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Krys Barch Lets the World Know How He Feels

The New Jersey Devils' tough-guy took to twitter on Saturday night and spouted off his opinions on the NHL lockout in a 25-tweet barrage over the course of an hour and 18 minutes.

Krys Barch @krysbarch
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.....
Sat, Sep 29 2012 19:23:43
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Krys Barch @krysbarch
..... 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........
Sat, Sep 29 2012 19:26:52
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Krys Barch @krysbarch
....... or a son of a hall of famer. I have made it through sweating, bleeding, cut Achilles, broken hands, concussions......
Sat, Sep 29 2012 19:30:37
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Krys Barch @krysbarch
........ 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.......
Sat, Sep 29 2012 19:32:58
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Krys Barch @krysbarch
........ 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....
Sat, Sep 29 2012 19:38:18
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Krys Barch @krysbarch
...... that will assist in the translations of my emotions to words! No different than a truck driver, farmer or line worker..........
Sat, Sep 29 2012 19:35:35
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Krys Barch @krysbarch
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.....
Sat, Sep 29 2012 19:45:05
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Krys Barch @krysbarch
..... ahead. Some times wondering if I should have existed when a word and a gun solidified and solved all problems. I feel the Wild West..
Sat, Sep 29 2012 19:47:54
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Krys Barch @krysbarch
.... would more simplified than the world we live in now whet an employer who makes billions of dollars and a league with record revenues...
Sat, Sep 29 2012 19:50:58
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Krys Barch @krysbarch
.... 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 ....
Sat, Sep 29 2012 19:54:41
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Krys Barch @krysbarch
..... 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.....
Sat, Sep 29 2012 19:56:17
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Krys Barch @krysbarch
.... As my pen warms from the fire, Neil Young and a fall Canadian night, I wonder how this work stoppage effects the owners?
Sat, Sep 29 2012 19:59:25
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Krys Barch @krysbarch
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 .....
Sat, Sep 29 2012 20:04:34
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Krys Barch @krysbarch
.... NHL have endured. Still they probably sit their smoking the same brand of cigar, sipping the same cognac, and going on vacation .....
Sat, Sep 29 2012 20:07:23
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Krys Barch @krysbarch
..... 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
Sat, Sep 29 2012 20:13:03
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Krys Barch @krysbarch
.... 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..
Sat, Sep 29 2012 20:14:15
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Krys Barch @krysbarch
... Salaries that they can choose to do whatever they want when they are done. But I have played most who do not!
Sat, Sep 29 2012 20:16:48
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Krys Barch @krysbarch
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....
Sat, Sep 29 2012 20:21:01
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Krys Barch @krysbarch
.... Working together. Or they need to start to move teams to the North where they will make money. The system allows the owners to......
Sat, Sep 29 2012 20:22:35
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Krys Barch @krysbarch
..... Of revenue. The only way to stop the work stoppages long into the future is fix the root cause of the problems. The lockout.......
Sat, Sep 29 2012 20:27:29
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Krys Barch @krysbarch
..... Is a procedure to take from the players to pay for the NHL mistakes. Let not allow the NHL to make any mor mistakes....
Sat, Sep 29 2012 20:34:19
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Krys Barch @krysbarch
... 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....
Sat, Sep 29 2012 20:35:28
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Krys Barch @krysbarch
...... Lets get a deal where the owners, players, and fans benefit from. We're we can be sitting around in beautiful Canadian fall's......
Sat, Sep 29 2012 20:37:29
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Krys Barch @krysbarch
....... around a fire playing and watching the game we love. Here's to the truth and our next conversation. As always speaking from my.....
Sat, Sep 29 2012 20:40:15
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Krys Barch @krysbarch
...... Heart! Goodnight! Like me or hate me I speak what comes from my heart!
Sat, Sep 29 2012 20:41:29
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