Brooks:NHL AND UNION STILL HAVE LOTS TO SETTLE

[RangerBoy]

Will this nightmare ever end?Jason,Michael Myers and Freddie Krueger will never go away

As first reported by The Post on Saturday, the identifying, reporting and accounting of revenues to be included with the league gross designated for a percentage-split with the players remain an outstanding issues, as does finalizing the revenue-sharing program that will be part of the deal.

Issues concerning the individual maximum player contract, established at 20 percent of the cap, remain subjects of debate. The Post has learned from a source with close contact with the NHL executive committee that while a maxed-out contract can never decrease in value even if the cap does, there's still discussion over whether a max contract might be negotiated to included increases in conjunction with a rising cap.

The deal has no limit on the # of max contracts per team or any limit on the length of a contract

A grandfathering of players making more than 20% of the cap might be possible

As well, players currently under contract whose post-rollback pay would be over the projected 2005-06 max of between $7.2-7.5M — e.g., Jaromir Jagr, $8.36M; Alexei Yashin, Nicklas Lidstrom and Keith Tkachuk at $7.6M — would be grandfathered into the agreement and face no further cutbacks for the duration of their deals.

The NHL and NHLPA are discussing moving the trading deadline

Establishment of a new trade deadline, which traditionally had been set at 26 days prior to the end of the regular season, also remains on the table. The players have proposed moving the deadline back one week while the league has proposed setting it back one week earlier than that

http://www.nypost.com/sports/25884.htm

Another report says two snags have developed

According to a person familiar with the talks, one of the holdups appears to be the distribution of marketing rights.

Another person briefed on the talks said another unresolved issue is the NHL draft and the status of players selected two years ago but who have yet to sign.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/sports/12117817.htm

July 13...DAY 301 of the NHL LOCKOUT

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[Beauty eh?]

Will this nightmare ever end?

As long as Larry Brooks has a pulse, no.

 

[RangerBoy]

The NHL had hoped to wrap things up over the weekend and perhaps have something to announce by today, but - barring a late-night accord - it appears that timetable is a bit ambitious.

So the day-by-day vigil, not to mention a media guessing game as to when the lockout will end, continues. If it makes anyone feel any better, not even the players know what to expect other than a moment's notice to hop a plane to Toronto to ratify the deal when it's done

http://www.newsday.com/sports/print...668jul13,0,2636508.story?coll=ny-sports-print

 

[Spungo*]

As long as Larry Brooks has a pulse, no.

Looking more and more like August at the earliest? Sorry to say, but I told you so.

 

[futurcorerock]

Looking more and more like August at the earliest? Sorry to say, but I told you so.

Oh... you're back

 

[GKJ]

Looking more and more like August at the earliest? Sorry to say, but I told you so.

You didn't tell me so, I actually agreed with you.


August 1 at the earliest.



However the fact that they're meeting all night changes some thinking

 

[Sanman19]

I don't know, I keep reading different

 

[dem]

They wouldnt be meeting all night if they were aiming for August. Its over.

 

[oildrop]

The NHL had hoped to wrap things up over the weekend and perhaps have something to announce by today, but - barring a late-night accord - it appears that timetable is a bit ambitious

Isn't that what they did last night? And isn't that why there is going to be a Press Release today?

 

[The G Man]

Obsolete thread now.