The money has always been the sore point with me- most others in this country are struggling, while we have 20 year olds earning a $million+ a year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think the rest of us who are struggling SHOULD be able to have the expectation of being able to take their family to a hockey game for a $50 bill. Christ, these guys are earning more than plumbers! :lol:
I don't feel jealous about the money at all, and thats all it is. Don't know why plumbers need to make
so much money either, but good for them, and electricians too, but their careers can span many many
years, not just 10 or 15
All the money and time that has been put into a young boy up till he manages to make the NHL, is huge,
and that spans many years.
The owners and managers have brought the salaries to the level they are at, not the players.
The players do not, and have never decided what they are going to offer, they decide what they
will accept, and they accept what other players of their particular level have received, and that
began with owners and managers competing with each other for players.
If you feel pissed off about the money, then blame yourself and your parents for not getting at up 5 in the
morning for years, and yourself for not wanting to be a hockey player. You chose a different road, not
that one, so be it. Those parents put out lots of money, (which they worked hard for) to support their
sons through childhood and beyond for a chance, (and it is only a chance, as most don't make it), to
become a pro player. Feel good for them, and wish them the best, they are just people like ourselves,
no different.
The building is filled to capacity all the time, the family prices are more for the giants and other
junior teams, and the AHL in abbotsford, so go to those games. It seems you are not really interested
anyway.
There is a junior team in Kelowna, do you go to all of their games?
You are dicounting the benefits of youth. You can play longer with more intensity and if injured you heal a helluva lot faster. Many of the players in the WHL have already been drafted and have already hit the big league.
When was the last time you've been to a WHL game?
Yes, I've watched hundreds of junior games.
The only thing they have that is more than 'some' nhl players is raw energy, but they lack in smarts,
and strength compared to the NHLer, just ask any young NHLer who has recently come into the NHL, he
will tell you that fact, I have heard them explain it exactly that way many times.
Taylor Hall, who is the talented young player on the Edmonton Oilers, is just now beginning to get the
hang of playing on the big team, but for the first few months, he was lacking in everything, now he is
learning how to do it. He is a good example, and he is a very talented player.
He will tell it the same way.
players are bigger, stronger, faster, and smarter, and goaltending is better.
