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[Dark Knight]

"According to sources who spoke on the condition of anonymity, several NHL owners have been in contact with agents and players in hope of getting a deal done.

"We can't let this thing die when we're so close," said one team executive. "We've come this far, it would be insane to lose the season over a relatively small gap."

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And in a related story Gretzky Working on a Deal?

[Francaise]

heheheheheh, is all I ahve to say!

Hey quacksmeup...maybe that's why the res are giving you conflicting stories on a refund. heheheheheheeh

I'm so confused:

Do I wash and iron my Jiggy jersey to wear to games? Do I throw it in the hamper to be washed at a later date?

Do I go to the atm and get parking $$$? Do I save my $$$ for dinners with caylismom?

Do I brush up on my hockey stats? Do I buy a new book to read on hockeyless nights?

Do I get excited that I may see hockey? Do I cry, yell, and throw my tantrum because I can't see hockey?

Do I tell you all "See I knew it! I knew it! I believed it with all my heart!"? Or do I slink away into the shadows and cede defeat?


Decisions, decisions. Hockey dudes, you're killing me here! Not to mention everyone else on the hockey planet.

[QuacksMeUp]

heheheheheh, is all I ahve to say!

Hey quacksmeup...maybe that's why the res are giving you conflicting stories on a refund. heheheheheheeh

I'm so confused:

Do I wash and iron my Jiggy jersey to wear to games?  Do I throw it in the hamper to be washed at a later date?

Do I go to the atm and get parking $$$?  Do I save my $$$ for dinners with caylismom?

Do I brush up on my hockey stats?  Do I buy a new book to read on hockeyless nights?

Do I get excited that I may see hockey?  Do I cry, yell, and throw my tantrum because I can't see hockey?


decisions, decisions.  Hockey dudes, you're killing me here!  Not to mention everyone else on the hockey planet.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hark! Do I hear the fat lady choking, the sound of the fork falling out of the dead duck? No, No! It's Super Mario and the Great Gretz to the resue, Ta-Da! <cue the superman music>

All I know is I'm going to go watch some hockey this weekend.

[Dark Knight]

"There is a possibility that the deal may already be done insofar as there's not much point in getting back together again and having public negotiations on Saturday. I would have to think at this point, the NHLPA knows exactly what would work for the NHL and the NHL knows exactly what would work for the NHLPA."

...interesting conjecture...

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[hockey2k]

Oh for the love of...

Stop the emotional roller coaster!!

[JasonAKADfan8]

I am in accordance with Francaise there...the hockey people are killing me...they made me hope and believe and then they stomped on my heart and now all of a sudden they are saying my heart still has a beat....GET THIS DAMN THING DONE!!! Did Bettman and Goodenow think that hockey fans would just shut up over this...THEY THOUGHT WRONG!!!

[DropThePuck]

Oh for the love of...

Stop the emotional roller coaster!!

Damn right H2K!

I've already exited the ride ... There ain't going to be a 2004-5 NHL season or playoffs. Even if they somehow pull a miracle and come to an agreement, whatever games may be played aren't going to count toward anything in my record book.

[lvsprt]

The season is gone and my guess won't be resurrected but if they could at least come to a deal, no matter when, then at least we could claim an accomplishment. This is beginning to feel like the trade deadline where you come to the computer, listening to the radio etc to try and find out if the rumor is true that your team is going to get this player or that. It draws you in over and over until finally you truly know that it ain't happening.

[Dark Knight]

DTP is right. This season won't be worth a damn except from the standpoint of PR. If it comes to pass and if there's a Stanley Cup to be awarded, the asterisk will be placed next to that team's name forever.

It's also interesting that they've gone behind Bettman's back to make a deal showing that his credibility is unexistent.

[Baltic Gal]

The sooner they can get a deal done the better for all of us.

Then we can get back to talking about more important things: Trade Rumors!!!

God, have I missed all those wild and crazy trade rumors.

[SacredCow]

This is like a bad relationship. You know you shouldn't go back to the person that's done nothing but break your heart in the past, but you can't help yourself...you love them! I know hockey will most likely just piss on my parade once again, but I can't help myself...I'm excited that there may be a season after all!

[Dark Knight]

This is like a bad relationship. You know you shouldn't go back to the person that's done nothing but break your heart in the past, but you can't help yourself...you love them! I know hockey will most likely just piss on my parade once again, but I can't help myself...I'm excited that there may be a season after all!

