let’s play ball

@dillonwood3096

2 жыл бұрын

Alright spring training first then opening day let’s get to it

It's no surprise that the NHL is put on hold. Its very clear that Wayne Gretzky and the NHL don't want Alexander Ovechkin to beat Wayne's all time goal scoring record. He was on pace for another 55 goals this season and just needs 200 more goals to beat it. He'll be 35 at the beginning of 2020-2021 season.

@MattW16

3 жыл бұрын

Gretzky has nothing to do with Covid.

@danlovepeaceunity

Жыл бұрын

​@@MattW16 they trying to cancel ovechkin because of the war with russia/ukraine.

Ironically, the whole point of the lockout was to help smaller market teams, but all it did was benefit the Rangers and Los Angeles area teams disproportionally by forcing them to pay more for scouting. The rule changes out of the lockout saved the game, but those could have happened without cancelling a season

Gary is right on one thing, an athlete should not be gauged on his ability to be payed, but rather be gauged on his ability to play. Exactly what went wrong with the NFL with no ceiling on salary caps. They're plagued with people who made it to the top of their ranks, and never play the same since they've got the $ they've always dreamed of. Shame on Bettman for locking out, shame on the NFL for not realizing their own shortfalls. This is why the NHL plays a more genuine game, they're not playing for money, they want the cup.

@AlanFernandoGamino

3 жыл бұрын

GARY RUINS THE NHL SINCE [2004 - PRESENT], except 1993 was fine until the 1994 lockout!

@Allison_XypprZ

2 жыл бұрын

Compared to NFL, NHL is truly better in morality.

@mr.brenman2132

Жыл бұрын

​@@AlanFernandoGamino Bettman has improved the structure of the league but he could certainly market the game better.

Back here and this time it's the MLS Soccer referees will be locked out following the decision by the PSRA (referee union) to not agree to a new CBA with MLS and PRO (Professional Referee Organization)

Arizona Coyotes could be on the verge to move out of Arizona because the town that they're currently playing at failed to vote on a big project that could bring a ice hockey specific arena for them and they're currently playing at a arena that's home to a University. For team like the Coyotes they went through bankruptcies and ownership changes because of lack of interest for the city and the game This will be on Gary Bettman if the Coyotes do move out of Arizona since he's been trying to get fans South of the US to be interested in hockey but not everyone is interested in hockey

@adamspark9259

3 ай бұрын

Its on the owners, as Bettman was hired to expand hockey in the south. If Bettman wasn't going to do that, hockey fans would for the most part barely know who Gary Bettman is today.

Trudeau and the police in Canada should lay off the Truckers' Freedom Convoy, and send Bettman to jail. Bettman is a disaster, lock him up, and leave the truckers and Canada's Catholic churches alone.

@mr.brenman2132

Жыл бұрын

Bettman has done some good things.

I cannot stand that commissioners like: Rob Manfred, Bud Selig, Roger Goodell, & Gary Bettman. All of them are the worst sports commissioners of all in sports history or un-history, #FireGaryBettman

@patrickstar722

3 жыл бұрын

Even after his Covid plan?? Fuck outta here

@AlanFernandoGamino

2 жыл бұрын

@@patrickstar722 & Adam Silver is the worst commissioner in the NBA

@mr.brenman2132

Жыл бұрын

​@@AlanFernandoGamino Most of those commissioners have done a good job for the most part. Ultimately the woke garbage is awful.

If there were any justice in the world, Bettman would have been thrown out of the league for letting this happen.

@jamesgentry13

8 жыл бұрын

the NHL would be dead without the salary caps

@Tubewings

8 жыл бұрын

+James Gentry True, but it shouldn't have taken the cancellation of an entire season for it to happen.

@slapshot68

8 жыл бұрын

+James Gentry how can MLB survive without 1 but the NHL can't?

@Tubewings

8 жыл бұрын

Maybe because baseball is a bigger sport than hockey.

@jamesgentry13

8 жыл бұрын

slapshot68 beause NHL is still a fringe sport that needs parody to survive.

SHAME

Thanks to the lockout i was red pilled for life to never watch hockey again. As a canadian who grew up with this sport it was pushed on us very hard in the 80s 90s. Cant stand the sport or the culture anymore so thanks Gary for leading me to a new reality!

@mr.brenman2132

Жыл бұрын

Hockey still rules. The lockout ultimately benefited the league. What culture?

@danlovepeaceunity

Жыл бұрын

@@mr.brenman2132 what culture? Hockey culture, keep up brenman. Just google it, there is such a thing amd its considered toxic AF.