NHL lockout Your daily hockey fix for Day 2

CBA roundup The lockout has now eaten up a total of 179 games -- 97 preseason games and most recently 82 regular-season games. There is a little good news: Talks are scheduled to resume this week in New York between the NHL and NHLPA. But they won't be talking about economics ... again. Who's to blame? Both, neither, or in the eyes of the other: their adversary. From Gary Trent Jr. Jersey Helene Elliott of the :Let the record show each side is willing to talk about economics; it's the other side that's holding it up. This is a more confusing conundrum than the chicken vs. the egg. ( ) Not long ago we were sharing with you the idea put forth by Je se Spector to start putting advertisements on player uniforms in the NHL to increase the amount of revenue in the sport. His next bright and definitely daring idea involves the NHL coming to accept gambling to help ensure a long-term future. ( ) If the lockout drags on into January, the Winter Cla sic will become a casualty. This year's Cla sic between the and , you'll remember, is scheduled for the Big House on the campus of the University of Michigan. But all of the corresponding events, including the Alumni Game, will take place in Detroit. If that game doesn't happen, we're talking about a potential lo s of $50 million-$60 million for Detroit. Ouch. ( ) Replacement players in the NHL, you say? While that probably won't happen, that didn't stop NHL satirist Sean McIndoe from imagining what it would be like, putting the reader in training camp with the scabs. ( ) Players don't have to go to Europe if they want to keep playing during the lockout. Take , for example, who will be playing with the Alaska Aces of the ECHL, along with and . It's no surprise that all three are natives of Alaska. , who also tried to make the Aces, won't be joining them. ( )Hockey fixWe're going with a different route, opting not to showcase a highlight but a lowlight from this past season. 's point-blank, empty-net mi s was unbelievable but one of my favorite moments of the season. Thankfully for Smith, it didn't cost his the win vs. the Maple Leafs. C.J. McCollum Jersey