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08:32 AM ET 09.13 | The harsh reality facing players is that owners really do hold most of the cards in threatening a work stoppage. Fehr often reminds everyone that a lockout is the owners' choice, and he's right. It is. But it's their choice to make, and the owners have been up front for a long time that this is the choice they would make. ... The owners wanted to open negotiations a year ago; the union needed more time. They made an opening proposal in July, and yeah, it was draconian, but it was an opening proposal. The players took a month to counter, and though it was a much more reasonable offer, the players haven't budged much since. As much as Fehr insists the union respects the Sept. 15 deadline, his actions don't indicate he does, and neither do his words.
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To counter your article Yahoo! Sports the owners could have proposed an offer last year and it still would have been as "draconian" as it was now. Besides everyone knows feces doesn't get done till there is a deadline.
Garbage Man
Harrisburg , PA
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both sides are culpable here, but I do blame the owners moreso
Spiny Norman
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Society's to blame.
Canuck eh?
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Global warming's to blame
Garbage Man
Harrisburg , PA
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You're all wrong. It's Bush's fault. I read it in the Times. Of course, he doesn't know what ice is so it's a little shaky. :-)
Slapshot
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I'm surprised nobody's blamed the refs yet...
dannylimes
Toronto, ON
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If i was the owners i would not budge one inch until the revenue split was no more then 50 % to the players. All the BIG leagues pay half or less , no chance NHL owners should pay higher then the big boys.
Blame it on the rain !
Harry Crack
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It's Hurrican Katrina's fault
Garbage Man
Harrisburg , PA
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JB yesterday and Milli Vanilli today? Yikes.
Canuck eh?
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You're a hell of a speller Brownie. :-)
Canuck eh?
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Which one offed himself Milli or Vanilli ??? Deep questions that must be answered !
Harry Crack
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shhh....or tomorrow we'll get stuck with Rick Astley
Spiny Norman
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Ripped from the pages of Duh! magazine.
So, Yahoo! Sports just figured out that both parties share some of the blame? Journalism at it's finest ;)
Nobody expects…
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Yep. I tried to make this point a few days ago. If the owners were so intent on starting negotiations, they could have sent the PA an offer long before they did. Both sides have played the delaying tactic.
Nobody expects…
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oy vey my spelling is not so good this morning
Garbage Man
Harrisburg , PA
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He was quoting Shrub......
NY Rangers
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It's that floaty stuff his SS man adds to his Scotch
Swamp Dragon
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S/S man?
Spiny Norman
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this hurts me almost as much as it'll hurt you
Swamp Dragon
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