NHL I miss thee
 

Anyone else miss hockey that lives in the US? I don't know why everyone i know dislikes it i think it's a badass sport, soccer too. Anyone know whats gonna happen?

Wait ... are you saying there was no hockey season?

Yes, I do miss it. I can hardly stand the NBA and we were subject to an entire season with basically nothing else on ESPN during that time frame. Oh wait, that's how it usually goes.

The deal should be done within the next few days, and at the latest, a week. Then the draft lottery and draft, then free agency. Training Camp should start in about 2 months.

Has there been anything released on an agreement being reached? I sure as HELL miss hockey. A small part of me died when there was no hockey this season.

hockey, whats that?

Yeah we totally got shafted out of a season.....again....Hockey is the other sport of canada next to curling.

I too miss the NHL, but I heard on EPSNRadio that there will be far fewer games on Espn soon.
They are gonna have more original programming... remember the E stands for entertainment.

ESPN isn't renewing their TV deal, probably because hockey ratings hvae been in the toilet for the last couple of years, bottoming out with last year's snoozefest masquerading as the Stanley Cup playoffs. The NHL has a deal with NBC now, which is apparently based on revenue sharing and is similar to the deal that arena football has.

More hockey and less college baseball, please!

Considering ESPN barely even ran and advertisement for the NHL, I say good riddance.

I can't wait for hockey.

Hey..Who needs ESPN when you got CBC's Hockey Night in Canada..Your not gonna get any better live game commentary than that..Plus coaches corner.

Strike is over, guys!

oh so true, when fox or one of the local us carriers have a game on i usually mute it and listen to the live audio feed on the nhl.com site. the announcers kill me!

I think this chart is the real story of the lockout ending. You gotta love the Bruins only having three players under contract before the "fantasy" draft takes place on August 1st.

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I'm so freakin' excited. It doesn't seem that many are, but I'm with you. Was a miserable winter without it!!!!

totally ecited man, i'm glad i live downtown well dorm anyways so I can see all the games. I dont know why i like hockey so much but man im glad its back.

I nearly cried when hockey was back. I lived in the US for the past 3 or so years and missed HNIC dearly. American broadcasting is definately the shits when it comes to hockey.