NHLPA won't budge on latest NHL offer

And now the fun begins.

"Budge" is the ugliest of words when used in the context of labor negotiations. I'll have to get used to basketball somehow. Ughhh!

I know that the Buttgoblin gets hammered in here on a daily basis and you can rest assured I'm no fan of his, but.......................This P O S known as Donald Fehr is the biggest mistake the NHLPA has made to date. By hiring him the players basically told the owners to @#$# off. I really don't think the owners appreciated the players bringing a pariah like Donald to do their bidding.

We all know that is was with Fehr's direction that the union didn't come back with a counter proposal until recently and now we know what many suspected the whole time, that the NHLPA is not interested in bargaining in good faith. They knew the owners wouldn't go for revenue sharing and they put it on the table anyway in an effort to sway public opinion. It appears to have worked on some. They also knew that the owners were interested in playing under the last contract while the union fiddlyphuqued around not making an effort to negotiate, but they very publicly put that on the table as well.

I hope the players enjoy playing in Europe and Russia, cuz that's where they're going.

*They also knew that the owners were NOT interested in playing under the last contract*

GO BELFAST GIANTS!!!

Scab players? A stick in one hand, beer in the other, goaltender has ashtray instead of waterbottle.

QUOTE(#3):

Originally posted 09:31 AM ET  09.01 by Rex Racer

I know that the Buttgoblin gets hammered in here on a daily basis and you can rest assured I'm no fan of his, but.......................This P O S known as Donald Fehr is the biggest mistake the NHLPA has made to date. By hiring him the players basically told the owners to @#$# off. I really don't think the owners appreciated the players bringing a pariah like Donald to do their bidding.We all know that is was with Fehr's direction that the union didn't come back with a counter proposal until recently and now we know what many suspected the whole time, that the NHLPA is not interested in bargaining in good faith. They knew the owners wouldn't go for revenue sharing and they put it on the table anyway in an effort to sway public opinion. It appears to have worked on some. They also knew that the owners were interested in playing under the last contract while the union fiddlyphuqued around not making an effort to negotiate, but they very publicly put that on the table as well.I hope the players enjoy playing in Europe and Russia, cuz that's where they're going.

Kind of have to agree with you here....its should be 50-50 AT LEAST..the NHLPA have to realize that the small market teams are bleeding money.....but Bettman has some blame on him too...cause he did not forsee this happening..the current situation and the owners using loopholes on the current CBA.

BUT...looks like there's gonna be another lock-out....sad to say..if thats the case im gonna be super pi__ssed off.

QUOTE(#6):

Originally posted 10:25 AM ET  09.01 by shiprock

Scab players? A stick in one hand, beer in the other, goaltender has ashtray instead of waterbottle.

Dont forget a cigarette hanging from their mouths...and theyre wearing shades too.

QUOTE(#4):

Originally posted 09:32 AM ET  09.01 by Rex Racer

*They also knew that the owners were NOT interested in playing under the last contract*

If the NHLPA is stupid enough to hire Adolf Fehrer as their union rep, they deserve whatever is coming to them.

QUOTE(#1):

Originally posted 09:20 AM ET  09.01 by Burgh-Fan

And now the fun begins.

It's simple really.

QUOTE(#8):

Originally posted 10:39 AM ET  09.01 by bostongm

Dont forget a cigarette hanging from their mouths...and theyre wearing shades too.

More dismay than anything.

QUOTE(#10):

Originally posted 11:06 AM ET  09.01 by Canuck eh?

It's simple really.

Great, No holds barred hockey:)

QUOTE(#10):

Originally posted 11:06 AM ET  09.01 by Canuck eh?

It's simple really.

I'd rather the players fit Adolf Fehrer with cement shoes and dumped him in the Bermuda triangle.

QUOTE(#13):

Originally posted 11:13 AM ET  09.01 by roamer

I'd rather the players fit Adolf Fehrer with cement shoes and dumped him in the Bermuda triangle.

To 'sleep with the fishes'. I just like how that sounds, a Godfather moment I guess.

QUOTE(#3):

Originally posted 09:31 AM ET  09.01 by Rex Racer

I know that the Buttgoblin gets hammered in here on a daily basis and you can rest assured I'm no fan of his, but.......................This P O S known as Donald Fehr is the biggest mistake the NHLPA has made to date. By hiring him the players basically told the owners to @#$# off. I really don't think the owners appreciated the players bringing a pariah like Donald to do their bidding.We all know that is was with Fehr's direction that the union didn't come back with a counter proposal until recently and now we know what many suspected the whole time, that the NHLPA is not interested in bargaining in good faith. They knew the owners wouldn't go for revenue sharing and they put it on the table anyway in an effort to sway public opinion. It appears to have worked on some. They also knew that the owners were interested in playing under the last contract while the union fiddlyphuqued around not making an effort to negotiate, but they very publicly put that on the table as well.I hope the players enjoy playing in Europe and Russia, cuz that's where they're going.

I have to agree with you as well. It would not surprise me now if the league didn't tell the PA to get back to bargaining or the last offer we gave is off the table. I was confidednt they would get a deal done and the season would start on time. Not anymore.

QUOTE(#13):

Originally posted 11:13 AM ET  09.01 by roamer

I'd rather the players fit Adolf Fehrer with cement shoes and dumped him in the Bermuda triangle.

While I agree Fehr is something you'd agressively scrape from the bottom of your shoe, what (who) is the common denominator (or should I say lowest common denominator) in 3 lockouts?

QUOTE(#16):

Originally posted 11:46 AM ET  09.01 by Canuck eh?

While I agree Fehr is something you'd agressively scrape from the bottom of your shoe, what (who) is the common denominator (or should I say lowest common denominator) in 3 lockouts?

Players? :-)

QUOTE(#17):

Originally posted 11:58 AM ET  09.01 by roamer

Players? :-)

A lot of the current NHL players couldn't even wipe their own asses when the Buttgoblin presided over his first lockout.

QUOTE(#18):

Originally posted 12:24 PM ET  09.01 by Canuck eh?

A lot of the current NHL players couldn't even wipe their own asses when the Buttgoblin presided over his first lockout.

Based on their hiring of Donald Fehr I'd say most of then still can't.

QUOTE(#16):

Originally posted 11:46 AM ET  09.01 by Canuck eh?

While I agree Fehr is something you'd agressively scrape from the bottom of your shoe, what (who) is the common denominator (or should I say lowest common denominator) in 3 lockouts?

The players union.