oil slick
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The Messenger said:One more time ... Owners want linkage .. They offered 42.5 mil no linkage to try and get a new CBA .. .The 42.5 mil means nothing its only a number designed to stop a few teams from overspending ..
How does the League guarantee the 42.5 mil in actual dollars spent per team??
It stop Detroit from overspending .. How does it prevent Pittsburgh and Atlanta and Nashville and Florida from UNDERSPENDING ?? ...
You are getting confused. The owners offered linkage. They had items in there proposal that said things like this:
"If, for whatever reason, NHL Clubs contract to spend less than 54 percent of the League's Hockey-Related Revenues, the Clubs would be required to contribute additional dollars to a pool to be distributed to the Players to ensure that they receive their full 54% Share."
The PA didn't want linkage, and for whatever reason, they prefered a hard cap, which you're right, doesn't guarantee anything.
Now, the NHL is putting linkage back on the table, and presumably (we've seen nothing to contradict this), they will include things like
"If, for whatever reason, NHL Clubs contract to spend less than 55 percent of the League's Hockey-Related Revenues, the Clubs would be required to contribute additional dollars to a pool to be distributed to the Players to ensure that they receive their full 55% Share."