RangerBoy
Dolan sucks!!!
This comes from a story in Monday's USA Today by Kevin Allen
That's when NHL officials and team executives began hearing from some players who suggested a group of players was willing to accept a cap in the range of $47 million if there was no other linkage. Whether the league would accept that is unknown, but logic says if players made that offer it would re-start talks.
However, the NHLPA has steadfastly insisted that it will not give in on a cap, and there has been no indication from union directors, or from any officer, to suggest there has been an official change of heart.
Brian Burke thinks it's too late
"There are players talking, but I think it's too late," said former general manager Brian Burke, who has ties to both the NHL and to players. "And I don't sense (player lobbying for compromise) is as widespread as some would have us believe."
"It's unfathomable," Burke said. "I'm not sure when we come back we will have all 30 teams. It took baseball 10 years to come back in the U.S., and that was with some compelling stories and baseball is America's pastime. I can't imagine we can bring our game back any quicker than that."
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/nhl/2005-02-13-federal-mediation_x.htm
Burke is right
$47 million hard cap with no linkage
That's when NHL officials and team executives began hearing from some players who suggested a group of players was willing to accept a cap in the range of $47 million if there was no other linkage. Whether the league would accept that is unknown, but logic says if players made that offer it would re-start talks.
However, the NHLPA has steadfastly insisted that it will not give in on a cap, and there has been no indication from union directors, or from any officer, to suggest there has been an official change of heart.
Brian Burke thinks it's too late
"There are players talking, but I think it's too late," said former general manager Brian Burke, who has ties to both the NHL and to players. "And I don't sense (player lobbying for compromise) is as widespread as some would have us believe."
"It's unfathomable," Burke said. "I'm not sure when we come back we will have all 30 teams. It took baseball 10 years to come back in the U.S., and that was with some compelling stories and baseball is America's pastime. I can't imagine we can bring our game back any quicker than that."
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/nhl/2005-02-13-federal-mediation_x.htm
Burke is right
$47 million hard cap with no linkage