Is this really over?
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Steve Yzerman is holding out hope that a deal can get done in the next 24 to 48 hours.
There are rumors swirling of a player faction that is working to try and get a new offer to Bettman.
There has been reports of players that were trying to get through to Bob Goodenow to tell him to take the best deal he could get, but to cut a deal before yesterday, but that they were stonewalled.
And then you have Gary Bettman seemingly leaving the door open to the NHLPA to come back, perhaps with a cap offer at $45 million, when he was asked about a $45 million cap being acceptable to the players.
Perhaps this isn't really over.................................
The one question I wanted someone to ask Bob Goodenow yesterday
At his 4pm press conference yesterday, Bob Goodenow talked about how the NHLPA only wanted a "fair deal" and a "marketplace for players".
Well, the one question I wished that someone would have asked him was why is a cap at $49 million fair and a marketplace, yet a cap at $42.5 million isn't fair or doesn't create a marketplace?
I understood where the NHLPA was coming from with their non-cap stance. The marketplace issue made some sense, although I didn't agree with the take, when it was a systemic difference of opinion.
However, once the NHLPA reacted to the NHL's move to remove linkage between revenues and payrolls by offering up a salary cap system, the conflict was no longer a battle of principles and was merely a question of dollars and cents.
What made no sense to me was that once that gap was bridged, why didn't both sides lock themselves in a room and not leave until the numbers were workable for both sides?
I understood how that approach wouldn't have worked when one side was yelling "Cap" and the other was yelling "No Cap". But once that little charade was over, why couldn't they just sit down and hash out the numbers?
And quite honestly, I'd love to hear any player try and explain why $42.5 million per team isn't fair, yet $49 million per team is. At least that would provide me with some entertainment fr4om some people that are in the business of entertaining me.
At least they used to be in that business.........................
Steve Yzerman is holding out hope that a deal can get done in the next 24 to 48 hours.
There are rumors swirling of a player faction that is working to try and get a new offer to Bettman.
There has been reports of players that were trying to get through to Bob Goodenow to tell him to take the best deal he could get, but to cut a deal before yesterday, but that they were stonewalled.
And then you have Gary Bettman seemingly leaving the door open to the NHLPA to come back, perhaps with a cap offer at $45 million, when he was asked about a $45 million cap being acceptable to the players.
Perhaps this isn't really over.................................
The one question I wanted someone to ask Bob Goodenow yesterday
At his 4pm press conference yesterday, Bob Goodenow talked about how the NHLPA only wanted a "fair deal" and a "marketplace for players".
Well, the one question I wished that someone would have asked him was why is a cap at $49 million fair and a marketplace, yet a cap at $42.5 million isn't fair or doesn't create a marketplace?
I understood where the NHLPA was coming from with their non-cap stance. The marketplace issue made some sense, although I didn't agree with the take, when it was a systemic difference of opinion.
However, once the NHLPA reacted to the NHL's move to remove linkage between revenues and payrolls by offering up a salary cap system, the conflict was no longer a battle of principles and was merely a question of dollars and cents.
What made no sense to me was that once that gap was bridged, why didn't both sides lock themselves in a room and not leave until the numbers were workable for both sides?
I understood how that approach wouldn't have worked when one side was yelling "Cap" and the other was yelling "No Cap". But once that little charade was over, why couldn't they just sit down and hash out the numbers?
And quite honestly, I'd love to hear any player try and explain why $42.5 million per team isn't fair, yet $49 million per team is. At least that would provide me with some entertainment fr4om some people that are in the business of entertaining me.
At least they used to be in that business.........................
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