Here we go again! March 4th is this seasons trade deadline date, players are bracing themselves for change as managers plot for success, or not? Every year at or about this time I feel the need for my two cents. So as has been tradition allow me this re post. And yes I am talking to the Oiler Nation !
Beware the evil which lurks in the shadow of fair play!
Apparently a phenomenon unfamiliar to the hockey purist has arrived at the rink holding hands with the salary cap. I’ve even heard remarks boasting how attractive it is.
This strategy hinges on getting something for free, you know, a reward for performing poorly. These people suggest that manipulating the leagues current draft format by fixing it so a team finish as close to last as it can is fair play. They would support this maneuver by dumping salaries and choosing marginal players in the interim. Jargon must exist to describe this twisted philosophy but I prefer to stay within my analogy.
Only a hockey wh0re would consider this acceptable!
Don’t get me wrong a realist will accept the season is done for his/her current team and strategically plan to improve the chances to win.
TO WIN! Not two years or more down the road at the expense of the fan, but next game!
These conniving spoilsports would have the game rob its fans of the entertainment value they deserve. The game has got to be above board and fair just as it has to be more then dollars and cents.
WHY? Because the game belongs to the fan and we won’t have it any other way!
A fan will buy into higher prices, even accept changes to the game but we won’t tolerate cheating! We expect to be entertained in exchange for our dollar, our support, our passion. Owners and managers bear the responsibility to ice the best team they know how, procure the venue best able to accommodate its fans. Only then can the league as a whole be strong and honestly achieve its highest level of play.
We the fan at large should rise above this temptation to cheat! Let your franchise know how you feel about compromising this fundamental principal of sport .
Remember: there is no honor among thieves!
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