Slacker!

You know it's a bad sign when your mother complains that you don't have anything on your web blog. So, back by popular demand... me!

I *heart* hockey. I played last night, and I have another game tonight with a new team in a higher-level league. I'm looking forward to tonight, since the speed of the game goes up in this league and feels more natural. It ain't NHL, but it's good enough for me.

Speaking of NHL, I'm mildly concerned about the whole contract thing. There's a real chance that the rest of the season will be canceled at noon today and that there won't be any NHL hockey at all this year. This from a sport that was on an upswing in the last decade and was about to come out of a slump... until a lockout in '94 brought all of that to a screeching halt. Now the two sides are bickering like maladjusted step-siblings, unable to agree on anything and indifferent to the word 'compromise'.

Rumors have it that if they cancel the season this year, next year they'll open up the league to replacement players from the feeder leagues (AHL, IHL, OHL, etc.) at greatly-reduced salaries and benefits, slamming the door in current NHL players' collective faces.

When I think about this, all I can imagine is the horror of Keanu Reeves starring in a sequel to this. It makes me cry inside.

Posted by Austin at February 16, 2005 10:03 AM