How the 2004 NHL Lockout Changed the League Forever
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The 2004 NHL lockout had a lasting impact on the league, changing it in several significant ways. It introduced a salary cap, aimed at financial stability and competitive balance, revamped rules to make the game faster and more exciting, attracted international interest, boosted marketing efforts, embraced digital media, prioritized youth development, and spurred global expansion efforts. These changes have made the NHL a more sustainable, entertaining, and globally appealing league. - Sport
The rule changes are what made the game grow. I’ve gone back and watched some old games from 2000-2004, and the speed of the game today is so much better.
The speed is good.
But player attitudes SUCK.
I’ve always wondered what the lock out was. Now I’ll know
It was a rough year, I was 19 years old but only really got into hockey a couple years ago previously, yet following hockey had become a full habit by then. Luckily, as a Canucks fan, we sent a bunch of notable players - Ryan Kesler first among them - to the AHL and I spent my time watching them and the CHL as well.
Very informative, nicely done
I was in 4th grade when the nhl lockout happened I will never forget it and it changed my life forever Gary.
great video, i had no idea why they had a lockout
Player salaries going from 76% of league revenues to 54% of league revenues was huge to ensure solvency.
Nobody can blame the owners for wanting to make money too.
@@bangyahead1that’s fair. But i have a huge problem with ”fans” giving players shit for being ”greedy”, yet i never hear anyone giving owners shit for being greedy.
@@MrABN86 It's a constant mentality that I have had a problem with for 30 years. Partly due to the players being more visible, tangible (especially in SM era), etc. But fan(atics) are not known to be logical. Owners are the actual greedy ones, yet the players always get ripped for looking after their own best interests when most never get a second or big-time contract.
Good video.
Thank you!!
They should have gotten rid of Bettman then. Send him back to basketball.
Yes get rid of the guy who made the league billions of dollars and is the reason the league is as amazing and skill focused as it is now lol. Way to go Bettman hater, keep hating on the only good commissioner/president the NHL has ever had.
@@HarryRiceHockeyGreat commissioners don’t have 3 work stoppages (all lockouts) on their watch. Sorry bout it.
@@HarryRiceHockey "Amazing" league? What league are you watching? The league today is a watered down and soft version of it's former self. A shell of what it once was. The NHL in the 80s and 90s was WAY BETTER than this garbage. Stupid rule changes to artificially speed up the game does not make it "better" dude. You sound like a pro wrestling fan. "The WWE is making more money than ever, so it must be better than ever!" yeah...no. Much like hockey, wrestling is garbage now too. A league making money and being good are 2 different things. There was nothing wrong with the NHL when it was actually fun to watch. It's boring and lifeless now.
@@HarryRiceHockey Also wanted to add, Bettman destroyed the NHL. He's the reason there's no hitting anymore. He's the reason for dumb gimmicks like 3 on 3 overtime and shootouts. He's the reason teams moved from hockey hotbeds like Quebec to desert wastelands like Arizona. His stupid salary cap has ensured we will never see another true dynasty ever again and the game, under HIS WATCH has had 3 work stoppages and become an unwatchable BORE. You talk about the league "making billions" and that's the problem. He cares NOTHING about the overall quality and integrity of the game. Only $$$. That's why the game today is pure trash. A league making $$$ does not mean it's a good league.
@@94champs Wow you are incredibly bitter my guy lmao. But the NHL and professional wrestling are at an all-time high for skill and athletic ability respectively. The 80s and 90s in the NHL was fun if you liked goals and no goals respectively, funny that you liked both eras consisting of guys non-stop getting concussions and them being laughed at on the highlight reel shows. If you like watching guys get hurt and dying 40 years before they should be then sure the 80s and 90s NHL *and* WWF are both for you I guess, but if you're like everyone watching the NHL now grandpa who loves watching for the skill and ability (even if I personally am not a fan of the flippy superkick fests I will respect the ability), that's clearly the reason it's making the most money. I'm pretty sure even if you adjust for inflation the NHL now is still making more money then it did in the boring ass game of the 90s cheap shots. The modern NHL is safe, it's fast, and it's the best goddamn league that has ever existed in any era of Hockey. You can be bitter all you want grandpa because your "rough 'em tough 'em" Hockey and Hogan/Warrior no real ability wrestling is all but a relic of the past like you are but let people enjoy the modern product of the respective sports all they want. There's old Hockey games and Wrestling matches online, go spend your days watching those or something just let real hockey fans enjoy the current product, because to me if you're skilled that's what matters on the ice. The goal scoring is what makes the NHL good, only difference is unlike in the 1980s, there's more than 4 goalies that are good and the rest are shitters that wouldn't even cut it in the 90s era of games ending 2-1 with final shots 21-17 lol.
