Lionel Hutz said:Wow, that is one well prepared and well thought out and researched article. Its certainly all the information I need to get familiar with the subject.
WrightOn said:GEEZ. Anything but actually solve the problem. Just make a new league and let it decay into sadness.
Stich said:When they formed the new league they would automically institute their desired financial system... much like the WHA did.
BlackRedGold said:So the owners form their own new league and the players form their own new league. Which one has more appeal, the one whose biggest feature is that is owned by the same people who owned the NHL or the one whose biggest feature is that its players are the ones who played in the NHL?
Let them both start their own leagues. It would be the best thing for the fans to have two competitive major pro hockey leagues.
Lionel Hutz said:Wow, that is one well prepared and well thought out and researched article. Its certainly all the information I need to get familiar with the subject.
BlackRedGold said:Let them both start their own leagues. It would be the best thing for the fans to have two competitive major pro hockey leagues.
Stich said:The owners have the venues, the team names that fans already identify with, & TV contract.
The league that the players would start would have the same problem that the WHA has as far as not being able to find places to play.
The players will eventually go where the money is.
BlackRedGold said:There are plenty of arenas around North America that are NHL calibre and aren't owned by an NHL owner. Saddledome, Rexall Centre, Rose Garden, Houston's new arena, and Arrowhead Pond to name some of them. They could also go into arenas are that are almost NHL calibre like the new Winnipeg arena, Copps Coliseum, Ottawa Civic Centre, Toronto's AHL arena, etc.
theBob said:If it saves hockey and we keep the same team names, I could live with a new league run by owners. Just call it the NAHL for North American Hockey League. Because if you think about it, National Hockey League doesnt make sense for an international league like it is. Im really sick of the escalating contracts, if this new league gives players the option of continuing their current contracts but installs a cap and eliminates arbitration I will be very happy and the players would stay.
BlackRedGold said:No. Some of the owners have venues. The NHL has the team names and the TV contracts, not the owners' new league.
Puckhead said:How true is that! This is pathetic, and why if you are the reporter, would you bother with such a vague article. I mean we could have come up with a much better story ourselves. I think that if the owners were on the same page with eachother, let alone the players, then this CBA would be done by the 15th of September. But, they are not together, and therefore whether they find a common ground in the present NHL or decide to start a new league (RIDICULOUS!) it will only be a matter of time before it started down the same road. How sad it is for all of us fans, to have to be held hostage by greedy owners and players who aren't willing to concede some salary for the greater good or the game that afforded them all of the finer things in life.