2013 Southeast Division Champions Caps Vs. Rangers

[HBnotBlades]

Good to see both sides taking the completely irrational "burn it all down" approach. That always goes well.

Pierre LeBrun has a pretty good summary with an appropriate title:
http://espn.go.com/blog/nhl/post/_/i...-be-kidding-me

[BRAVEONTHEWARPATH93]

Truth is, while not meaning to insult anybody, if you believe Bettman is the wolf then you are a disillusioned idiot. Sorry but it's true.

Fehr is all PR no substance. Manipulative POS.

this...

it's on him

**** that prick

[pjfootballer]

I was reading about it and the one thing that gets to me is one of the issues. Length of contract. The Owners want a 5 year max for free agents and 7 for re-signing your own players. But the players don't like the 5 year max for free agents. But then, they piss and moan about not being able to become free agents until late in their career. You can't have both.

[BRAVEONTHEWARPATH93]

The season is ******...

Hopefully, RGIII gets us in the playoffs and maybe uses his magic on John Wall's knee

[bch89]

Being at the Hershey game last night made me miss hockey more than I thought

[Redskin4ever]

Donald Fehr is a ****nut. The longer this goes, the more he makes. This is what he lives for. Ask MLB. The owners are *******s, but the players caused this 2 years ago when they hired Donald Fehr.

You are correct. As soon as I heard Fehr was named to head the union, I knew there would be labor problems. He made a bunch of money ruining baseball, he can make money by ruining hockey too.

[ixcuincle]

Things are looking very good, and it looks like there will be a settlement very very soon.

I know I've said this before only to have things collapse, but there's been a lot of progression over the last couple of days and there is a real sense of optimism. There isn't the gloom of fragile negotiations that hovered over last time. Both sides realize if they fail now, the season's off. They understand what is at stake.[COLOR="Gold"]

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http://twitter.com/DarrenDreger/stat...23974777659392

Well, if its a close as we're sensing it could be a very "good day" according to source.

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Like the fiscal cliff deal, this is probably something that gets resolved at the final minute

Both sides have come too far to go back now

And last time Bettman was unwavering in "Accept the proposal we offered earlier, or else". Now, there is discussion. There is banter between the sides as they actually negotiate what looks to be a deal

[RonArtest15]

Jeff O'Neill ‏@odognine2

BREAKING- #NHLLOCKOUT is over. Camp opens Jan 12. 50 game season. #lockout

Not sure if Jeff O'Neill is trolling or serious...

[ixcuincle]

It's not over and he may be trolling

It's really close to ending though but it's not over yet

Could end any minute now

[SpringfieldSkins]

For some reason I believe it will happen this time. I believe that we'll actually have an NHL season.

[OU_skins]

IF the lockout ends, are all of the players pretty much guaranteed to return from wherever it is that they are playing? Didn't some NBA player sign a contract that he couldn't get out of in China during their lockout?

[SpringfieldSkins]

I know that the KHL requires their players to honor their NHL contracts.

It's a move that is good for us now but could come back to bite us if the KHL ever gains traction.

[ixcuincle]

And Ovechkin is currently playing in the KHL. So the Capitals without him would be pretty weird.

[BRAVEONTHEWARPATH93]

Lots of optimism tonight that end is in sight.

Everyone stay cautiously optimistic until we are 100% in the clear

[BRAVEONTHEWARPATH93]

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