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They may all seem like bad guys, and it may seem like we're ignoring certain bad guys in the 2012 lockout too. Our question this week is who is the biggest villain of the 2012 NHL lockout?

2012 NHL Lockout: Player/owners meeting will include Tampa Bay Lightning owner Jeff Vinik

The best way tod iscribe fans continuing displeasure is to site the fact the ongoing labor strife has rid the NHL fanbase of any positive morale.

What if the NHL and NHLPA threw a party and I went and watched the Syracuse Crunch instead?

I bet you're getting sick and tired of these lockout posts. I know I am. I'm sick and tired of the sheer stupidity of two groups of reasonably smart people being unable to even get into the same...

Swedish defenseman opts not to go to Swedish Elite League during 2012 NHL Lockout.

Bleakness is the immediate future of the NHL, and some parties are early to encorce the mutual contempt spawlned by the forthcoming lockout.

It's preview and prediction time with the start of the 2011-12 NHL season... And not all previews and predictions can be positive. The Raw Charge question of the week asks the dour: what do you fear from the new season?