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The season was cancelled. by Ice Cream Jonsey 02/22/2005, 4:46pm PST
I'll give you bias from both sides, which hopefully cancels each other out:

The owners locked out the players in an attempt to get them to accept some financial responsibility. After all, the owners have shown none themselves in recent years. The owners claimed to want a salary cap and the player union stated that a cap would not be acceptable.

Right before the season was about to be cancelled the players gave in a little and said they'd accept a cap. I've heard different things regarding what happened next:

1) The owners said, "Haha, what?" And sat there with vacant smiles on their faces. Four or five owners actually wanted there to be no season whatsoever, so it brings up the question if the owners were ever negotiating "fairly." So you can blame the owners for the cancellation of the season.

2) The players' proposal for a cap was such that every team getting to the cap meant that more money would be spent on player salaries than it did last years, which the owners were trying to avoid. I think the players wanted a cap in the neighbrohood of $50 million? $45 million? Somewhere around there. So you can blame the players for no season.

There have been a couple "But wait!" moments after the season's cancellation was announced, but nothing has really come of it.

ICJ
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So wait, what happened to the NHK? by Chairman Mao 02/22/2005, 11:42am PST NEW
    Nice typo retard. NHL, rather. NT by Chairman Mao 02/22/2005, 12:04pm PST NEW
    I know Steve Moore is suing Todd Bertuzzi by laudablepuss 02/22/2005, 12:50pm PST NEW
    Re: So wait, what happened to the NHK? by Fussbett 02/22/2005, 4:20pm PST NEW
        Re: So wait, what happened to the NHK? by The Cheap Shot Machine 02/22/2005, 4:33pm PST NEW
    The season was cancelled. by Ice Cream Jonsey 02/22/2005, 4:46pm PST NEW
        Thanks. by Chairman Mao 02/22/2005, 5:03pm PST NEW
            Re: Thanks. by laudablepuss 02/22/2005, 6:00pm PST NEW
                Re: Thanks. by Chairman Mao 02/22/2005, 6:18pm PST NEW
        Re: The season was cancelled. by Fussbett 02/22/2005, 5:45pm PST NEW
            Re: The season was cancelled. by Ice Cream Jonsey 02/22/2005, 7:19pm PST NEW
                Re: The season was cancelled. by Tony 02/22/2005, 7:30pm PST NEW
                Re: The season was cancelled. by The Happiness Engine 02/23/2005, 5:20am PST NEW
    What's hockey? NT by America 02/22/2005, 6:32pm PST NEW
        You're always so proud of your ignorance. Way to go. by Canada 02/22/2005, 9:50pm PST NEW
 
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