One of the biggest losses throughout this NHL lockout has been losing
all fantasy leagues and hockey pools. It’s a strong source of camaraderie that allows
us to replicate, even on a miniscule level, managing and creating your own
hockey team. No more can we trash talk in the office or amongst friends when
Ryan Smyth had an unexpected 3 point night ruining another owner’s week.
So I present to you a new pool for your office or your friends. We
need to salvage this aspect of this dreaded lockout. It’s a calendar pool as to
when the NHL Lockout will end. Just make a calendar from today’s date until June
28th 2013. The 28th is the date for the 2013 NHL Entry
Draft, so if the NHL hasn’t figured out this CBA nonsense by then, we might as
well become basketball fans.
Charge $5 per date, you can choose as many dates as you want. And
it works like TPIR (The Price is Right), whoever is closest to the date without
going over. Multiple people can pick the same date and split the winnings if it lands on that date, but you have to pick a day
that is more than a week in advance. This’ll create some anxiousness in the
office and allow you to trash talk people for their optimism. “YOU THOUGHT FEHR
AND BETTMAN WOULD SOLVE THIS BY DECEMBER 9TH?!? PFFFFT!” Doesn’t
this kind of talk excite anyone else? Is this me grasping at straws?
Mind you this entire pool is contingent on the NHL and NHLPA
actually solving their issues, which at this stage seems like we need a
prophecy from an Oracle and both sides to negotiate with a ‘Neo’ like belief.
“There is no spoon”
Rest of Week 13 Picks on Friday. Home team in CAPS.
Saints (+3.5) over FALCONS
Last Week: 7-7-1
Season: 86-87-2
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