NHL lockout Your daily hockey fix for Day 75
CBA roundup The NHL has now canceled 422 regular-season games, lost the Winter Cla sic in Ann Arbor, Mich., and the All-Star weekend in Columbus. Wondering how it's nearly Dec. 1 and the NHL is still locked out when the fight shouldn't be this tough? Chris Johnston spoke with sports management profe sor Aubrey Kent of Temple University.When you put it that way it almost makes you think "oh, that makes sense" until you really snap back to your senses and remember what they're arguing over. This https://www.blackhawkswin.com/collections/tony-amonte-jersey is hopefully where mediators can step in and help them see what's most critical to them in the labor dispute. ( ) Mediation is going to continue for the second straight day on Thursday and nobody has a ton of hope that it will yield any different results than what we've already seen. But what goes on in the mediation meetings, what do they actually try and say? Nick Cotsonika played mediator and came up with some middle-ground solutions. If only it were this easy ... ( !) The way the players have gone off on Gary Bettman during the https://www.blackhawkswin.com/collections/dale-tallon-jersey lockout has been a bit shameful at times, annoyingly too frequent all of the time. You know that's the case when even Ted Lindsay -- the Hall of Famer and more or le s founder of the NHLPA -- is upset about it. Here's what he told James Murphy.Good to see he can still get the paper. But really, it would be nice if the players listened to him on this. ( ) Life isn't bad for everybody in the lockout, some players are enjoying themselves abroad more than in the NHL. That includes Penguins star and one of the game's absolute best, . In an interview with a Ru sian outlet, Malkin explained how he doesn't mi s the NHL. ( ) When the NHL returns it's going to have a real challenge bringing back the fans, even the loyal season-ticket holders. Katie Carrera communicated with many of them and the tone isn't terribly positive, like this email from a four-year season-ticket holder named Julian Brunner https://www.blackhawkswin.com/collections/tony-esposito-jersey . ( )Hockey fixWe're going to venture back a few years ago coming out of the lockout. You'll recall they introduced shootouts and ever since hockey fans have been watching intently while kvetching profusely. Regardle s of how you feel, it gave us moments like this one from the Rangers' Marek Malik. Sick. KHL updateIlya Kovalchuk https://www.blackhawkswin.com/collections/dennis-hull-jersey 's SKA St. Petersburg team is in first place but just saw their head coach dismi sed. They played their first game without him yesterday and, well, the move hasn't worked out thus far.Simulated scores Games have been canceled, and your favorite players are overseas, but you can still see how your team would be doing. PredictionMachine.com uses its play-by-play technology to simulate each game from the original schedule and predict the outcomes. Just because the NHL isn't playing on the ice doesn't mean we can't play the games. So, here are the "results" from the games that were scheduled for Thursday night.Thursday night's scheduleWinnerWinner recordLoserLoser recordBruins 1019-3-0Hurricanes 29-16-4Sabres 47-13-1Canucks 318-6-0Flyers 118-5-0Islanders 03-19-5Penguins 619-4-2Sharks 09-12-4Lightning 46-14-1Senators 313-9-2Panthers 19-12-4Capitals 0 (overtime)12-11-2Red Wings 619-5-0Kings 014-8-4Jets 18-12-4Maple Leafs 0 (overtime https://www.blackhawkswin.com/collections/ryder-rolston-jersey )4-18-5Blues 113-7-1Blue Jackets 04-16-3Predators 114-9-3Rangers 0 (overtime)14-8-5Oilers 29-12-5Stars 1 (overtime)5-21-4