SharkGirl27
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Has there been any updates for those of you lucky enough to get fan590 or other stations like that? Please keep us updated throughout the day.
Still ongoing as far as I've heard; e.g., on fan590.com. (I'm in the Denver area also.)HABSoluteDMB11 said:Has there been any updates for those of you lucky enough to get fan590 or other stations like that? Please keep us updated throughout the day.
ColoradoHockeyFan said:Has anyone heard any confirmation of what time the meeting actually started? Just trying to get a feel for how long it's been going on.
Top Shelf said:I've heard 11 and I've also heard noon. So minimum 3+ hours.
ti-vite said:How many of those to you think they were in the same room for? half hour so far?
NYIsles1 said:Maybe they can do this like the Vatican..
White smoke-Settlement
Black smoke-No deal.
ColoradoHockeyFan said:I think we're coming up on that key point in the meeting. So many of these meetings that end without progress seem to wrap up after the 4-4.5 hour mark. If we can get this thing past the 5-hour mark, maybe, just maybe, I'll feel like there's a chance that something substantive is being discussed.
Who else? Eklund!!HABSoluteDMB11 said:And who gets to come out from behind the big red curtain and announce the deal?
go_leafs_go02 said:UPDATE UPDATE!!!
there's a rollover on the ramp of the 427. Avoid that region on the drive home..
hope that helps.
in other news, there is none.
White smoke, Black smoke... you nailed it...But seriously, it seems in the last few days, that any movement towards a deal from the last round of meetings has taken a back seat, to the theory that Knob Goodenow seems to think he has gained leverage, once again? I can't imagine losing your boys over a billion in salaries and still thinking you can have any leverage. Anyhow, as long as Gary and Bob control the show, there will be no deal, they just don't know how to compromise with each other, one is always trying to win...and the beat goes on...both should be fired and there would be a deal inside of a week!NYIsles1 said:Maybe they can do this like the Vatican..
White smoke-Settlement
Black smoke-No deal.
All kidding aside there is a short one-day window before the BOG meeting.
If tomorrow's meeting is delayed or postponed there is something to work with from this meeting. If not there is nothing workable.
Daly's public comments about the PA stalling yesterday were not good. It seems logical they meet, disagree again and the BOG tomorrow decides to go for an impasse. Goodenow told his player to be preparred to sit two years, the NHL claims it will return in the fall.
I know there is no 2004-05 season at stake but what happens today is critical, in some ways this seems as far as negotiation can be taken.
Jaded-Fan said:Honest opinion? Goodenow can not afford to make a deal, he has to force the NHL to declare an impass as he has no alternative that does not make him look like a fool for not taking the prior deal.
Does anyone believe that the NHL will be able to offer anything better than was offered just before the season was cancelled? If not, then how would even getting as good an offer now (a very iffy proposition) be seen as anything but a big loss for the players?
This is all about Goodenow, who bluffed and was called, and saving his a$$. Do not get your hopes up, this is heading to replacement players, and put the blame right where it belongs. Goodenow and an attempt at saving his a$$ after his bluff failed.
Bettman and the NHL may deserve some blame, but they at least are trying for a deal now, I do believe that. Goodenow has other agendas because he misjudged.
Thornton97 said:sportsnet.ca has on their website: "good dialogue...no progress"
serves us right for thinking something else would happen...