I could see it as a positive only if the PA sees the underlying issues (QO, arbitration, floor, upward linkage, etc.) much more important than the actual cap number. But if they did, I feel they would have started negotiating on those to this date untouched specifics (or so it seems) much sooner. Their fight has always been against a cap, and then ultimately the number of that cap.
Also, Saskin said this was more or less the same proposal the PA rejected time and time again, so I'm not too optimistic as far as progress goes from those two proposals.
One thing Saksin is right about. Maybe it's time to use their brains and come up with creative ways to please both sides, because it doesn't seem like there's a future when it comes to negotiating a cap number that works for both sides.
The true positive is Saskin aknowledging that it only gets worse for both sides, his actual words were "everybody knows that", so I guess this means they are not completely out of touch with reality (in other words, the lower cap number came as no surprise).