John Flyers Fan said:
When talking about blame, I wasn't talking about who got us into this place, that is obviously the owners.
I'm talking about blame as to why the lockout hasn't ended, and IMO both sides share the blame equally. Don't give me this crap that the players are stubborn to change. Their the onles willing to take significant paycuts, and some sort of luxury tax/soft cap system. That is significant change.
sorry John, that isn't much of a change. they were trying to buy the system they wanted to keep which is the same system that is in place now.
the 24% rollbacks have been taken off the table in the NHL because they don't mean much...esp. considering over half its members will be RFA or UFA's at the end of this season
24% rollbacks do not fix the problem, that luxery tax system they proposed do not fix the problem
the owners have been willing to budge on everything except fixed numbers for revenue, they want to control costs for smaller market teams so they can compete and draw fans
this grows the game, the players don't seem to understand and they refuse to look at baseball in places like Pittsburgh or Cincy
the Pirates are losing their fan base, slowly over time it will fade if something isn't done soon....
if the NHL owners do the same I will stop watching the NHL, I am sick of watching players leave for money and money trades being made.