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

It's called co-dependency and it's mostly exhibited by abuse victims.

[Dark Knight]

According to tsn.ca this morning, a deal has not been done and getting our hopes up might be a mistake.

"Suggestions that a deal has been reached to end the NHL lockout are at best premature and and worst dead wrong, multiple sources have told TSN."

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However, with these clowns one never knows. Let's wait and see what happens. At least they're talking, which is more than they wanted on Wednesday when they said no talks would take place before the summer.

[DropThePuck]

This is like a bad relationship. You know you shouldn't go back to the person that's done nothing but break your heart in the past, but you can't help yourself...you love them! I know hockey will most likely just piss on my parade once again, but I can't help myself...I'm excited that there may be a season after all!

It's called co-dependency and it's mostly exhibited by abuse victims.

I'm off this roller coaster ride, and just sitting on the park bench watching. I paid my admission fee and was even earning interest on it. If any remaining 2004-5 rides are opened, I'll certainly get in line and take as much advantage of the incentives that will be offered, but I refuse to get excited or credit any legitimacy to them.

It's excellent that the two sides are meeting today, and maybe there will be some progress made. But even if they come out empty-handed, the fact that something happened before summer shows a pinpoint of light at the end of the tunnel. Gretzky, Lemieux and Gartner stand a much better chance at gathering up the rays of light than Bettman and Goodenow ever did.

[M T]

Barry Melrose put it best -"I feel like a toilet seat -up, down, up, down...".

[ahtikullervo]

What is the latest news???

Will there be a pressconference or something today?

[M T]

Only thing I have heard it that they ar currently meeting in NY.

But it look like we are not the only ones with our hopes up.

UPDATE: Sportsnet has learned overseas players Miikka Kiprusoff (Timra) and Aki Berg (Timra) were pulled from their league games Saturday to avoid injury. Fellow NHLer David Aebischer (Lugano) has reportedly packed up his belongings and is awaiting word from the meetings in New York City. Sodertalje, a team which employs numerous pro players, including Scott Thronton, Kyle Calder and Niclas Havelid, have reportedly voted 100 per cent to return to the NHL.

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/article.jsp...218_170817_1040

[ahtikullervo]

In Finnish hockey picture:

Tony Lydman did not play for HIFK tonight. Jarkko Ruutu played.

Comments:

Riku Hahl (Avalanche/HPK): "As far as I know the deal is done."

Ville Nieminen (Flames/Tappara): "It is so sure that I will fly back (to America) on tuesday."

Jarkko Ruutu (Canucks/HIFK): "The news have reached HIFK camp."

Aki Berg (Maple Leafs/Timrå) did not travel with his Swedish team to the road game, Miikka Kiprusoff (Flames/Timrå) travelled, but will not play...

Kimmo Timonen (Predators/KalPa), Adam Hall (Predators/KalPa) and Sami Kapanen (Flyers/KalPa) were not in line up tonight.

[JasonAKADfan8]

The signs of NHL life are beating stronger :ana-ban:Please make the word offical and I can celebrate.

[M T]

The FAN590 is reporting there will be a NHL press conference in NY @ 6pm EASTERN

[MKLightning]

I know we have been through all this before, but maybe with not so much speculation, but this lack of know what's going on is killing me.

[JasonAKADfan8]

Just like this whole process...they make us wait...I guess a couple more hours won't kill me but then again...you never know

[M T]

Now most reports point to NO DEAL.

[Dark Knight]

TSN.ca is now reporting that no deal's been reached yet. The meeting is over for today.

"Just three days after cancelling the 2004-2005 season, both the NHL and NHL Players' Association met in New York for 6 1/2 hours in an effort to table a new collective bargaining agreement and perhaps save the season - again. TSN's Bob McKenzie reports that no progress and no deal have materialized yet, while no further talks are scheduled at this point.

A source close to the talks said that despite the presence of Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux, the situation was ''not good''.

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[MKLightning]

Sportsnet.ca talked to Bill Daly and the news was not that great:

Sportsnet spoke to Bill Daly Saturday afternoon, who said it is now too late for a season and the focus will shift to getting a deal done ASAP and preparing to come back as srong as possible next year.

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However, this rollercoaster ride could always bring us other news. Who knows.