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CBA roundup The lockout has eaten up a total of 179 games -- 97 preseason games and 82 regular-season games. To make that even more painful, Thursday night was supposed to be opening night in the NHL. Instead of looking forward to the first puck dropping, we're stuck waiting for any good news to drop while not holding our breath. When you look for players who are being most affected by this lockout, there are two extremes. You figure it's either the borderline prospects who didn't have a camp to try to impre s and don't have huge nest eggs built up, or it's the veterans on the brink of retirement, having what is likely their final season cut short. captain , 39, fits squarely into that second group. ( ) forward doesn't fit into one of the above categories, but he's still heavily opinionated about this all. He told Pierre LeBrun not to worry, the players are still rock solid.That wasn't all that Clowe had to say. He more or le s summed up the NHLPA's view on salary rollbacks in a couple of brief sentences. ( ) Speaking of that frenzied rush to sign players just before Myles Powell Jersey the lockout, what was that all about? Kevin McGran tried to explain. ( ) Are you curious to know a little more about these people deciding the fate of the hockey season? Katie Baker gives an introduction to the six figures in these talks whom you should know. ( ) One of those "figures" is the fans. The majority of people feel they have no say in any of this whatsoever, but James Gordon thinks otherwise.While it's a great theory, it requires a large percentage of fans to be on the same page, and it's awfully difficult to get that kind of ma s effort going on such a wide scale. But if you want to feel like you have some power, that's how. ( )Hockey fix Every year now, the Winter Cla sic is billed as the NHL's biggest regular-season game. But it hasn't always seemed to live up to the billing. This past year's game, though, didn't disappoint. It started slowly but had one heck of a finish with a controversial penalty shot being awarded in the final minute of a one-goal game. We bring you the final five minutes of the game in Philly for your enjoyment.KHL updateSince there is no NHL hockey, we'll start updating you daily on what's going on in the KHL. Or, more correctly, letting KHL video update you daily on what's going on in the Ru sia-based league. DeAndre Jordan Jersey |
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