I have been a hockey fan for forty years and I cannot remember a time when the owners were not crying poor or when the game was not being ruined by the business of hockey or when salaries were not outrageous or when ticket prices were not out of the reach of the common guy. All NHL teams have excellent reasons to cry poor. All Canadian teams are looking for a tax break. All teams want to increase ticket prices. All teams want to minimize salary costs.
All players have a reason to wonder whether they are receiving a fair share of the pie.
All players have a reason to try to extract as much as they can from the owners, complain about taxes and whine about fairness during negotiations. It is all sound and fury, signifying nothing. Give us the games, the entertainment, the enjoyment of watching, without all the caterwauling. Great league, weekly, and field cash prizes as well. Subscribers play for cash prizes and are able to showcase their skills by competing in category-specific games of their choice.