Is tomorrow the day the NHL is saved?
Well, after almost 2 months off, the NHL and NHLPA will get back to the bargaining table tomorrow.
Everyone is expecting the NHLPA to up their offer with the one time roll back in salaries moving from 5% to 10%, along with the luxury tax getting much tougher than previously offered with the penalties rising from 10 or 20 cents on the dollar to allegedly 75 cents on the dollar for payrolls above $40 million. The NHLPA might also have an even higher tax rate once a payroll hits $60 million.
There are also changes expected to the rookie salary cap and arbitration.
But, there won't be the linkage between revenues and salaries and the NHLPA is unlikely to guarantee the savings that they say their proposal will create for the owners.
It will be an improvement over previous offers. But, by itself it won't create a solution to the current lock out.
That will only happen if the NHL decides to try and negotiate off this starting off point and the NHLPA is willing to move some more.
Only time will tell whether both sides are as supremely idiotic as they currently appear to be and decide that they won't be that bad off if the NHL goes away for the entire season.
Personally, I wouldn't bet on that.
Everyone is expecting the NHLPA to up their offer with the one time roll back in salaries moving from 5% to 10%, along with the luxury tax getting much tougher than previously offered with the penalties rising from 10 or 20 cents on the dollar to allegedly 75 cents on the dollar for payrolls above $40 million. The NHLPA might also have an even higher tax rate once a payroll hits $60 million.
There are also changes expected to the rookie salary cap and arbitration.
But, there won't be the linkage between revenues and salaries and the NHLPA is unlikely to guarantee the savings that they say their proposal will create for the owners.
It will be an improvement over previous offers. But, by itself it won't create a solution to the current lock out.
That will only happen if the NHL decides to try and negotiate off this starting off point and the NHLPA is willing to move some more.
Only time will tell whether both sides are as supremely idiotic as they currently appear to be and decide that they won't be that bad off if the NHL goes away for the entire season.
Personally, I wouldn't bet on that.
posted by James W at 1:08 PM
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