I don't know how much tickets are in Nashville, but I assure you it's plenty easy to just watch the Flyers on tv instead. Ticket prices are ing absurd unless bought on the cheap via stubhub.

I see your point, but I don't see it as being fixated on trivial issues. I'm not going to go protest the games outside the arena. I, like you, see the team as providing a good like any business - except the way that business has behaved in the past few months shows a disrespect for me as a consumer. I'm not going to reward them by just picking up tickets like the owners weren't petulant children the past few months (though, to be fair, it wasn't all owners - certainly Jeremy Jacobs, Ted Leonisis, the NHL itself via the Coyotes, and Craig Leipold are among those known to be the ers who hardlined throughout the entire process).

You misunderstand me. I'm not angry. I certainly have an opinion, but it's just that. It's like me not shopping at Chik-Fil-A. I think they're a deplorable company. I don't eat there, and I never will. It's no big deal to me; I've actually never eaten anything from there. If I ever get a craving for a chicken sandwich, I'm not simply satisfying said crave if I forgo any sense of personal dignity and say " it, it's just a chicken sandwich." That's what you're telling me, in short - life's too short to make conscious, ethical purchasing decisions. That may be true for you, but it is not for me.

If my teams makes an effort I find reasonable to welcome me back as a fan, perhaps I'll consider buying a ticket this season. If they don't (i.e., if they think all they need to do is declare the 3/30 game vs the Bruins as "fan appreciation night" and that's all the effort they have to make), well, they can wait until next fall before I spend a single dollar on the Flyers. It's not malice, it's simply how I choose to spend my money; the NHL doesn't deserve my money until they do more than apologize for the past few months.

EDIT: That said, I encourage you to go to as many Nashville games as possible. Help the team become profitable in spite of Leipold's best efforts to tank the entire team's long term financial solvency on the back of paying Shea Weber $52M over 13 months. You buy tickets, the team will be less disastrously off financially, and then we won't have to go back to the CBA table in 8 years to account for idiot owners spending themselves into insolvency, then deciding to take out a pound of flesh from the players again. Deal? Deal.

Can't wait to see Rick Nash in a Rangers jersey. He's too good a player to toil in Columbus with little hope of a Cup run.

Reports are that Visnovsky won't be reporting to NYI.

Originally Posted by mykevermin I don't know how much tickets are in Nashville, but I assure you it's plenty easy to just watch the Flyers on tv instead. Ticket prices are ing absurd unless bought on the cheap via stubhub. I see your point, but I don't see it as being fixated on trivial issues. I'm not going to go protest the games outside the arena. I, like you, see the team as providing a good like any business - except the way that business has behaved in the past few months shows a disrespect for me as a consumer. I'm not going to reward them by just picking up tickets like the owners weren't petulant children the past few months (though, to be fair, it wasn't all owners - certainly Jeremy Jacobs, Ted Leonisis, the NHL itself via the Coyotes, and Craig Leipold are among those known to be the ers who hardlined throughout the entire process). You misunderstand me. I'm not angry. I certainly have an opinion, but it's just that. It's like me not shopping at Chik-Fil-A. I think they're a deplorable company. I don't eat there, and I never will. It's no big deal to me; I've actually never eaten anything from there. If I ever get a craving for a chicken sandwich, I'm not simply satisfying said crave if I forgo any sense of personal dignity and say " it, it's just a chicken sandwich." That's what you're telling me, in short - life's too short to make conscious, ethical purchasing decisions. That may be true for you, but it is not for me. If my teams makes an effort I find reasonable to welcome me back as a fan, perhaps I'll consider buying a ticket this season. If they don't (i.e., if they think all they need to do is declare the 3/30 game vs the Bruins as "fan appreciation night" and that's all the effort they have to make), well, they can wait until next fall before I spend a single dollar on the Flyers. It's not malice, it's simply how I choose to spend my money; the NHL doesn't deserve my money until they do more than apologize for the past few months. EDIT: That said, I encourage you to go to as many Nashville games as possible. Help the team become profitable in spite of Leipold's best efforts to tank the entire team's long term financial solvency on the back of paying Shea Weber $52M over 13 months. You buy tickets, the team will be less disastrously off financially, and then we won't have to go back to the CBA table in 8 years to account for idiot owners spending themselves into insolvency, then deciding to take out a pound of flesh from the players again. Deal? Deal.

I think the flaw in your Chik-Fil-A analogy is that with a chicken sandwich, there are plenty of reasonable and equally delicious alternatives. Find me another hockey team representing my city in a league filled with the best players in the world and I'll jump off the NHL bandwagon.

I respect what you're trying to do, but I could never do that. My desire to watch NHL hockey in person again is greater than my saltiness over the lockout. Plus Ed Snider seemed to be level-headed and just wanted to go back to playing hockey again during the whole thing, so I am not mad at him at all.

With that said, I purchased 10 tickets from one of my old season ticket holder contacts, so I got 2 tickets each to 5 games for $650. Row 2 of the Mezzanine Level, fairly close to center ice. To those of you in small market cities, this probably seems absurd. I actually got them at 60% or so of face value though - quite a good deal.

Originally Posted by shieryda Can't wait to see Rick Nash in a Rangers jersey.

I can

Originally Posted by VipFREAK Lulz http://sports.yahoo.com/news/hurrica...1640--nhl.html

Why do you think every dam thing is so funny? Jeez.

