Joffrey Lupul can't eat at Real Sports in Toronto. (Getty Images) NHL players are not able to contact their team personnel or Brent Suter Jersey use the team facilities during the lockout. That much makes sense. Communication is completely cut off between employees and bo ses.What doesn't make much sense is that ban on contact and use of facilities extends all the way to restaurants. No, really. It does, as forward Joffrey Lupul found out the hard way over the weekend in Toronto.On Sunday, Lupul shared his frustrations with one particular restaurant on Twitter with a tweet that he has since deleted and apologized for. Here is how his initial tweet read, followed by the retraction. In hindsight twitter was probably not the right place to voice my displeasure w @ . That's not why I use twitter. Was just rattled Joffrey Lupul (@JLupul) Frankly, I'm not sure why Lupul felt the need to backtrack and delete that tweet. It wasn't offensive or terribly damning. In fact, what he tweeted was Cory Spangenberg Jersey probably worthy of bringing to light as it's head-scratching, really.You see, Real Sports is a restaurant owned by the Maple Leafs' controlling company, much the same as how the Flyers are owned by Ed Snider, who owns Comcast and thus the connection they have with the media giant. They are all tentacles of the same company.But Jhoulys Chacin Jersey isn't it just a bit extreme to stop a player from eating at a restaurant? The guy just wants to enjoy a good meal (I a sume it's good. I've never been, though.) with some suds; why can't he do that? I'm a suming, of course, that the lockout hasn't reduced Randy Carlyle, Brian Burke and Larry Tannenbaum to waiting tables at the restaurant.I suppose this is a downside to playing in a hockey-crazy place like Toronto. Imagine if this same scenario had happened in, say, Tampa Bay with the Lightning. The chances that the staff wouldn't have Matt Garza Jersey been able to recognize Teddy Purcell, for example, are much higher. As to his jersey-selling complaint, well, I suppose he has a point. But there aren't many places selling a lot of jerseys right now, even in Toronto.Every time you think we've hit the new point of silline s, something like this comes along and reminds you how incredibly stupid this lockout is.UPDATE: Then again, perhaps Lupul was in the wrong here, not the restaurant or the Leafs. Lupul wasn't denied into the restaurant because he's a Leafs player, but because the Real Sports had no more reservations and the place was booked. That's what President and COO of Maple Leafs Sports Brandon Woodruff Jersey and Entermaint said Tom Anselmi told the . In that case, it's perfectly understandable why Lupul deleted his tweet.Please, we beg of you, end this lockout now.