The Messenger said:
You should just have said that right from the start so we all knew not to take anything you say seriously. You're going to put your credibility into question by making statements like that .. I am sure you know better then to believe what you just posted though.
If you even remotely think you're more qualified in drawing up a new CBA then the NHLPA or the NHLPA committee then it shows you where your head is at or perhaps how young you must be.
This is a message board remember, no one asked to see your resume when you joined, and its intended to share ideas and opinions for FUN ..
Well I hate to say it, but time and time again I came on here and mentioned how the NHLPA should maneuver to get the best deal they could. Of course the pro-PA people shot me down everytime since it wasn't an unlinked high cap offer.
I've been advocating since before the start of the lockout that in the NHL's position, a linked cap might be the better solution, a form of partnership where both parties will want to grow the game (as both profit from it). I've been pointing out that as the smaller league, with highest fixed costs, the best they could do right now was to aim for the amount of revenues the other player associations got.
I outlined strategies for the PA to get the most yet settle the CBA and get back to the game. I've been calling out the NHLPA's leadership incompetence and bad negociation tactics since the start.
The art of negociation is to get everything the other party is willing to offer, and what that party has to offer changes with time. If the owners could have gotten a linked cap from the start, don't you think they might have been willing to offer more for a quick settlement, winning what was at the start the "key" victory?
I'm not saying that at this moment in time, the NHLPA isn't salvaging all they can and getting the most out of the owners, I'm saying that they should have done so much earlier, especially with their clients $1B at stake.
What I can't understand is why the "pro-players" are happy playing chearleaders instead of being critic over the NHLPA's leadership. Why can't they admit the NHLPA's leadership blew it?
I'm just bitter that it's ending like this for the players, because they do not deserve it. They should have got a better deal and the fans should have gotten hockey. As for the owners, well I knew that sooner or later they'd get their framework, as they were in an almost nothing to lose position.
Oh well...