Greschner4
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The Iconoclast said:Really? Seems exactly like it. Exact same verbage, exact same mechanisms, everything. The only difference is that the NHL has placed conditions on the deal that demand the system be guaranteed to work.
This is the exact same situation the NHLPA put to the NHL back in December when the talks of a hybrid system were floating around. The NHLPA said that they would agree to the NHL's deal if they would try the NHLPA's offer for three years, and if it didn't work they would try the NHL's offer. The difference here is that there is no three year period and there are triggers based on the NHL framework, and that should those thresholds be reached the NHL's agreement goes into effect the following season. Zero difference from the what the players have offered except the NHL has put strict thresholds onto the system as a guarantee that it would work. Failure of the NHLPA's system would be immediately evident and the NHL's system implemented.
If the NHLPA were so sure their system would work they would be all over this like a fat chick on a Smartee. Unfortunately Goodenow knows better and has said the framework is not t his liking any longer and a new one must be formulated. That says it all right there. Goodenow is running away from his own proposal looking for a new framework. He knows it's flawed and wouldn't work.
It's self-evident to those who want to see ....