Crazy Lunatic said:
Uhh.. I read the article before you *or* the original poster did and its typical Al Starchan NHLPA propaganda. Read it for yourself, numbnuts. It doesnt point out a single "valid" argument. The guy admits he's clueless as to why the NHL locked out the players this long. That tells you everything you need to know about the neverland Weird Al lives in.
So no one should write something that leans toward the NHLPA because it's propaganda & everything that is written on the owners side is pure truth & genius ?
Like I said , you stop reading at Al Strachan but if you continue reading you would see some relevant question that the ''fans'' does not want to understand or simply passes by because they believe small market & new CBA = new possibility of a cup.
Now stop seeing Al Strahan & here's some relevant question he thinks should be answered :
Some of the owners, those who did well under the old collective bargaining agreement and would be rolling in money under the new one, don't understand it.
How it is fine that an owner who make 20M$ in the old CBA will now make 40M$-60M$ with the next CBA no matter how it will be resolve ?
At one point, he said the league needed a new deal because: "From our standpoint, we have seen the economic problems (in Buffalo and Ottawa)."
But at the time of the Buffalo situation, he said: "What's interesting in both Ottawa and here in Buffalo is that in Ottawa, the financial underpinning or strength of the franchise was Ogden/Covanta and they went into bankruptcy (protection), having nothing to do with the hockey team.
"And here, Adelphia went into bankruptcy (protection), and that's where the money was coming from to support the club, having nothing to do with the hockey team."
How come Bettman can say one thing & the opposite after ? Because fans don'T remember what has been said a year ago & will remember only what is been said the last month.
In Tampa last year, it was put to Bettman that the 12 conference finalists over the past three years have been 12 different teams, therefore there was no economic disparity.
Bettman agreed, but said such success was costly: "I think in Carolina's case, their payroll increased by 33% or something like it after they went to the Stanley Cup final."
In fact Carolina's NHL roster payroll went to $33.75 million from $30.5 million, an increase of 10.66%. The team's total NHL payroll, including the farm system, bought-out and injured players, went to $46.1 million from $43 million, an increase of 7.06%.
Again , which side is propaganda when someone says one thing & the opposite later on ? To put people on his side ?
When the NHLPA made its Dec. 9 offer, Bettman said it was "fatally flawed." He made a number of assertions regarding Exhibit 13 which showed its inflationary nature.
The union held a conference call to show that those assertions were wildly inaccurate and Bettman hasn't been heard from since.
Again, Bettman took the best of what the NHLPA had to offer & he put some ''factless'' fact. Since it was a PR move & the NHLPA call him on it. It was better to not continue this aspect in public so he stop talking about it.
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I dont care if it's Al Strachan who wrote it but not because it goes toward the NHLPA & you disagree on it means it's not worth it.
It's like saying that all republicans are the same kind of people & all democrates think alike.