Newsguyone said:
I am not a moderator.
I cover prospects for the website. I'm just like anyone else on the board here.
As for your numbers spiel, I didn't look at 49 and 42 and split the difference.
Gary Bettman and the NHL suggested they could move to 45.
Then negotiations started and some of the owners threw a fit.
No, he didnt say he would move to 45, he said the PA should have offered it if they wanted to know his reaction.
It doesnt matter, semantics. 42.5 is what the NHL is offering, take it or leave it.
The players still think the 70million payroll is coming. If thats what they think, I suggest they pick a baseball bat and learn to swing, and then give George Steinbrenner a call. Cause thats the only league without a cap that still has a couple of teams willing to pay these players what THEY THINK they are worth, instead of what the economics bear.
good luck Sean Avery, Robert Esche....hardly knew ye. BRING ON THE SCABS, I GOT MY MONEY READY!