In Oregon, there was once talk of getting an NHL team to move here. But with the current events unfolding, it seems unlikely that Portland will ever get an NHL team to relocate.
Getting a team to move here would do wonders for the city. For instance, business would profit greatly from this. Also, the city wouldn’t have to build a new stadium because of the existence of the Rose Garden.

But the NHL has decided, after 87 years of giving fans all around the world something to cheer about, the 2004-05-hockey season will be cancelled.

Due to labor disputes between the league and the players union that began on Sept. 26 last year and lasted 153 days, nothing could be worked out. The NHL announced Wednesday, that the rest of the season would be cancelled. Two-thirds of the 2005 season and the All-Star game had already been lost.

The dispute between the league and the players union could have been fixed but since both sides couldn’t seem to get along, hockey fans sat and watched as one of America’s greatest sports slipped away.

In order to have stopped the lockout 30 NHL teams costs cuts would need to have been made. The players had received 75 percent of the league’s revenue. The league had said that teams lost $273 million in 2002-03 season and $224 million last season. The NHL union challenged these figures.

So with all that has unfolded in the past week, the future of the NHL is very unclear. This could be the end of the NHL, as we know it.