The lockout in 04-05 sucked so much and tainted the NHL
It was tragic and sad, because (as someone who was of age at the time), we knew it was coming.
bro the family feud sound effect 💀💀💀💀
I had no idea that player salaries were all the way up to 76% at that point, though the thing about the Penguins moving (potentially to Kansas City) is something that I was keenly aware of. While I won't break down everything about that CBA or the most recent one, I do believe some of the individual things in them are positives for the game. Salary cap being a hard cap tied to revenue, regardless of how it's split, is a move that makes sense, and, imo, is one of the reasons that the NHL has pretty good parity. Most teams (I'm so sorry Sabres fans, I really am, y'all deserve better) aren't that bad for that long, nor are they financially unteneable (Except for the Coyotes, but that's a whole different can of worms). No player is close to the maximum allowable salary cap hit (just over $16M/yr), though that is more due to how teams are constructed, though for a lot of teams, we are seeing a "core 4" emerge, as the players to build around, which generally seems logical to me.
The introduction and structure of Entry Level Contracts was also a good choice, because I feel it puts new players on roughly equal footing, where their play in the NHL dictates what kind of money they'll make, and we don't get stuff like Alexandre Daigle's rookie deal. I do have mixed feelings on how Standard Player Contracts are structured, not in regards to length (an 8 year max is pretty reasonable, granted most players don't play a full 8 years for the team that signs them outside of true franchise players), but in how salary is divided by year. The thought generally seems to be when you sign a contract, you're either getting paid what your expected to produce, or getting paid for what you have already done. But for older players, UFA's nearing their 30s, or on the other side of 30, that production will generally tank after the first few seasons of a new contract, which is part of the reason contracts were being front loaded, the other being the absurd Kovalchuk cap circumvention shenanigans the Devil's tried to pull, but in general, I feel it makes sense to pay a player more for what are statisically likely to be the best years of that contract. Not that contracts aren't still, to some degree, structured that way, but it's less extreme. Though, to counterpoint myself, that does favor teams like the Leafs or Rangers, who are more likely to have the cash to burn, whereas a team like Columbus or Florida may not be able to do that.
Please note, I'm just a passionate fan, I'm not an insider or an analyst. I'm just a guy with a business degree who loves hockey and doesn't have the patience to make his own videos, so I just leave really long comments when any reasonable person would just make a blog post or a podcast.
Forgot to mention the 2011 NBA Lockout in the beginning.
In my opinion this is when old school hockey died forever. When the game returned in 2006 the game was unrecognizable. It was a much softer league with stupid gimmicks like the shootout and now that's morphed into the joke "3 on 3" overtime garbage that we see today. The salary cap ensured that we would never see a dynasty again because teams that built winners were now punished and "parity" was introduced where everyone is a winner. Hitting disappeared, and playoff games had less intensity than a regular season game from the 80s or 90s. Rivalries vanished as teams wouldn't meet in the post season for years on end when they used to meet almost every season. Thanks Bettman for RUINING the NHL. That's your legacy.
This has to be the worst most backwards take I have ever heard. It’s so bad, that I’ve decided to take the time to let u know how wrong u are. To have an opinion this misinformed it really isn’t worth taking the time to try to explain it to you. I just hope that one day you come around and realize the lockout changed hockey for the better. If not, you can still go back and watch highlights of some intense clutching and grabbing, as well as no two line passing. What a clown.
Soon, Puerto Rico and Mexico will have expansion teams. Thanks Gary!
@@fredred5037 Just another reason to hate him!
The only thing that was good about the lockout was getting rid of the 2-line pass. Everything else that you said has not been good.
@@EvanEscher I disagree because the 2 line pass forced you to be creative when entering the zone. Brett Hull talked about this. Now it's just "bomb passes" the whole game.
I think 3v3 is great to quickly end a regular season
Absolutely hate 3 v 3 always have ill consead adding time say 10 for OT and make it 4 vs 4 it's better than 3 v 3 where a team will sit on the puck for 3 minutes skating back and forth.
You know for as much of a jacka$$ that Bettman is, the guy grew the league like no other commissioner in the NHL, or MLB, NBA, or NFL could. The gimmicks like the shootout need to go away. I miss the days of 2 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 for a loss. That was it. The all star game needs to go back to East vs West, with the traditional skills competition. I couldn't tell you the last time I watched the NHL All Star Weekend. But still going from 21 franchises to when I started watching to 32 today I do have to give Bettman his due.
Give Bettman his due? For what? Ruining the NHL? Yeah, 32 teams in places like Arizona have done wonders for the sport. There's WAY too many teams. 22 teams is perfect in my opinion with 24-26 being the max amount.
@@94champs yeah that happens sometimes. At the same time the sport has grown immensely because of him. Bury your head in the sand all you like, the dude has made that league money.
Making the league money and making the league a quality product to watch are 2 very different things. The WWE is making more money than ever, and is completely unwatchable.
And how much has the sport "grown" when many people are now saying it's not even in the Top 4 of major sports anymore? I could care less about the "growth" of the sport. I liked the NHL much better when that wasn't a concern. Hockey will NEVER appeal to the masses in America and that is fine by me.
If the sport has "grown" as you say, it's at the expense of REAL hockey fans to appease CASUAL fans. Any real fan of the NHL who has watched the league since the 70s will tell you it was WAY better back then (70s through the 90s) if you're talking about quality.
@@94champs if hockey wasn't introduced to Arizona there would be no Auston Matthews