are so am not round i lost count...

the nhl and the nhlpa have each left the ny negotiation bunker in a huff, and it's all ended up just another failed round of he said she said, "are so" "am not" nonsense, and i can't even count the number of times now we've gone through this charade.  a friend of mine was talking yesterday about rumors heard lately that as early as december 1st they'd be skating again, and i had to stifle a grim guffaw at the naivete and pollyannaism of otherwise grown human being hockey fans.

nope, no date in sight on even when the two sides might talk to each other about talking to each other next.

i said it back in october, and i'll say it again.  i'm out for 2012/2013, and there is no negotiating with me on it.  i'm as dug in as gary bettman and donald fehr, and, unlike the two of them, actually in a position to be financially better off for sticking to my position than either of them or their constituencies.  (it's actually laugh out loud funny how stupid these owners sound saying that they can't afford to play a game that takes in billions and has returned them record profits over the course of the last collective bargaining agreement).

the riverhawks play unh at the tsongas on friday.  i can't wait.