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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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As a stat watcher, it GMG that the 2 lockouts will bring down Iggy's total numbers. But let's not pretend he's some sort of martyr here. Iginla was very vocal and was one of those star players who encouraged the NHLPA to not bend even if it was best for the league. Stars like him were MORE then content with taking in as much of the pie as they could for themselves and leaving the scraps for other players.
Guys like Hamrlik came out to say they were tired of the lockout and just wanted to play. Guys like Iginla and co chastised him and were more concerned about showing a unified front, then actually playing hockey for the fans.
Bettman does what's best for the league as a whole. And he's damn good at it. The PA only cares about themselves and how many dollars they can make, regardless if it hurts the league or not.