This may seem like a flashback to last September. Today Gary Bettmann announced the NHL season is officially cancelled. When I first heard about this whole thing at the start of the 2003-2004 season, I thought there’d be no way we’d lose a whole season. As it got further and further I still had hope that someone would crack and we’d see at least some portion of a season. It is really sad that some of these players can’t just buckle down and play some hockey. I know it’d be hard to take a pay cut. You get used to a lifestyle and that’s hard to break. But if I can live off of a 20k/yr job, then they can certainly stand to lose a million off of a multimillion dollar contract. Hell, even the rookie no names make $400,000 - 500,000/yr. Just get out there and play.

The idea of another hockey league stepping in was pretty hilarious a year ago, but right now it seems like a good option. Sure you’d get a ton of amateurs to begin with. But eventually some killer players would come out of the woodwork. You might even see some former NHL names show up to play. I think the hockey fans would embrace it quite quickly and any dissenters would probably jump ship after they saw the NHL was going nowhere. Please someone do something. I want my hockey!