ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER major American sport working through a lockout.
On Sunday, the NHL shut down as the collective bargaining agreement between team owners and the Players Association (NHLPA) expired. Sorry, ice hockey fans — no action for the foreseeable future.
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Both sides are trying to put their side of the story across but while the owners opted for a standard press release statement, the NHLPA went straight for fans’ heartstrings with an emotional black and white video and impassioned pleas from some of the game’s most famous faces: David Backes, Sidney Crosby, Gabriel Landeskog, James Reimer and Jonathan Toews.
VIDEO: Players crank up the propaganda war in NHL lockout
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCW0VsfR9FM
YouTube Credit: NHLPA [h/t Puck Daddy]
ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER major American sport working through a lockout.
On Sunday, the NHL shut down as the collective bargaining agreement between team owners and the Players Association (NHLPA) expired. Sorry, ice hockey fans — no action for the foreseeable future.
Both sides are trying to put their side of the story across but while the owners opted for a standard press release statement, the NHLPA went straight for fans’ heartstrings with an emotional black and white video and impassioned pleas from some of the game’s most famous faces: David Backes, Sidney Crosby, Gabriel Landeskog, James Reimer and Jonathan Toews.
Guess whose side we’re on now?
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