I was in Kelowna visiting my old junior hockey team when I got a text message saying that we were heading into a lockout. It was kind of expected, but it still hit me by surprise. I was scheduled to go back to Calgary the nexy day, but I decided to cancel that trip and stay a while longer. In the team's whatsapp group we started talking about the lockout and what was needed to make the season start again, but we could only really agree on one thing and that was it was bad for the sport that we got to this lockout. Though this lockout was needed to improve the league and keep a high level of sportsmanship amongst all participating teams. Things happened this offseason that upset the league and would give a team a possible advantage over the other teams. Let's hope that the league officials, GM's and the players association can come to an agreement to end the lockout soon. Because we all want to play and the fans don't deserve this.