Frustrated by the ongoing lockout, New Jersey Devils forward Krys Barch voiced his displeasure with NHL owners in a series of tweets Saturday night.
I sit here from Gand Bend, Ontario putting a pen to my heart and writing on paper what bleeds out. My name is Krys Barch. I have played…..
— Krys Barch (@krysbarch) September 30, 2012
….. approx 5 1/2 years in the NHL and have worked for every second of it. I Haven’t been a 1st round pick, bonus baby……..
— Krys Barch (@krysbarch) September 30, 2012
……. or a son of a hall of famer. I have made it through sweating, bleeding, cut Achilles, broken hands, concussions……
— Krys Barch (@krysbarch) September 30, 2012
…….. broken orbital bones, 8 teeth knocked out, etc, etc, etc. I sit in front of a fire, 8 OV deep and starting a bottle of Porte…….
— Krys Barch (@krysbarch) September 30, 2012
…… that will assist in the translations of my emotions to words! No different than a truck driver, farmer or line worker……….
— Krys Barch (@krysbarch) September 30, 2012
…….. I have a shot and a beer. Not to deal with the days ahead but to ease the nerves from what my body has endured the days before….
— Krys Barch (@krysbarch) September 30, 2012
I sit here with both my boys sleeping and my wife due with our 3rd. My thoughts racing on what I can conquer tomorrow to get our family…..
— Krys Barch (@krysbarch) September 30, 2012
….. ahead. Some times wondering if I should have existed when a word and a gunsolidified and solved all problems. I feel the Wild West..
— Krys Barch (@krysbarch) September 30, 2012
…. would more simplified than the world we live in now whet an employer who makes billions of dollars and a league with record revenues…
— Krys Barch (@krysbarch) September 30, 2012
…. can tell me that I can’t do the things that my heart tells my me to do! All what my heart tells me to do far surpasses what my ….
— Krys Barch (@krysbarch) September 30, 2012
….. body has endured. As I write this I dive deeper and deeper into my bottle of Porte giving wider views to the depths of my heart…..
— Krys Barch (@krysbarch) September 30, 2012
…. As my pen warms from the fire, Neil Young and a fall Canadian night, I wonder how this work stoppage effects the owners?
— Krys Barch (@krysbarch) September 30, 2012
I wonder if the owners of Boston, New York,Washington, etc, etc,have endured any of the injuries that I or any other player in the …..
— Krys Barch (@krysbarch) September 30, 2012
…. NHL have endured. Still they probably sit their smoking the same brand of cigar, sipping the same cognac, and going on vacation …..
— Krys Barch (@krysbarch) September 30, 2012
….. To one of five houses they own…. While we sit here knowing they want to take 20% of our paychecks. One half to 3/4 of my peers
— Krys Barch (@krysbarch) September 30, 2012
…. Will have to work for the next 50 years of their lives. Congratulations to the lucky select few that I have played with who have made..
— Krys Barch (@krysbarch) September 30, 2012
… Salaries that they can choose to do whatever they want when they are done.But I have played most who do not!
— Krys Barch (@krysbarch) September 30, 2012
If the NHL wants to teams in the south or struggling markets than the players along with the financially well to do teams need to start….
— Krys Barch (@krysbarch) September 30, 2012
…. Working together. Or they need to start to move teams to the North where they will make money. The system allows the owners to……
— Krys Barch (@krysbarch) September 30, 2012
……. continually take money from the players contract after contract where eventually over 40 some years the owners will have 80%…..
— Krys Barch (@krysbarch) September 30, 2012
….. Of revenue. The only way to stop the work stoppages long into the future is fix the root cause of the problems. The lockout…….
— Krys Barch (@krysbarch) September 30, 2012
….. Is a procedure to take from the players to pay for the NHL mistakes. Let not allow the NHL to make any mor mistakes….
— Krys Barch (@krysbarch) September 30, 2012
… Let the league and the players to come together to fix the mistakes that have been made and make sure non are made in the future….
— Krys Barch (@krysbarch) September 30, 2012
…… Lets get a deal where the owners, players, and fans benefit from. We’re we can be sitting around in beautiful Canadian fall’s……
— Krys Barch (@krysbarch) September 30, 2012
……. around a fire playing and watching the game we love. Here’s to the truth and our next conversation. As always speaking from my…..
— Krys Barch (@krysbarch) September 30, 2012
…… Heart! Goodnight! Like me or hate me I speak what comes from my heart!
— Krys Barch (@krysbarch) September 30, 2012