Comments on: No counter-offer yet from NHLPA

By: handsofsweed

handsofsweed — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 02:42:59 +0000

Says the d-bag with the screen name that hints at the idolization of a fictitious character with business saavy on a horribly bad 1980′s evening soap opera drama.

By: atwatercrushesokoye

atwatercrushesokoye — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 02:35:54 +0000

Well the real junior, let’s take a look at facts, 17 of 30 teams lose money. 11 teams are currently for sale including one team the NHL owns because no one wants to actually take money out of their pocket to buy it. It’s pretty easy to see shrewd businessmen don’t buy NHL teams!

By: 1943mrmojorisin1971

1943mrmojorisin1971 — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 02:08:26 +0000

Where’s my burrito? Where’s my burrito?

Hopefully Gary doesn’t call in the 1930′s strike-breakers.

By: therealjr

therealjr — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 01:27:24 +0000

I’m shocked you fellas don’t own a team, seeing how you are such shrewd business types.

By: atwatercrushesokoye

atwatercrushesokoye — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 22:41:39 +0000

Actually I’ve heard the owners offer has 2 year entry level contracts but then they include 3 straight years of club options. Which isn’t great but not horrible until you throw in the 10 years until free agency, I’m convinced the owners are trying to muddy the waters with all of these things in order to “give them all up” to get what they really want, players getting revenue in the 48-50% zone rather than 57%.

By: chiadam

chiadam — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 22:25:41 +0000

Agreed. Don’t even acknowledge that absurd, season-ending POS offer. Or, acknowledge it in kind. Propose a 65% share of the revenue (you know, the revenue generated by players), two years on entry contracts and five years until FA. Oh, and propose to do away with the cap that the league murdered a season to get, the cap that was supposed to solve all the league’s issues.

By: atwatercrushesokoye

atwatercrushesokoye — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 21:36:46 +0000

I think it’s best that they give their own initial offer, by countering off of the League’s proposal you give it legitimacy and make that the starting point. I remember last time the union decided to go off the owners proposal for their own and they offered the rollback, the league immediately accepted that part of their offer and rejected the rest continuing to use their own proposal (now with the rollback included) as the basis for where negotiations would begin from. I’m pretty sure Donald Fehr is too smart for that this time.

I really believe the NHL’s economics are broken and both sides need to work to fix it (enhanced revenue sharing, lowering the cap and either lowering or getting rid of the floor) but I think it’s hard to fault the players for the current situation, last time the owners crushed them and forced their will on tedxthem, it just turned out that by doing that they created a system that greatly benefitted the players.