NHL to increase urgency

[mr gib]

I didn't take it as a team by team cap per se.. There will just be a range for which all teams have to stay within.

This won't gurantee the league that no more than 54% of salaries will be paid out but if the league can adjust the salary range, add in a luxury tax to further deter spending and link the salary cap range to revenues they could get pretty darn close to that 54% mark IMO- its not "air tight" but close.

..and I think at this point, with all the damage that has been done, this a framework that has to move these negotiations forward.

i got that too

 

[WHARF1940]

If they do settle on 13 dates over the next three weeks, that's a pretty good meeting schedule. That's more than every other day, even including weekends (and more than 4 out of 5 days if weekends are excluded). A heck of a lot more meetings for us to read about than we've been used to.

YES!!!! I can't wait for all the extra "no signifigant progress" reports!!

 

[Egil]

Bettman is now linking signing a CBA before the schedule for next season is created to Olympic Participation. I think the players want to go to the Olympics, so this is a small stick from the NHL to get the negotiations going. The story can be found here:

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?id=122515

 

[Hockey_Nut99]

Eklund said this right in the morning. Hours b4 the legit sites did.

 

[PecaFan]

Can I see those quotes? I have always thought that the team cap is the same as the NFL, each team has a cap that is based on overall revenues rather than the league.

They're right there in post #7.

No numbers mentioned, if you're looking to "confirm my post". I was being facetious (a bit).

 

[canuckerfan]

I'll believe it when it happens.

I agree fully.