from Paul Friesen of the Winnipeg Sun,

Here's something to ponder as we face the first month of winter without the NHL.

How would you feel if a thug apologized for lifting your wallet, at the same time he was casing your car with a plan to break into it later on?

That's basically what the megalomaniacs running the NHL are doing when they blather on about projected revenue growth of the game over the next several years.

Where do you think a good chunk of that revenue growth is going to come from?

Rising ticket prices, of course.

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