Just out of curiosity I looked at a few different forums and did a few searches on Twitter. I think that both the NHL and PA are going to be in for a rude awakening after this lockout.
During the last lockout, there were pages and pages of debate on various forums, people were passionate and took sides, people wanted hockey back desperately and it was the focus of conversation at the rink.
This time, almost nobody is talking about it. Online or at the rink. I just spent a four days at the Bell Capital Cup and it didn't come up as part of conversation - NOT ONCE! It was all about the minor hockey, the World Juniors, the 67's and the Spengler Cup.
When I asked a few people I always got the same basic answer that went something like, "I could care less."