Another NHL lockout on the horizon!! !!

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Anyone following the EIHL? Started going to a few games and it's not as bad as I thought it would be.

I hadn't even heard of this league. I did just check the AHL, ( the NHL's minor league) and they aren't locked out either. I'm currently looking for the closest team. Unfortunately Philadelphia lost the Phantoms to another city. They play in Glens Falls NY.

I will probably watch junior hockey online well I wait for them to solve the lockout.

Sorry, should of said. EIHL = Elite Ice Hockey League - UK equivalent of NHL.
http://www.eliteleague.co.uk/

I can't stand this anymore, so many leagues go into a lockout. They don't think the fans will start getting tired of it. I say everytime they do this. We pull a strike of our own. ex * MLB 94-95 *

Already done! It doesn't hurt that the Oilers are flat out the worst team for three years now and my local Junior team is going for a national title this year. I won't be in any rush to return to the NHL, at least this season.

Yeah true.

The Stars are not exactly the best either, but I would still like to go to a game.

I will go and see some games when it is all over. I may be frusturated now but I can't see myself boycotting the league for very long.

I suppose if I lived in an NHL city. I live a LONG way from Edmonton (or any NHL city for that matter) and the prices are out of this world for this single AS guy who's chronically underemployed! Since I work in the morning and Oilers games are so late coming on I usually can only watch on the weekends anyway. I used to be a fanatical NHL fan but now I'm casual at best. Love the sport with all my heart (duh!) but not a huge fan of the pro game.

You're complaining about the Oilers prices? You should see what they charge here for games in Toronto...and our team's as bad as yours.

Yeah, I heard Leafs tickets are expensive if not the most expensive in the league.

With no other hockey to talk about really, how about comparing ticket prices.

The Flyers are my "boys". Before the last lockout, all lower level, face value $89 even ice row. Not sure about upper level.

After the last lockout the prices jumped to this!
They saved about 30 MILLION in team salary, AND raised prices!

Well, you are forgetting airfare to Edmonton isn't cheap either. The closest NHL city is Montreal so it isn't exactly cheap. I can't understand how people can afford to go to these games. For crying out loud where to people get the money? I can get season tickets in Junior for the price of attending one NHL game!

Tell me about it. The only time I've ever been to a game was when a guy I know got Leafs tickets for free through his work and invited me to go with him. Sat in the corner of the arena, about 15-20 rows up, in seats valued at $200 a piece. Even the cheapest seats are $55. The most expensive seats in the ACC? $450 for one game.

In comparison, I've been to a few Junior games. Always sat in the front row, right against the glass, for $20. Much better deal.

I live no more than 20 min from the arena where the Flyers play. My husband and I used to save all year to go to one game. On the ice. There is a ticket agency we would go through. They knew us and would throw in VIP parking and everything. Now, even if there was a season, we couldn't afford the seats. Three years in a row we sat section 103, row 1 for one game.
Oh well at least I have some great pics. If anyone is a fan of Brodeur, I have a great shot I can send you.