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Originally Posted by CroFlames
Yes Gary did some good things, blah blah blah something something.
It annoys me though that a guy like Iggy (my favorite player) is missing likely 50 to 60 goals to his career total due to the two lockouts. Likewise, it would have been fantastic to have a guy in the post obstruction era to score 500 before his 30th birthday, and that guy would have been Ovechkin if he also didn't sit through two lockouts. In fact for Ovi, sitting out 1.5 years maybe he could have scored 500 before 29, but we'll never know.
That will forever chap my ass.
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It's almost like you think that Bettman schemed up the lockouts all on his own. Like he had to convince his bosses it would be a great idea when in fact it's the owners that wanted it and it was his job to carry it out. The lockout in 2005 was all on the NHLPA for losing a year of pay while accepting a deal that was tabled far earlier. If you are going to roll over then why waste a season to do it?