Right now the only thing we have to look forward to is who'll win the sig bet between Curt & Philco.glen a richter wrote:What else should we have expected?
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Right now the only thing we have to look forward to is who'll win the sig bet between Curt & Philco.glen a richter wrote:What else should we have expected?
Portland Blues wrote:Just read that meeting broke down after 90 minutes today with no new talks scheduled.
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Honestly I am the same way. Ive been to busy with crap and havent really missed it. Ive been playing it on Sundays, I guess that is why.Nyghtewynd wrote:I haven't missed hockey once yet. Not. Once. I miss the stuff AROUND hockey, but not the actual game. And if you're losing me, I'm not the only one by a longshot.
Several owners just signed players to absolutely ridiculous contracts which seemed to be the main reason these players chose to move to those teams. Now the owners don't want to honor the contracts???? Basically, the owners "make whole" proposal has the players reduced revenue coming out of their currently signed contracts. Why would any player ever accept that kind of deal after the owners were throwing money at FAs to get them to move??SB Nation article wrote:The league is trying to reduce the amount of revenue that the players receive, but the players still want what is owed to them from recently signed contracts. The league is reportedly looking to offer "make whole" contracts for the first and second years, and Fehr was quick to point that the NHL does not plan on honoring the entirety of current contracts.
Wasn't it in January in 04-05 season when they did it?glen a richter wrote:We can't be all that far from a deadline for cancellation of the entire season...
ZERO give from the Owners. This is not negotiation. Players should disband the Union and force the court thing. Any arbitrator would see the Owner are not giving up crap while simply refusing the NHLPA proposals. Heck, the latest NHLPA offer did not say crap about the contract stuff while the Owners are trying to essentially end any chance at free agency unless a player is in the league for 10 years.cardsfan04 wrote:NHLPA offered 50/50 immediately w/o a guarantee. But, wants $393 million in "make whole" revenue instead of $211 million. That extra $182 million works out to $1.2 million/owner/year over the course of the 5 year proposal.
If this doesn't get a deal done, I don't see what will. $182 million seems like a lot. But, it's not that much spread out over 5 years of a $3+ billion/year business.
EDIT: Some of the other terms are coming out and it isn't quite as awesome of an offer as it first seemed. But, still, if this doesn't serve as the framework for negotiations, nothing ever will.
Even later. February 16. If a deal was struck on February 15, I don't know how they could have had a season though. Even playing 4 games/week for 10 weeks, they'd have only gotten ~40 games in by the end of April.STLADOGG wrote:Wasn't it in January in 04-05 season when they did it?glen a richter wrote:We can't be all that far from a deadline for cancellation of the entire season...
Not much progress at all it sounds like, I can't see any NHL season.......