First off, you think the dumb ass owners would have learned from the last time they did this... As I remeber correctly before the last lock-out NHL gmaes were on ESPN, after the lockout Versus, tell me how that helped hockey? Most sports loving Americans don't give a shit about hockey (like me) and this is just killing thier chance to profit from hockey in the next 5-10 years. I know Canadian's love the shit, but they don't really count...
Second, I am actaully HAPPY there is no hockey so I don't have to listen to all these dumbass Sharks fans around here who think the Sharks are like some sort of divine gift to Hockey. That's when I remind the locals the Red Wings have won almost as many Stanly Cups as Sharks have seasons in exsistance.