It has come to this. The two sides decided that is would be fun to play chicken. The entire National Hockey League is skating on thin is with hot blades. Most of the fans have long since surrendered the belief that the game would be played again, at least in the National Hockey League. If the hockey season gets cancelled now, it would be a crime of which both Gary Bettman (head of the league) and Bob Goodenow (head of the players union) are culprits and they should both lose their heads....

Now that the NHL is proceeding to lockout, I hope that Tom Golisano, owner of the Buffalo Sabres, will stop running his “Smitty” advertising campaign. It is clear that the NHL, and pro sports in general, stopped caring about the fans a long time ago. Smitty is supposed to be this average fan that goes to all the home games, inspires both the players and the fans on to victory, and sticks with the team through the good and bad times. The notion that the players or the owners even realize t...