You want to hope its a ploy. That they couldnt be serious. That as a couple posters here said, its like they are astonished they won with what the players offered and cant beleive it, but are just playing it out to the last minute like good lawyers should do.
You want to hope that although the league scoffed at the high amount of revenue sharing proposed by the union and insisted they take their revenue numbers and model it lower, that they still will institute significant revenue sharing like they say they will but wont write down or talk about.
You want to hope that although no sports economists or labour lawyers or investigative journalists come to the conclusion that the hard cap concept is in the best interests of the fans or the best league in the world, that the owners are only proposing it as hard line and really they will be good guys in the end and be reasonable.
The NHL plans a talent dispersal draft. Surely they couldnt mean it. ITs just a ploy.
You want to believe it. How long will you go on believing it? Pleas Melnyk, prove me wrong. Prove you care enough about the game, that you wouldnt destroy it over a struggle many of your own owner colleagues and GMs dont find necessary.
If they are just playing hardball and are going to save the season, fine. Sacrifice a 2nd year and i spit on your shoes.
You want to hope that although the league scoffed at the high amount of revenue sharing proposed by the union and insisted they take their revenue numbers and model it lower, that they still will institute significant revenue sharing like they say they will but wont write down or talk about.
You want to hope that although no sports economists or labour lawyers or investigative journalists come to the conclusion that the hard cap concept is in the best interests of the fans or the best league in the world, that the owners are only proposing it as hard line and really they will be good guys in the end and be reasonable.
The NHL plans a talent dispersal draft. Surely they couldnt mean it. ITs just a ploy.
You want to believe it. How long will you go on believing it? Pleas Melnyk, prove me wrong. Prove you care enough about the game, that you wouldnt destroy it over a struggle many of your own owner colleagues and GMs dont find necessary.
If they are just playing hardball and are going to save the season, fine. Sacrifice a 2nd year and i spit on your shoes.