Just something I wanted to get off my chest

Godamn it!

It severely irks me to think that there's going to be no hockey this year. We all know the truth, the owners are greedy and the players are even greedier. The players are a group of hypocrites, proven so when NHLPA head Bob Goodenow came out and told his members to take jobs away from european players. Of course, this doesn't make a huge difference in Russia or Sweden who constantly churn out good hockey players, but in places like Germany, they actually have to legislate how many 'professional' hockey players are allowed on a team to ensure that German kids will get a chance to play and develop.

I don't know what the solution is, but use a luxury tax that has some teeth.
Tax over 40 million with 25 cents on the dollar
45 million- 30 cents on the dollar and a third round pick
50 million, 50 cents on the dollar and a second round pick.
55 million, 75 cents on the dollar and a team's choice of either a first round pick or a second and third round pick.
At 60 million, keep it on a dollar for dollar basis and have a team give up a first and secound round pick.

Now, all you have to do is move the nets back, institute a shootout in someway and bring in a tag-up offside rule and you're bringing back a game worth watching. Oh, it wouldn't hurt to see some of those American teams (Nashville, Carolina, and Florida to name a few) either fold completely or moved to places where people actually would come to hockey and not just support a team when it's winning. A stiff tax might even help send a team or two back to Canada, or have one put in Minnesota, you know, places that deserve hockey.