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- Dec 14, 2002
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txpd said:I think there is WAY too much wishful thinking going in this thread. The NHL has said they need it fixed right. they need cost certainty and are willing to wait a season or two for it. the PA makes a proposal that is based on a one time salary give back and you are convinced that the league will cave in.
IMO, the NHL giving in on their 'cost certainty' stance will be their major concession in these negotiations - paving the way to justify a strict luxury tax...
Just like with the NHLPA's proposal, the NHL was able to say - the NHLPA admits with their proposal that salaries escalated much too high... After the NHL's counter-proposal, the NHLPA will be able to say - the NHL admits with their proposal that they do not need cost certainty...
Once the NHLPA admits that salaries escalated too high, and the NHL admits that cost certainty is not a 'need to have' (but rather a 'nice to have') feature, then we're starting to get somewhere that is fair...
IMO, to fix this right means significant changes to arbitration, etc., not necessarily cost certainty...
But, as you say, all of this could just be wishful thinking...