Comments on: Report: Owners make bold initial CBA proposals

By: odj810

odj810 — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 14:10:02 +0000

after this initial proposal I will defanetly be on the players side in this lockout. Both sides have stated things are working well and they just need to work out a few kinks and issues. That strikes me as a drastic change.

By: irishjackmp

irishjackmp — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 04:59:24 +0000

One thing the NFL and NBA negotiations should have taught the NHLPA…. millionaires can’t outlast billionaires at the negotiating table. Players can puff their chest out all they want about “no rollbacks” but the reality is, with the NFL and NBA at 50/50 splits, there is no way the NHLPA is getting to stay at 57%.

The league obviously offered 46% so they have some room to move up their offer but I doubt the league goes past 50% seeing how owners in other leagues were successful playing hardball in negotiations.

By: ewampus

ewampus — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 20:13:34 +0000

sweet that lost year of hockey is really looking like it was really worth it

By: ravenscaps48

ravenscaps48 — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 15:05:34 +0000

I was just giving a somewhat decent example to relate to the common folk. That’s all I was trying to do… Carry on.

By: chiadam

chiadam — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 13:19:15 +0000

Unlike Pawn Stars, the CBA negotiations are actually real. No actors involved.

By: ravenscaps48

ravenscaps48 — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 13:05:12 +0000

The Owners are just fishing to see how low can they go. The NHLPA would never agree to any of these terms, but the Owners would probably want to meet somwhere in the middle…. This is just like every episode of Pawn Stars. Yeah, that battle ax from the 15th century is believed to be worth $20,000… I’ll offer you $3,000…… SAME THING GOING ON HERE!

By: freneticgarfieldfan

freneticgarfieldfan — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 12:14:37 +0000

Actually, I think it’s a 19.3% drop (46/57).

By: 1943mrmojorisin1971

1943mrmojorisin1971 — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 10:21:15 +0000

The owners decided to fire the opening shot so they had to do so emphatically. A guy at a big-time Canadian hockey network is leaked this? I wonder how that happened. One of the owners must speak French or something.

Surely there’s no way they’re serious…and don’t call them Shirley.

By: thecgroup

thecgroup — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 08:59:57 +0000

When do us fans get to declare our demands during the cba? Oh thats right, its not about us…..

By: paledevil

paledevil — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 05:01:05 +0000

HOLY Cow you MAGNIFICENT BEAUTY you and your guys did it WTG !!!

Now that thats out of the way Seeing as there will be no season until 2013 Form a Stanley cup defense regiment in case the Owner Try to repo it…

By: mikeincmn

mikeincmn — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 04:49:59 +0000

At this point the question shouldnt be, will there be a lockout? Rather, it should be how long of one?

By: blomfeld

blomfeld — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 04:04:22 +0000

CLOSE AMIDSHIPS !

Another indicator friends that “all” will be well ! Personally, I have “every” confidence that Gary will be able to strike an “agreeable” accord together with comrade Fehr ! Just stop and think about it for a second … with lone exception of NFL and collegiate football, our “wonderful” game of NHL hockey is the only sport out there today, which is actually “growing” human attendance ! And we all know that’s is in “no small way” owing to the tremendous efforts of Gary and his staff !

GO BETTMAN GO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*** special video selection for Bettman and Fehr ***

By: paledevil

paledevil — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 03:42:18 +0000

yea but when the jokes not funny anymore it beings an insult

By: firemarshal1

firemarshal1 — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 03:32:53 +0000

My prediction is revenue split will be at 52 percent going to the players. The free agency will be at 28 years old, rookie contracts will be four years. Like or not, NHLPA should take it. Remember, if you weren’t playing hockey do think you could make the same amount money doing something else on the outside in the real world? Economy is still, people are still hurting.

By: jimw81

jimw81 — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 03:20:24 +0000

All you can do know is just laugh at nhl proposals, Especially with Craig Leipold sitting in the room.

By: blackhawkslove

blackhawkslove — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 03:18:44 +0000

I laughed so hard at these proposals

By: bensawesomeness

bensawesomeness — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 03:11:05 +0000

Alot of these seem….really unreasonable.

By: pftbillsfan

pftbillsfan — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 03:05:30 +0000

Half the teams in the league could be retracted and no one would care. The semi finals lost to reruns of nick at nite shows, forget revenue percentages. Increase fan and viewer enjoyment, leave the sideshow landscape of jokes for penalties on potentially life altering cheap shots and showcase skill. I love hockey, but if these are the main points of contention there is a bigger problem. By the way, the whole ratings are up and so is revenue is legalese smartly included by nhlpa leadership last cba talks. Nielsen ratings don’t carry weight anymore and not factoring team debt against revenue is like not counting fat when weighing yourself. Open up the game, allow stars to score 75 goals a year, get a bigger ice surface, get in Las Vegas and Seattle. Reduce the season to 60 games and the teams by 8. Imagine 48 top 6 forwards being supplementally drafted. 4 lines of skill on every team.

By: James O'Brien

James O'Brien — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 02:35:44 +0000

Thanks for the note, I decided to tweak the headline (and fix the percentage). Same basic point.

By: stakex

stakex — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 02:32:55 +0000

What makes the first point so scary is that the playersclearly want to get a LARGER share of the revenue… not give up 9% more. So its not like the sides are a couple percentage points apart.

With that said, this is clearly a list of demands the owners know they will never get. They are just trying to set their position as high as possible in an effort to get as much as they can. I’m not concerned…. yet.

By: kegmen7

kegmen7 — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 02:28:14 +0000

57% to 46% is an 11% drop- not 9….sh&%! did I just make a lockout more likely?