Howard Berger from Toronto's Team 590 Radio station is reporting NHL, owners, general managers and a few other hockey people related with the teams are meeting. At 2pm, all will be kicked out except for 30 NHL owners, Bettman and his legal staff. Berger has been told the NHL will make a definitive statement by the end of the day as to their plans for the future.
Top Shelf said:FAN590 is reporting that Bettman has just said that the NHL will not start on time if a CBA is not in place by Sept/Oct.
The Messenger said:Wow ... Just yesterday in all the reports Bettman said 100% the season will start on time ...
Either way, Bettman remains adamant that the NHL season will begin next October regardless of what transpires.http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/article.jsp?content=20050419_182927_8092
"My stance on starting the season hasn't changed," he told reporters after Tuesday's labour talks. "What I have said is that we are planning to start the season on time and that is a plan that will continue to be in place. But I do have a board meeting tomorrow and we have a number of issues and options and matters to discuss with the board so I can talk more about that tomorrow."
Egil said:Not a surprise based on what Burke said yesterday (2/3 of the owners against replacements). I also think this forces the PA to come to an agreement moreso than replacements would, as replacements would have ended the dispute one way or another. Continued limbo on the other hand forces no such end. This decision will INCREASE the chances of starting next season on time with the real players, but also increases the chances of next season being cancelled.
The Messenger:
read that quote again. "We will plan to start the season in October". PLAN being the key word in that sentance.
Key word is "planning". Planning means this: try and get sponsors, arrange a schedule, arrange for training camps, prepare as if the game is on ice in October. It doesn't mean actually following through with it. For example, the NHL "planned" to have an All-Star Game, a regular season, a playoffs and Stanley Cup Finals, and an Entry Draft at the end of the 2004-05 season. None of those things happened.The Messenger said:Wow ... Just yesterday in all the reports Bettman said 100% the season will start on time ...
Either way, Bettman remains adamant that the NHL season will begin next October regardless of what transpires.http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/article.jsp?content=20050419_182927_8092
"My stance on starting the season hasn't changed," he told reporters after Tuesday's labour talks. "What I have said is that we are planning to start the season on time and that is a plan that will continue to be in place. But I do have a board meeting tomorrow and we have a number of issues and options and matters to discuss with the board so I can talk more about that tomorrow."
Today he must be suffering from SERIOUS whiplash with that 180 degree reversal and backtracking ..
I guess the Replacement player threat Gary just didn't get the desired response from either side EH ?????
Egil said:Not a surprise based on what Burke said yesterday (2/3 of the owners against replacements). I also think this forces the PA to come to an agreement moreso than replacements would, as replacements would have ended the dispute one way or another. Continued limbo on the other hand forces no such end. This decision will INCREASE the chances of starting next season on time with the real players, but also increases the chances of next season being cancelled.
"The feeling in the room was that we're getting closer to a deal with the players," said Dallas Stars president Jim Lites.
"They're inching towards a settlement," Lites said. "We're on the same page finally."
The very first Bettman line saysEgil said:Not a surprise based on what Burke said yesterday (2/3 of the owners against replacements). I also think this forces the PA to come to an agreement moreso than replacements would, as replacements would have ended the dispute one way or another. Continued limbo on the other hand forces no such end. This decision will INCREASE the chances of starting next season on time with the real players, but also increases the chances of next season being cancelled.
The Messenger:
read that quote again. "We will plan to start the season in October". PLAN being the key word in that sentance.
Do you require the link to Hundreds of Bettman quotes that replaces the word "PLAN" with the word "WILL" in the posturing of this CBA dispute ..Bettman said:Either way, Bettman remains adamant that the NHL season will begin next October regardless of what transpires.
waffledave said:Um, isn't this kinda obvious? I mean, he's basically saying that the season will not start on time if they don't have an agreement by the start of the season.
The Messenger said:The very first Bettman line says
Do you require the link to Hundreds of Bettman quotes that replaces the word "PLAN" with the word "WILL" in the posturing of this CBA dispute ..
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Which also means the IMPASSE and IMPLEMENTATION is also not in the NHL plans, and any NHL court battles ..Top Shelf said:FAN590 is reporting that Bettman has just said that the NHL will not start on time if a CBA is not in place by Sept/Oct.
The FAN590 is speculating that the replacement player option may be off the table.
Egil said:Thats not what Bettman said, thats what the reporter said.
petrobruin said:I hope that the owners stay strong and lock out players again,until they have a cap tied to revenue
Actully this is the better move by the NHL ..WrightOn said:Oh, come on, Egil, let him misguide his anger.
He is adamant about it.