Anyways, my buddy who works with the lightning hooked me up with season tickets for $200 right at the visitors end first level. I was quite happy as that comes out to $100 for me and $100 for the wife. I'm quite excited to attend the season, shortened or not.

Originally Posted by Vulcan2422 Why do you think every dam thing is so funny? Jeez. Anyways, my buddy who works with the lightning hooked me up with season tickets for $200 right at the visitors end first level. I was quite happy as that comes out to $100 for me and $100 for the wife. I'm quite excited to attend the season, shortened or not.

Holy shit I'm in the wrong city to be a fan. The tickets I have for Saturday's game have a face value of $228 for the 2 and they are on Mezzanine level.

Originally Posted by Vulcan2422 Why do you think every dam thing is so funny? Jeez.

He was crap in SJ, crap in Philly and Philly has continued to suck in the goalie position yet they pick this guy up again... ? How can you NOT laugh... ?

Originally Posted by Vulcan2422 Why do you think every dam thing is so funny? Jeez. Anyways, my buddy who works with the lightning hooked me up with season tickets for $200 right at the visitors end first level. I was quite happy as that comes out to $100 for me and $100 for the wife. I'm quite excited to attend the season, shortened or not.

$200 for 2 season tickets? I call BS; there's simply no way any team is that stupid financially.

You're trying to tell us that you're paying about $4/ticket/game this season. I can't believe that.

No. I was watching NHL Tonight last night, and Tampa is offering season tickets for $200. Also, Dallas is offering free tickets to kids 12 and under, plus a host of other great deals on concessions and gear (like 50% off, I think).

Two teams that are actually giving back to the fans.

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=650334

Potential break-out stars this season:

http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/con...d=nhl:topheads

Originally Posted by shieryda No. I was watching NHL Tonight last night, and Tampa is offering season tickets for $200.

Holy crap. My apologies, then, Vulcan. That's absurdly cheap.

Sometimes I wished I lived in a market like that. Sadly, I know too well what Jimbo spoke of (the fact that $65 tickets are a "good deal" and that they Flyers *always* try to push ticket packages on you - getting individual game tickets is a ing pain).

Originally Posted by sendme I'm going to hold out till friday night or saturday to see what prices stubhub has. I did that during playoffs and was able to get really good seats cheap.

I don't think the home opener is going to be cheap... It's against the Red Wings for crying out loud.

I figured out what's up with the Blue's ticket pricing... They're doing variable pricing based on four tiers. The cheapest season tickets are $21 per game. Then there are gold games, silver games and bronze games. The cheapest golds cost $42, silver games are $30 and bronze games are $23.

I think I'll wait until after the home opener for another weekend game. If I'm lucky I think I should be able to go to a game and spend less than $30 (including parking).

I was hoping the season would be cancelled all together and the NHL would finally leave the US. The AAC in Dallas is usually about 50% occupancy for Stars games, after this lock out, I'm sure it will be worse. I give them 5 more years max before they pull the franchise out of Dallas. Can't wait!

Why would you not want hockey in your hometown?

Started up a free fantasy hockey league if anyone's interested.

Originally Posted by OuTrAgE Started up a free fantasy hockey league if anyone's interested.

Link?

Originally Posted by RedFoxCommando I was hoping the season would be cancelled all together and the NHL would finally leave the US. The AAC in Dallas is usually about 50% occupancy for Stars games, after this lock out, I'm sure it will be worse. I give them 5 more years max before they pull the franchise out of Dallas. Can't wait!

Go see Jagr while he's on your team - he's still magnificent at 40. I wish the Flyers kept him another year, but understand that the money he wanted was better spent elsewhere.

Originally Posted by KillerRamen I don't think the home opener is going to be cheap... It's against the Red Wings for crying out loud. I figured out what's up with the Blue's ticket pricing... They're doing variable pricing based on four tiers. The cheapest season tickets are $21 per game. Then there are gold games, silver games and bronze games. The cheapest golds cost $42, silver games are $30 and bronze games are $23. I think I'll wait until after the home opener for another weekend game. If I'm lucky I think I should be able to go to a game and spend less than $30 (including parking).

I'm still going to hold out. Also I may have something else going on Saturday. The next weekend game I plan on going to is the 16th of March. I forgot who they are playing however I will be getting my ticket soon.

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Originally Posted by mykevermin $200 for 2 season tickets? I call BS; there's simply no way any team is that stupid financially. You're trying to tell us that you're paying about $4/ticket/game this season. I can't believe that.

My buddy works with the lightning and I have known him for a good longtime. Another example of great tickets he gets me is this deal. We play two games a season at the forum. It's called a rink of dreams. Full 20 minute periods non stop game with announcers and the coils going off when somebody scores. We also get Tier one tickets for 50 people all for $2,000. It's actually nice to get relationships with people who work with the Lightning and people in the hockey industry in general. When he needs a team last minute or needs a favor from my self, I'm there for him. Same with the Miken rep as well.

Now, if only I could make a freaking team sale. I need some nice Tampa gloves!

Originally Posted by mykevermin Holy crap. My apologies, then, Vulcan. That's absurdly cheap. Sometimes I wished I lived in a market like that. Sadly, I know too well what Jimbo spoke of (the fact that $65 tickets are a "good deal" and that they Flyers *always* try to push ticket packages on you - getting individual game tickets is a ing pain).

Tampa's owner is one of the best in the league. It doesn't surprise me that he would do that.