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VICE: So you're an Islanders fan?Drunk Bastard: I'm an Islander fan.From all the way back?Ever since I was a really young child, yeah. I think I probably started following the Islanders in 1978.So you kinda got a double hit this year because the Islanders announced that they're moving to Brooklyn in 2015, and also there's this lockout.The lockout, you know what? It's another step back for the NHL. It's fucked up. It's stupid. The NHL, after the lockout they had a few years ago, really worked hard to promote itself and make it what it was as of last year. I think it really got the fans excited again, I think it got new fans, revenue was up. I think the Winter Classic is an amazing fucking marketing scam. And now all of a sudden we're back to where we were years ago and all the shit they worked so hard to do is gone. I watch the news and people don't even care that there's no hockey. Me as a fan, I'm frustrated at the owners, and the NHL can't work it out. It's all about money. It's all about gluttony. It's all about greed. It's just silly. You know what they did? The really talented guys? "Fuck it, I'll go play in Russia." They don't even care.
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