As someone said in a previous post, I don't think that there is a chance the NHL outright rejects this proposal, if it were real, nor do I think there is a chance they would outright accept it, but it is a decent starting point for negotiations. The PA is obviously not presenting the best offer, do they really think the owners will go for a ufa age of 27? Probably not, but 29 yeah, that would probably be a good age for both sides. The entry level contracts sounds pretty good to me, the floor of the cap is pretty high, but they have to start somehwere on all of the issues, and what ever the offer may be its better than the two sides not doing anything other than the players decideing whether or not to play in the WHA tourney for a whopping $20,000 and the owners trying to figure out how to get their hands on Crosby.