finally

after what seems like almost an eternity, the NHL has reached a deal. apparantly they will ratify the deal next week to go forward with a six year player's contract, salary caps and all. with a scaled back draft next month, training to begin in september, and games to begin in october, life can finally return to normal.

Shit...i don't have cable anymore.

Apparantly a few week's ago Jeremy Roenick made some "anti-fan" comments that were taken out of context. Fans were blaming the players for being too spoiled and selfish to actually make any deal the NHL offered be good enough. Although i agree that getting paid a lot of money can sometimes make me wonder if greed isn't a large part of the game...but hey, if people are willing to pay for the tickets to go to the games then who is to blame? i would agree that college hockey is all heart (they aren't getting paid aside from the scholarships), but unfortunately there isn't a hockey game on at almost any given night of the week.

i will tell you one thing, American fans barely compare to Canadian fans as far as the sport of hockey goes. i was privelleged enough to attend the 2005 world juniors and there were times when i felt embarassed. American fans seemed very lackadaisical. it was easy to lead cheers but hard to sustain them when no one would join your chorus. Thank goodness for our egos USA didn't make it to the championship game where Canada had. we would have been cheered right out of the arena.

anyways, at least we can rest easy again and stay up until nearly midnight to watch those great espn double headers. except for me who can only read the results. it's okay though...i will be busy scoring for mike's weekly public access show in Seattle (time to come up with a weekly show mike!).