If you ask NHL Players' Association representative for the Los Angeles Kings, Kevin Westgarth, he accepts the reality of a lockout.
After finishing another round of CBA meetings in New York Wednesday, Westgarth took to the media and was asked what he felt the No. 1 issue was with the players. Pat Leonard of the Daily News had the scoop.
Via Leonard's Blueshirts Blog:
“Generally, like the fans, we are concerned about – I think everyone has a little post-traumatic stress from last time,” Westgarth said, referring to the lockout and missed season of 2004-05, when the union lost the battle and eventually agreed to the salary cap in place today. “It is something (where) they locked us out last time. It’s foreseeable for them to lock us out again. So guys obviously want to play, but obviously we need to get the right deals together, as well.”
For NHL fans, reading that paragraph has to make you cringe. The sting of the 2004-05 season being lost due to a work stoppage is still prevalent and to have another would severely cripple a sport desperately trying to gain popularity and sustainable growth in the North ...
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