The lockout is sapping morale
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.
bob goodenow
What Changed?
Months of posturing and rhetoric and hard-line stances have given away to what should have been a starting point in labor negotiation talks between the NHL and NHLPA. So what changed that led to the league dropping it's hardline stance?
The Cold War
No urgency is on display with the looming expiration of the NHL's collective bargaining agreement with the Players Association.
It's called negotiations, Stupid!
When labor negotiations go on, you give and take. The NHLFA does not want to give an inch, but expects to take a mile... With the media's help of course.
