And you have a contract, right? Which I assumed you signed and agreed to your compensation, and, I would bet that you’ve received 100% of your agreed to salary, right?

I wish the players would start to break rank and start playing the game that they are under contract to play. What a bunch of spoiled, whiny babies…

I mean this is what you chose to do… Every career comes with some sort of risk, and playing hockey you run the risk of, being concussed multiple times, missing teeth, broken noses, LOCKOUTS, lost salary etc..

These guys make more money than doctors who perform open heart surgery to save people’s lives… Lockouts make me wonder why I support professional sports as they are fighting over my money that I give them as a fan, and the outcome at the end of the lockout is not going to help me gain anything financially..

This twitter rant of Kris Barch is the first sign that slowly the union is going to slowly begin to crumble as he is the type of player that might lose his job if the whole season is cancelled… Sitting out a season in favour of trying to get a better deal for the future of the league is not going to help Kris Barch individually as a person as he will start losing money he will never see again, and may not have a career in pro hockey after this mess is settled… I am sure this little rant echo’s the thoughts of many of the 3rd and 4th liners in the NHL.

Second: Based on their proposal that sees revenue sharing going to the teams that are the weakest financially — which the owners have rejected — it seems they do see the economics of the situation. They understand that stronger teams in weak markets (Phoenix, Columbus) means drawing more fans, which means more revenues to share (share with the owners, who would then also benefit from bolstering these weak teams). In short, if those teams get stronger, they pull in more revenue, meaning the players get their percentage of a larger net amount.

Third: A lot of people are not going to sympathize with millionaires. So your response is to deride these millionaire players in order to pad the pockets of and side with the billionaire owners? That’s a very strange twist of logic.

Fourth: You’re the one saying he doesn’t feel bad about the dozens of Euro league players being put out of work. He doesn’t mention it one way or the other. You’re putting words into his mouth.

Fifth: Who says the PA is asking for 57% of revenue? (Answer: you are.) The players current proposal has them starting at 54.3% and going DOWN from there (to a low of 52.3%). Keep in mind, this is with more room left to negotiate. Only a fool puts his bottom line in his first proposal when negotiating. I’d bet that if the players saw an offer with no kickbacks to the owners (who got what they wanted with the 57% seven years ago), but over the course of a few years saw the percentage reduced to 50%, we’d see real progress in a very short time.

Sixth: Ask Savard, et. al. if the players don’t take risks.

Poor you. I am a college graduate who is unemployed right now. I can’t find a full time job for the life of me that will pay me $25,000 a year, let along the minimum salary that these clowns make.

If you don’t like what the owners want to pay you, quit and find a new job. That is how it works in the real world. That is how it works in the NHL. The owners aren’t pretending to be in it for “the love of the game.” They are willing to risk their money to try to make a lot of money.

I’m sick of these players and their in ability to understand the world of economics even on a basic level. I hope the NHL owners keeps these clowns locked out for as long as it takes for the players to cave like they always do and only make 45% of revenues. I can’t believe I cheer for these some idiots to play for my team. Like seriously, read an Econ101 textbook.

Whining about having to work for the next 50 years?

WELCOME TO REALITY FOR EVERYONE ELSE ON THE PLANET!

You want me to feel sorry for you because you expect to be able to play hockey for 10-15 years and then never have to work a day again in your life?

Get bent.

Your point it moot

First it’s “the owners would eventually get 80%!”, then it’s “we have to fix the root cause”! Hey genius, it’s the same thing. Only die hard union slobs negotiate a contract that is terrible for owners, then say “why should we pay for their mistakes?” So since they gave you too much before, they should NEVER fix it? yeah, makes sense

No owner will give a “heartfelt” response like this for 2 reasons. 1, they know this is a legal issue, and our opinions don’t matter at all. So why spend time and effort trying to win a PR battle that doesn’t matter? 2, they are smart enough to stay away from a public forum when hammered (or “8 OV deep and starting a bottle of Porte” )

Barch isn’t alone with his thoughts on lockout. He basically told the truth from a players and fans point of view of the lockout but will anyone listen?

First off, the NHL isn’t the NBA/NFL/MLB.

Secondly, do these players understand how the business world/economics work? Feel bad for them, as i don’t think they do, and Fehr seems to be doing a pretty good job of keeping them misinformed.

With regards to the blog, it’s pretty ridiculous. 50 years of employment?! Boohoo barch, you think the common man is going to sympathize with the millionaire players on this point. I believe your bottom line income since coming into the league is closing in on $3 million.

Are you or the PA feeling bad about the decrease in pay so much that you don’t feel bad about putting numerous players in the European leagues out of work? Go ahead, continue being locked out, and turn away your million(s) pay check and go make 100ks out in Europe.

The fans, at least the informed fans, are easily more inclined to side with the owners again here. It’s a world of economics, and handing out 57% of the revenue without sharing in the risks is just bad business.

Get Fehr to start doing some real/realistic negotiation or send us pics of Europe or the ECHL….