Comments on: Chara on CBA: “I believe it’s going to get done” http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/06/20/chara-on-cba-i-believe-its-going-to-get-done/ ProHockeyTalk on NBCSports.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:26:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: comeonnowguys http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/06/20/chara-on-cba-i-believe-its-going-to-get-done/comment-page-1/#comment-81457 Thu, 21 Jun 2012 01:42:18 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=778368#comment-81457 Hmmm…. I have two middle fingers, so I’m only fluent in three forms of communication. Damn.

]]> By: kitshky http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/06/20/chara-on-cba-i-believe-its-going-to-get-done/comment-page-1/#comment-81409 Wed, 20 Jun 2012 21:50:58 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=778368#comment-81409 This is one of my favourite comments ever.

]]> By: flyerscup2010 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/06/20/chara-on-cba-i-believe-its-going-to-get-done/comment-page-1/#comment-81386 Wed, 20 Jun 2012 19:47:53 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=778368#comment-81386 which of course would have next year’s salary cap sitting somewhere around where last year’s salary cap was (64.3 million). smart GMs will keep that in mind this summer and ignore the NHL’s 70.3 million number.

]]> By: flyerscup2010 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/06/20/chara-on-cba-i-believe-its-going-to-get-done/comment-page-1/#comment-81385 Wed, 20 Jun 2012 19:46:11 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=778368#comment-81385 a lockout seems like a guarantee at this point. given that the NFL and NBA owners were able to get their players down to the 50% total revenue range and the NHL players are currently in the 57% range, i gotta think the league’s coming in under 50% with their initial offer hoping to hardball them into agreeing to a 50% split (in spite of the constant flow of “record breaking” revenue/ratings numbers oddly touted by the league, considering the detriment to labor negotiations that those numbers pose). i don’t think donald fehr will be particularly receptive to that, considering his history (’95 MLB strike) and the concessions the NHL players eventually made in 05 to end that lockout (hard cap, steep reduction in revenue split, etc). assuming the league will hold firm at a 50% revenue split, the players are going to have to parlay that into player health/safety concessions like the NFL players did. the NHL owners don’t seem quite as headstrong as the NFL owners, but at the same time they didn’t become rich businessmen by accident and will fight hard to make a buck if they can.

either way, we’re headed for a lockout, whether it lasts for only part of the season or it eats an entire season.

]]> By: govtminion http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/06/20/chara-on-cba-i-believe-its-going-to-get-done/comment-page-1/#comment-81380 Wed, 20 Jun 2012 19:22:47 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=778368#comment-81380 Weird, isn’t it? You’d think planning to talk later wouldn’t be as good of an idea as just, you know, sitting down and doing it now instead, right? It’s just the rules structure that allows your business to function, nothing important- it can wait.

*facepalm*

]]> By: sabatimus http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/06/20/chara-on-cba-i-believe-its-going-to-get-done/comment-page-1/#comment-81371 Wed, 20 Jun 2012 19:01:51 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=778368#comment-81371 Shouldn’t the talks begin like RIGHT NOW?? Don’t pull an NFL or an NBA, please.

]]> By: sabatimus http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/06/20/chara-on-cba-i-believe-its-going-to-get-done/comment-page-1/#comment-81370 Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:59:59 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=778368#comment-81370 I am fluent in over 6 million forms of communication.

]]> By: pepper2011 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/06/20/chara-on-cba-i-believe-its-going-to-get-done/comment-page-1/#comment-81368 Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:45:51 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=778368#comment-81368 Mark Stuart was also traded two years ago with Wheeler to (then) ATL for Peverley and Valabik, but again who needs facts?

]]> By: pepper2011 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/06/20/chara-on-cba-i-believe-its-going-to-get-done/comment-page-1/#comment-81367 Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:43:49 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=778368#comment-81367 Maybe you should do some research before you make ignorant statements. perhaps some research skills you learned in college? But who needs facts?

Chára speaks seven languages: Slovak, Czech, Polish, Swedish, Russian, German, and English

How many languages do you speak?

from an article in the ProJo
From 2001-05, Chara studied financial planning at Ottawa’s Algonquin College. He completed assignments online. Each season, he missed two morning skates because of four-hour exams. On planes and buses he read books about pension plans and estate planning. No matter how much his body ached after an NHL dogfight, he studied when he returned to his Ottawa home, closing his textbooks as late as 2 a.m.
“You never really get somebody to push you to study until you sign up for the course,” Chara said. “Then once you sign up, when you have to go to school and do assignments, you’re like, ‘Oh, my God.’ But you can’t drop it. Obviously, you have some pride. You don’t want to fail.”

http://news.providencejournal.com/sports/2008/09/zdeno-chara-a-b.html

]]> By: govtminion http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/06/20/chara-on-cba-i-believe-its-going-to-get-done/comment-page-1/#comment-81363 Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:36:00 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=778368#comment-81363 Did Chara sleep with your mom or something?

]]> By: greatminnesotasportsmind http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/06/20/chara-on-cba-i-believe-its-going-to-get-done/comment-page-1/#comment-81360 Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:23:32 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=778368#comment-81360 As long as Donald Fehr is around, I’m not going to hold my breath anything gets done in a reasonable time. I think, we will be lucky if we see the Winter Classic happen.

]]> By: solador78 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/06/20/chara-on-cba-i-believe-its-going-to-get-done/comment-page-1/#comment-81358 Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:12:56 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=778368#comment-81358 I thought Mark Stuart was the union rep for the Bruins, you know… since he actually went to college.

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