Bissonnette says he’d take a salary rollback

For the most part, players are standing behind Donald Fehr in the continued CBA discussions, but some are faltering here and there.

Roman Hamrlik goes far enough to wonder if if Fehr should be ousted if the season gets totally canceled, while Paul “Biz Nasty” Bissonnette admitted on Sirius XM’s Home Ice that he’d take a salary rollback on Wednesday.

Puck Daddy’s Greg Wyshynski transcribed some of his most notable comments:

“We’re a union. We have to stay together,” Bissonnette said. “If anything, it’s the opposite of greedy. We’re not asking for more money, we’re just asking for what we signed for. At this point, would I take a little bit of a rollback? Absolutely, just to get back playing. But we trust what Fehr’s telling us, and the way he’s leading us. And that’s that.”

Unlike many others, he’s not beating up on Gary Bettman, who Bissonnette believes is “just trying to do his job.”

Instead, he critiques (but doesn’t slam?) Boston Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs.

“I’m more upset with a guy like [Boston Bruins owner Jeremy] Jacobs,” Bissonnette said. “It just sounds so hypocritical for him to think the last CBA was so awful and how garbage it was, and then go out and sign three of his top guys right before the last one expired. If it was that bad, why rush to sign those guys?”

The outspoken enforcer doesn’t reprimand Fehr like Hamrlik did – there’s plenty of common themes in his comments – but admitting he’d take less money (and not bashing Bettman) emphasizes that there are some different views among players.