That lovely tandem of Cementhead & Thorne were commenting on the impending lockout & toward the fans"To the fans we are sorry,damn sorry."This is from a station that throughout the World Cup couldn't wait to get to Baseball Tonight & NOT show any WC games on the weekend so they can show poker & billiards.

Would it been more sincere if ESPN  cared half as much about hockey as they did about the NBA,MLB,NFL,fitness pageants,etc.?

7/11/01-1/23/03.
"This is America! And in America, if something sucks, you're supposed to be able to get your money back."-Stan Marsh
There is no Hockey God. I am proof.
I'm the Weeping Willow,and I approve of this post.

I think Clement was probably sincere . . . trouble is, he works for a network that seems to think it a good idea these days to have live musical acts in their sports update shows.  Truth is, hockey isn't so much as a blip on their viewership . . . more's the pity.

I'll just treat it like an Irish wake tonight . . . drink and sing hockey songs.

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Play hard, shake hands, drink beer.

"LA needs two hockey teams like Switzerland needs two navies" -- Norman Chad (from "My 10-Point Plan to Save Gary Bettman from Himself")

I've been mourning since January  ( I wouldn't wish the Rangers on Ciernik.....almost)    so I probably have the head start on that wake.

7/11/01-1/23/03.
"This is America! And in America, if something sucks, you're supposed to be able to get your money back."-Stan Marsh
There is no Hockey God. I am proof.
I'm the Weeping Willow,and I approve of this post.

I'll just treat it like an Irish wake tonight . . . drink and sing hockey songs.

Well, we didn't sing any hockey songs as I recall, but we did raise a few at the "Happy Hour" this evening in D.C. A wake, indeed.

Eleven of us (they were kind enough to remember to invite me, so I guess that makes me PRIMEtime..... get it? 11? Oh, well....), and we did raise a few to the game, and the friends it's brought us over the past several seasons.

I truly hope we meet again, before long.

Until then, happy trails to all. Keep your sticks on the ice.