How ironic it is that D-Day for the National Hockey League and Decision Day for the electorate of the United States of America will come somewhere around the same time of year? After all, we’re talking about two events with some eerily similar characteristics. At the end of the day, there is one side claiming a set of “new” ideas not unlike the ideas that already exist, and there is another side trying to stick to a course that may or may not actually work. While a Presidential election happens (a little bit) more frequently than NHL labor strife, when you juxtapose these two events, we are in so many ways comparing apples to apples.
When you break down the coming Presidential election and NHL lockout to its most basic parts, what you have are two sides trying to sell us a bridge … two sides that will somehow end up richer than ever before, and a third side (the middle class – in hockey terms, the fans) who will likely land on the short end. It’s all politics, when you think ab...
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