Tassadar said:
And you are oh so wrong, I'm quite sure the entire state of Michiganis quite into hockey. Why do you think he NHL players are going on strike? Because hockey has gotten much more popular, and their pay has stayed the same.
And why is it so suprising to see Canada win? They made the damn sport, they should win every time. When you have names like Mario Lemieux, Jarome Iginla and Joe Sakic, how can you be even a little suprised?
Don't say things like that, when you clearly are comparing countries. 'boo the yanks'? 'What happened to Americas pastime'? Your clearly beating around the bush here, why not just come out and say you dislike America.
They are going on strike because the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) has expired. The owners of the NHL teams want a salary cap so they can have cost certainty. The players don't want this, they want a free markey. So you are oh so wrong. Owners don't want to have to pay players 11 million dollars a year (Jarmior Jagr for instance). They have lost a ton of money over the past few years because of poor turn out in rinks, and because of insane team salaries, about 75% of income goes to players, leaving only 25% for GMs, coaches, coaching staff, the arena staff, sitcks/gear, plane tickets, etc.
I am willing to back up my facts, with stats if you really need them. Just check out tsn.ca/nhl if you want to learn more.
I also only mentioned Minnesota because that is the only place in America that has an NHL team that fills out their arena every night. Not even Detroit does that.
I can say that because I am not comparing countries. I am just discussing hockey, not football, and other such things. The rest of you came in here and start running your mouths.
The "boo the yanks" comment was because I was getting in the spirit of things, you guys put us out in the 96 world cup, and I was just being happy that you guys finally got beat at hockey after a 8 year reign as world cup champions.
The "america's past time" thing was said because you guys kept going on about football, I was merely sticking up for my country, by doing the same as all of you.
Plus, you are just putting words in my mouth, if I hated America, I would say it. I'm not a pussy.