Come On Guys!

    The two sides in the NHL lockout met Wednesday in Toronto and again Thursday in New York without NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and union chief Bob Goodenow. Lou Lamoriello has joined the talks, however. He's the New Jersey Devils' GM & CEO, and is seen by the players union as a man who wants to make a deal. It just doesn't look like he'll be able to. Significant differences are still being cited. Management is holding out for ``cost certainty'' , but the players view that as a salary cap and have vowed they will never accept such a plan.
   Come on guys, can't you figure out some way to meet in the middle? There is still time for a season-of-sorts, if you do. Every team playing every other, at home and on the other's ice would do it. I know so many are saying that the game has lost too many fans with this whole labour dispute fiasco, but I beg to differ.
   "If you build it, they will come." Build some kind of a bridge between the two sides, and let it lead everyone back to the arenas. I don't know about fans in the States, but I can guarantee you there's plenty like me here in Canada. We're thoroughly, totally addicted to the game, and we're dying for our next fix. You build that bridge, and we'll come in droves. Please!