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At 2:03 p.m. Thursday, the NHL cemented its status as professional sports’ most laughably operated league by wiping out the first two weeks of the 2012-13 season.
I’d call it a joke, except it’s about as funny as a Scott Hartnell smirk.
Ask the layman employees and ancillary businesses that will lose untold money.
Ask the most obsessive fans in North America.
Ask the players who have demonstrated that all they want is to get back to work.
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