Comments on: Daly shares owners’ stance on contracting issues

By: mpg44

mpg44 — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 02:38:49 +0000

Your an idiot.

By: dannythebisforbeast

dannythebisforbeast — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 19:13:39 +0000

I thought Daly said last week. He wasnt going to be making public statements about the negotiations.

Sounds like the owners that didnt try to circumvent the cap have Dalys ear, because the rest continue to try to find loopholes. That sounds like something the owners need to figure out amongst themselves.

27 is a pretty fair age to determine the future of a player. At 28 pretty much in prime of your career, with outlook for one big contract. If you get a second its probably because someone will be paying you alot for past performance and you wont sustain it for the life of the second one.

Looks to me owners got everything they wanted in last lockout, most of it has been great for them, a couple things not so great, so now they want that addressed as well. Basically they want everything tilted in their favor. If they really wanted a season they should have been working on these things much sooner than mid November. Its 50 or zero. Hoping 50 but looking bleaker everyday

By: eyeh8goodell

eyeh8goodell — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:28:51 +0000

It’s exactly the set of rules the owners wanted (and got) from the last lockout. It’s exactly the system they wanted. And it’s the one they gloated about getting after they won the last lockout.

And yeah, the “talent evaluation” angle here is smoke n’ mirrors. By the time a player reaches 27 (or 28) you’ve already known for some time what you have. This is a control issue.

By: phillyphanatic77

phillyphanatic77 — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:04:53 +0000

This is exactly how I see it. Bettman wants measures in place so that owners and GMs no longer circumvent their own system. But his solution to this problem is to go after the union, instead of holding the teams accountable. Attacking the players is the way Bettman sees a solution to all the leagues issues.

By: paperlions

paperlions — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 13:52:49 +0000

It is an accurate way of looking at it.

Also, if Daly thinks the difference between 27 and 28 for restricted FA isn’t a big deal (“it’s only one year”), then it should be a big enough deal for the clubs to worry about either….and seriously, clubs can’t figure out how good a player is by the time he’s 27?

By: chiefblckbear

chiefblckbear — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 07:27:52 +0000

Okay. So let every player that signed a contract over the summer that was never gonna be honored out of there contract. So they can find a team that might pay them more then what these teams want. I be not a signal owner does this to save these system cause they all abused the system. And all want to get away with it. Either honor the contracts or fix the system moving forward. When you reach for both you get neither.

By: stakex

stakex — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 05:30:42 +0000

Thats an asinine way of looking at it.

You have to play the game with the rules you have, and teams will do everything they can to win. That doesn’t mean they like the rules, or that the rules are healthy for the league.

By: manchestermiracle

manchestermiracle — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 04:55:10 +0000

What I’m reading is that the owners want rules that will prevent them from doing what they did in droves this past off-season. Is that an accurate assessment? They need rules to protect them from themselves? Holy cow….

By: capsrockva

capsrockva — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 04:16:10 +0000

A, Please get the dam thing done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
B. where can I watch the ECHL
C: and the AHL

By: beerjunkie69

beerjunkie69 — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 03:54:21 +0000

I support the owners 100%! But in the meantime I am loving Junior “A” USHL hockey! Go SIOUX CITY MUSKETEERS!!

By: fortwaynekomets

fortwaynekomets — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 03:21:56 +0000

honestly, don’t care at all if the NHL lives or dies anymore. so disrespectful to do this over and over to the men and women who pay your salaries!

I am loving my ECHL season pass on America One Sports online. Best investment ever why these NHL CRYBABY EXECS LOSE OUT!

Go Fort Wayne Komets!!!!