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Old Posted Dec 4, 2012, 4:23 AM
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Watch the Giants.
Just to show how football is my #1 sport right now...

I though of the NY Giants and it took me 2 seconds to actually understand that you were talking about the Vancouver Giants.
     
     
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Old Posted Dec 4, 2012, 5:23 AM
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Haha Nicko, you must be pissed off about the lock out right now, it totally flopped your thread!
     
     
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Watch the Giants.
Boring! I'd rather watch the Seahawks. Too bad they didn't play 82 games a season.
     
     
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Old Posted Dec 4, 2012, 6:25 AM
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Boring! I'd rather watch the Seahawks. Too bad they didn't play 82 games a season.
Unfortunately my team sucks... the Chiefs are basically the worst team in the NFL...
     
     
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I had quit watching the NHL after the Jets moved to Arizona. Then I came back last year, but only after New Years because I won't waste my time watching teams give a half hearted effort (LA Kings).

But now with the lockout the NHL has a huge issue on its hands, especially in the sunbelt. A local Regina radio station just had a trip down to Dallas called the Sports Cage/Marlin Travel Ultimate Sports Trip II. It involved watching NHL, NFL and NBA action during the weekend. They were to watch the Stars play the Oilers and then the Penquins along with a Cowboys game and a Mavericks match-up. While they were there, the host Rod Pedersen (the voice of the Roughriders and whose dad is a scout for the Dallas Stars) gauged the interest in the NHL in Big D.
Local Media - Nil, not one story on the lock-out.
ESPN - Nada, nothing at all, and he watched it religiously.
Sports Stores that sell college and professional sports merchandise - No Stars or any other NHL merch available; when he asked the manager the reply was "We put it out during the season, but since they aren't playing we won't put it out."
One other interesting tidbit, Jerry Jones the owner of the Cowboys lives in a fairly modest home in an upper middle class area of Dallas; Tom Hicks, the owner of the Stars on the other hand lives in likely the largest home.
You can hear an episode of the sportscage at this link (Dec 03)
http://www.620ckrm.com/index.php?opt...=62&Itemid=201

In Canada many people haven't missed the NHL very much and they will come back. The States (especially in the south) have not missed it at all, and will they come back? Who knows, but the NHL is doing itself no favours with labour disputes every 5 to 7 years.
     
     
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Want good hockey, watch the Mooseheads

And the world juniors are coming up .
     
     
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Old Posted Dec 6, 2012, 2:03 AM
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Unfortunately my team sucks... the Chiefs are basically the worst team in the NFL...
So basically it's the same as any other season for you.
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Old Posted Dec 6, 2012, 2:04 AM
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A local Regina radio station just had a trip down to Dallas called the Sports Cage/Marlin Travel Ultimate Sports Trip II. It involved watching NHL, NFL and NBA action during the weekend. They were to watch the Stars play the Oilers
We can make fun of the subelt folks all we like, but here folks is a Regina radio station that didn't even know there was a lockout on!

More seriously, I agree with you. Hockey is DEAD in several US markets after this.
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Old Posted Dec 6, 2012, 4:25 AM
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We can make fun of the subelt folks all we like, but here folks is a Regina radio station that didn't even know there was a lockout on!

More seriously, I agree with you. Hockey is DEAD in several US markets after this.
I guess I need to be a little more clear for the slow bus folks from Alberta.
They had booked the trip before the lockout. They went anyway because of the other sports. They also took in some college football and rodeo as well.
     
     
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Old Posted Dec 6, 2012, 4:26 AM
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Old Posted Dec 6, 2012, 6:01 AM
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So basically it's the same as any other season for you.
I started watching the Chiefs with Priest Holmes as HB (that's running back if you didn't know) and Trent Green as QB... I miss those times.

Dante Hall was a beast of a returner as well.
     
     
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And the world juniors are coming up .
Getting up at 3AM to watch this year are we?
     
     
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Old Posted Dec 6, 2012, 6:18 AM
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No kidding. Viewing times for the juniors is going to be brutal. Not that the fine folks of Ufa don't go through this far more often then we do - but wow. Maybe if it isn't a powerhouse Team Canada (ie. NHL lockout ends), it will take the sting out of have to watch the tape delay version of each game.
     
     
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getting up at 3am to watch this year are we?
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There's gonna be no NHL hockey this year, and it's all Fehr's fault:

http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog/Richa...m-Is/131/47837
     
     
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Old Posted Dec 7, 2012, 3:57 AM
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There's gonna be no NHL hockey this year, and it's all Fehr's fault:

http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog/Richa...m-Is/131/47837
Many of us knew this the second the guy was hired. I find it hilarious that the media is JUST cluing into the obvious.
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Damn I was actually starting to get my hopes up...
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Old Posted Dec 7, 2012, 5:53 AM
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You guys are still talking about the NHL???
     
     
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It only gets worse from here for Mr. Bettman. He only incites a deep hatred towards him from players and fans and only hurts the negotiating process.
     
     
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