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PitkanenPower said:Hmm... I'm having trouble deciding who exactly that favors?
clearly the owners. It's another way of saving them from themselves.
PitkanenPower said:Hmm... I'm having trouble deciding who exactly that favors?
Nothing more then an end a round to Guaranteed contracts .. Stars would get 3 years max all other 1 -2 year deals .. That is virtually saying here have you 1 year security and next season you are gone if you perform poorly and we will chose from the 100's of other UFA to fill your job ..Dr Love said:Anyone read the proposal per TSN?
Contracts: Maximum term of 3 years
Interesting.
Levitate said:remember the "memo" where the league was bashing anything and everything with the players proposal? even in their public rebuttals, they weren't flattering at all
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman called one of the aspects of the players' proposal "significant", and said that the two sides will sit down and meet again next Tuesday, at which time the league is expected to present a counter offer.
Bill Daly, the NHL's executive vice-president and chief legal officer, said the league was taking the new offer seriously.
''They made a serious proposal, which I would suggest was the first one in this process,'' he said. ''But it is a serious proposal and certainly they showed a recognition of the economic problems that the game is facing and certainly we're appreciative of that. We now need to work together with them on systemic elements to make sure the economics of the game stay in-synch going forward.''
Of course they see it, and they have to face it.The Messenger said:Nothing more then an end a round to Guaranteed contracts .. Stars would get 3 years max all other 1 -2 year deals .. That is virtually saying here have you 1 year security and next season you are gone if you perform poorly and we will chose from the 100's of other UFA to fill your job ..
Players have to be able to see through this ??
If it said Mimimum then they might like it more ..
TonySCV said:Let's all pray that there's NO comment from the NHLPA - which would hopefully imply that they are considering it. If they start muttering again that they are still "widely apart", then we can all start thinking about no hockey for a year or two.
slats432 said:I don't know if sportsnet's source is right, but in their article, it says that the offer was immediately rejected.
www.sportsnet.ca
Isles72 said:p.s , the meeting is in new jersey to boot , not NYC
Superman33 said:Yeah, but it seems alittle odd that it was rejected immediately yet they have been talking for over 3 hours and counting now, if the reports of the meeting still going on are correct. Maybe they rejected the $42 million cap and are trying to talk that number up.
Devilsfanatic said:**** proposal given in a **** state. JK
We are smart business people, what can I say?s3por2d said:My favorite part of New Jersey? You don't have to pay to get in, but you have to pay to get out...
I guess the media thought the meeting broke off, when they saw NHLPA Ted Saskin excuse himself to vomit profusely upon seeing the proposal ..Superman33 said:Yeah, but it seems alittle odd that it was rejected immediately yet they have been talking for over 3 hours and counting now, if the reports of the meeting still going on are correct. Maybe they rejected the $42 million cap and are trying to talk that number up.
The Messenger said:I guess the media thought the meeting broke off, when they saw NHLPA Ted Saskin excuse himself to vomit profusely upon seeing the proposal ..
Now that he has returned, it will make the proposal easier to stomach, if its empty ..
Proposal has been posted ..PitkanenPower said:...anyway...
Here's to hoping Saskin can pull a rabbit out of his hat...
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Son of Steinbrenner said:I'm guessing the nhlpa rejected the aspects of the proposal that are unreasonable. (no holdouts, age of free agency, etc etc) got on the phone with goodenow and went back into the room with his ideas about what to tweak and what not to tweak. I have a feeling that the news at the end of the day willl be a meeting tommorow between bettman and goodenow.
Son of Steinbrenner said:I'm guessing the nhlpa rejected the aspects of the proposal that are unreasonable. (no holdouts, age of free agency, etc etc) got on the phone with goodenow and went back into the room with his ideas about what to tweak and what not to tweak. I have a feeling that the news at the end of the day willl be a meeting tommorow between bettman and goodenow.
The Messenger said: