Quote Originally Posted by Cangooner View Post
Out of curiosity, what would Ron Hainsey be called in the locker room? Hainsey-y??

Fingers crossed, and all that.

Has anyone studied the effect of the last lockout on other levels of hockey? In other words, when the NHL isn't active, do fans turn their attention to the AHL, CHL, WHL, etc? I'm planning on paying more attention to the 67s this year anyway, but would a lockout be a bonus for the other leagues? Or do fans just get pissed off and watch real sports like soccer?
Last time there was NHL lockout we got a lot of our players back. They were big names and the games were sold out (at least few first games were), but surprisingly they were not that much better players than those who play here. Of course there were some that were really good.

NHL style hockey is little different than the one in Europe. While your playing arena is bit smaller you have more speed and fast action. Of course those are here too but it is like taking a little step towards soccer. Building the game. Maybe i exaggerate a little but you know what i mean.

Interestingly KHL is the second largest league these days and it keeps growing bigger. There's big money & big names involved.

Used to play ice hockey when younger and maybe that is why i'm not so interested these days. The game style and cultures has changed so much from those days. Maybe i'm more like on-off. Watch few local games a year.
Maybe this is blasphemy in the NHL related thread but i'm more into Champions League (ex European Cup) these days.