snakepliskin
Registered User
This is my endgame scenario-they meet again this week and again no deal is reached because of the same old crap--finally bettman cancels the season (its toast anyway) then in the very near future the players wake up and realize how much this has cost them personally and the potential damage to the sport and in a very public way fire goodenow or possibly goodenow resigns siting health reasons--the owners seeing this and also to placate hockey fans remove bettman--now with new blood leading both sides (lou lamereillo for the owners) and with the animosity the owners held against goodenow now gone a resonable deal is reached (that really favors the owners but it should after the beating they have taken under the old cba) and next season starts on time! and now for the best part- FANS realizing the significance of bettman and goodenow both being kicked out of the sport and recognizing the rule changes that have been implemented to open up the game come back to the game- and after the first year of reduced revenues the league is back to 04 levels--NBC does an excellent job of promoting the sport in the states-youth hockey leagues sprout up across the states (lets face it the NBA is on a path to destruction and a lot of middle class americans figure out they have more in common with hockey than the hip-hop-bling-criminal filled NBA) revenues start increasing-a sweet TV deal is negotiated and the profit sharing plan puts smiles on all the NHL players faces! all teams payrolls are over 35 mill and the teams whose payrolls exceed the cap pay the penalties with smiles on their face (except the rangers who are over and still can't make the playoffs) and in a perfect world my Canes win the Cup! (how bout them apples!) (synopsis is that if a deal is not reached and the season is canceled both bettman and goodenow will be looking for work!)