Are owners getting desperate?

Are owners getting desperate?

Maybe desperate enough to fire the Buttgoblin?

Aye.

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Originally posted 08:24 AM ET  10.24 by Canuck eh?

Are owners getting desperate?Maybe desperate enough to fire the Buttgoblin?

be still my beating heart

QUOTE(#1):

Originally posted 08:24 AM ET  10.24 by Canuck eh?

Are owners getting desperate?Maybe desperate enough to fire the Buttgoblin?

Probably the only desparation the owners are feeling is the stock market tanking the last two days....that too will recover and they will still give nhl fans the cold shoulder.......

Thought there might have been a story here... turns out I was wrong.

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Originally posted 08:24 AM ET  10.24 by Canuck eh?

Are owners getting desperate?Maybe desperate enough to fire the Buttgoblin?

If only it were that easy.................

Ahhh..................The Globe and Mail.........Their investigative journalism always leads with a story that starts "Once upon a time, in a land far away, lived a little dwarf called Gary who was always tormenting a goofy widdle pit bull named Don, and another puppy called Steve...........(write your own ending, it'll be as accurate as the Globe and Mail's)

Yawn, owners desperate? Why? they have other businesses lining their bank accounts, and only 1/3rd of the teams made money so why would they be in a rush to lose more money on hockey? Players will cave and get a worse deal. People like to talk about the potential money they'll lose with the owners proposal. Here's how to really view it, you're going to lose your whole salary this year, plus end up with a 50/50 deal anyways. Why waste a year for what you're going to settle for anyways. Wish I had millions I could throw away for no reason!

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Originally posted 10:13 AM ET  10.24 by stevieb

Yawn, owners desperate? Why? they have other businesses lining their bank accounts, and only 1/3rd of the teams made money so why would they be in a rush to lose more money on hockey? Players will cave and get a worse deal. People like to talk about the potential money they'll lose with the owners proposal. Here's how to really view it, you're going to lose your whole salary this year, plus end up with a 50/50 deal anyways. Why waste a year for what you're going to settle for anyways. Wish I had millions I could throw away for no reason!

You're not that far off the mark. Many owners will save money if the season is lost. In the other big markets...Canada mostly, a lock-out won't really effect the fans because we love the game above anything else...the southern markets will suffer though.

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Originally posted 10:33 AM ET  10.24 by Baun-ded=PH in MOTION

we love the game above anything else...

I find that statement to be a wee bit over the top.

The NHL and it's owners formally endorsed outsourcing to other countries. Europe is now the home of Hockey.

The owners ARE desperate..its pretty obvious....the NHLPA shouldnt budge 1 bit.......Bettman has no business trying to swindle the players outta their contracts anyways...you signed a player to a 98 million dollar contract, you gotta pay it, in FULL.

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Originally posted 12:38 PM ET  10.24 by Nutterbetter

Europe is now the home of Hockey.

i guess its better than India

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Originally posted 12:58 PM ET  10.24 by bostongm

The owners ARE desperate..its pretty obvious....the NHLPA shouldnt budge 1 bit.......Bettman has no business trying to swindle the players outta their contracts anyways...you signed a player to a 98 million dollar contract, you gotta pay it, in FULL.

I keep looking at the NHL proposal and perhaps I'm missing it but I don't see anywhere that it says long term contracts signed will be reduced. It does say that they will count against the future cap which to me means that those teams that entered into those deals will have less money for the other players they want to sign going forward and that if said player retires before the contract is concluded that it will still affect the cap...seems to me that the teams that tried to circumvent the last CBA are the ones that are going to get the hit...not the players. AM I wrong here?

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Originally posted 12:20 PM ET  10.24 by Hank Kingsley

I find that statement to be a wee bit over the top.

I may have been quoting Don Cherry. So that should explain it. But I put on my best suit when I wrote it Hank...we don't have drapes so....

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Originally posted 01:33 PM ET  10.24 by Baun-ded=PH in MOTION

I keep looking at the NHL proposal and perhaps I'm missing it but I don't see anywhere that it says long term contracts signed will be reduced. It does say that they will count against the future cap which to me means that those teams that entered into those deals will have less money for the other players they want to sign going forward and that if said player retires before the contract is concluded that it will still affect the cap...seems to me that the teams that tried to circumvent the last CBA are the ones that are going to get the hit...not the players. AM I wrong here?

As I understand it, the owners proposal will have more of all players salaries, including contracts already signed, put into an escrow account. The players may or may not get that money back, so in fact it is a pay cut even for players with signed contracts.

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Originally posted 01:34 PM ET  10.24 by Baun-ded=PH in MOTION

I may have been quoting Don Cherry. So that should explain it. But I put on my best suit when I wrote it Hank...we don't have drapes so....

That's okay Puckhead......Love is blinds.

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Originally posted 01:34 PM ET  10.24 by Baun-ded=PH in MOTION

I may have been quoting Don Cherry. So that should explain it. But I put on my best suit when I wrote it Hank...we don't have drapes so....

That can be the only explanation.

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Originally posted 02:41 PM ET  10.24 by Canuck eh?

That's okay Puckhead......Love is blinds.

Shoot me now...

QUOTE(#17):

Originally posted 02:41 PM ET  10.24 by Canuck eh?

That's okay Puckhead......Love is blinds.

Ah, Venice.