Thursday, November 29, 2012

1984 Redux

"They're putting a Mickey-Mouse operation on the ice.  It's ruining hockey."

TSN.ca reported the following after Federal mediators were dismissed upon completing two (as in, "more than one, but less than three") days of effort at bringing the NHL and NHL Players Association closer to an agreement...

"Sources confirm that NHL commissioner Gary Bettman is awaiting response from NHLPA executive director Donald Fehr on a proposal that owners and players have a bargaining session without any NHL or NHLPA leaders or staff in the room."

OK, now they're just screwing around.  This isn't even serious anymore; they're just coming up with lame, hare-brained schemes to mark the time until they cancel the season.

In 1984, Wayne Gretzky called the New Jersey Devils a "Mickey Mouse operation" after his Edmonton Oilers beat the Devils, 13-4.  Today, the NHL became a "Mickey Mouse operation."

Bravo...bravo.


"Mediation?" The Lockout in 50 Other Words Ending in "ation"

1Abdication
2Agitation
3Allegation
4Annihilation
5Anticipation
6Cessation
7Condemnation
8Confrontation
9Consternation
10Defamation
11Degradation
12Denunciation
13Desecration
14Desolation
15Desperation
16Detestation
17Disputation
18Elimination
19Exaggeration
20Extermination
21Hallucination
22Hesitation
23Hibernation
24Humiliation
25Indignation
26Instigation
27Intimidation
28Inundation
29Isolation
30Lamentation
31Litigation
32Location
33Machination
34Manipulation
35Mutilation
36Permutation
37Premeditation
38Privation
39Prolongation
40Provocation
41Realization
42Reprobation
43Reputation
44Retaliation
45Speculation
46Stagnation
47Starvation
48Termination
49Tribulation...

...makes you want to take a...

Vacation