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No Sympathy for the Devils,
Sharks, etc…
Annoying lockout ends, players hit
the ice
| 1/21/13 - By Paul Krill -
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Now, the lockout is over, and we can let bygones be
bygones.
One thing that really aggravated me during this lockout was
listening to players whine on about these so-called meanie owners. Yes, the
same owners who make the players millionaires, fly them around on private jets,
put them up in five-star hotels and give them $100-a-day meal stipends.
Sorry, players - the owners' biggest mistakes have been being overly
generous to you and providing too many hockey player jobs in places like
Phoenix, where there is much trouble selling tickets and owners have to take
big losses. Nobody wants to hear millionaire 20something hockey players
complaining.
All the players' whining had me, a decades-long Sharks
fan, contemplating dumping the whole thing. Especially with Don Fehr, of Major
League Baseball fame, in charge of the players union. Very hard to like that
guy. But I'm still here. I just put aside all the lockout nonsense and tuned in
to yesterday's game like the rest of you.
The game sure looked like it
was going to be another one of those games where the Sharks cannot will not
score. If not for goalie Antti Niemi, the Sharks would trailed 3-0 after the
first minute. But he kept the Sharks in it until things got rolling for the
Sharks in the second period. I went from figuring - they won't even make the
playoffs this year, to thinking - hey, maybe they'll actually win a
championship this time.
Of course, it's way too early to tell. But each game
is akin to two games, since there are only 48 games as opposed to the usual 82.
(Thanks, NHL - for canceling the pre-season games, which cost the same as
regular season games but often have to be sold off at a loss when ticket
holders can't attend.)
So I'll be in the stands in my usual seats on
Thursday and again on Saturday for the afternoon game. I'll just have to agree
to disagree with the players and forget about this annoying lockout. With no
Sharks games for the past three months, things sure did get boring in the
evening- there was not much to watch on TV. But now the Sharks are back and we
can focus on goals, saves and hits instead of CBAs and how to divide
hockey-related revenues.
Contact Paul at at pjkrillsharks@yahoo.com
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